ALBUM REVIEW – THE SECRET SISTERS: MIND, MAN, MEDICINE

After being asked to review ‘Mind, Man, Medicine’ by The Secret Sisters, I was immediately compelled to research their story. With almost one million monthly listeners on Spotify alone and an impressive two GRAMMY nominations under their belts, I decided to press play on the Alabama born siblings’ new record. There was one core question […]
On their sixth full-length album, Pissed Jeans are as unruly as ever. Bringing out a new batch of their noise-rock/hardcore punk brew, the band bring new insight into their world of bleak, sarcastic wit. Opener ‘Killing All the Wrong People’ barrages through its runtime of just over two minutes, bass writhing under the epidermis, guitars […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PISSED JEANS: HALF DIVORCED

ALBUM REVIEW – GOUGE AWAY: DEEP SAGE

Deep Sage, the third full length effort by Florida noise rock band Gouge Away, wrestles with the torturous weight of everyday struggles with candidness, and in the process sees the band write some of their best material. Opener ‘Stuck in a Dream’ sets the tone of the record with a call-and-response riff and the barked […]
Album number four, ‘Pack Your Bags, The Sun Is Growing’ is a genuine down to earth album which is definitely worth your time., even if you may initially feel it’s out of your genre comfort zone, stick with it! Their sound keeps you in a meditative state of mind, just listen to “Halo on The […]

ALBUM REVIEW: BEDBUG – PACK YOUR BAGS, THE SUN IS GROWING

ALBUM REVIEW – HIGH LLAMAS: HEY PANDA

Discussing the inspiration for ‘Hey Panda’, High Llama’s songwriter/arranger Sean O’Hagan stated, “We live in the finest non- judgemental musical times where the legacies of soul, jazz and lo fi indie have produced a hybrid of generous and stunning creativity. I want Hey Panda to be of this generation.” How refreshing it is to hear […]
When you hear the words Live Laugh Love, you probably think of the insufferable self-affirmation posters, doormats, and other memorabilia that is designed to be as 100% overbearingly positive as possible. Chastity Belts version of this popular phrase is much more endearing. With the four-piece using it with a wink and a nod and exploring […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CHASTITY BELT: LIVE LAUGH LOVE

ALBUM REVIEW – RAGE: AFTERLIFELINES

The concept of a double album is something that most bands would never dare attempt. RAGE are not like most bands, though, and are celebrating their 40-year anniversary. To mark it unlike any other band, these German power and thrash metal veterans have unleashed a mammoth double album in a way only they could. Combining […]
The first time I listened to this album, I wanted to be sat in the bath. I felt that I needed to be embraced by the warmth of the water, feeling each word that fell from Adrienne’s mouth wash over me, hoping to distract myself from the emotion that would arise. I left my face […]

ALBUM REVIEW – ADRIENNE LENKER: BRIGHT FUTURE

ALBUM REVIEW – PAN AMERICAN & KRAMER: REVERBERATIONS OF NON-STOP TRAFFIC ON REDDING ROAD

Pan American is a moniker of post-rock musician Mark Nelson (Labradford). Kramer is a New York music man, mainly producer, who I had the pleasure of reviewing and interviewing not that long ago. Mr Nelson and Mr Kramer, team up here to create a 12 track malaise into dense space fog. Detached from the ship, […]
Probably the busiest week of 2024 so far. Without further ado, here is Silent Radio’s roundup of the week’s new releases. Julia Holter         Something in the Room She Moves         Singer-songwriter/composer whose production choices and arrangements form a continuum of fretless electric bass pitches in counterpoint with gliding vocal melodies, while Yamaha CS-60 lines entwine warm […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 22 MARCH 2024