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

ALBUM REVIEW – AOIFE O’DONOVAN: ALL MY FRIENDS

In the United Kingdom, women couldn’t open a bank account until 1975 (the same year they invented the digital camera, for context). Taking it back a few decades earlier for those of us that are ill informed, The Suffragettes were a group of women that tirelessly campaigned for the right to vote and for general […]
To celebrate World Sleep Day, here are a selection of releases to fulfil your wildest dreams. Pete Astor           Tall Stories & New Religions       Recasting some of the less expected songs from his forty-year career, both with The Loft and Weather Prophets as well as solo songs. Sam Lee               Songdreaming  Folk musician produced by Bernard Butler […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 15 MARCH 2024