ALBUM REVIEW – BAR ITALIA: THE TWITS

With the arrival of ‘The Twits’ at the start of November, it appears bar italia are on top of their game: the enigmatic trio’s latest offering comes just months after their record ‘Tracey Denim’ hit the airwaves and streaming services in May, which saw the group hone their trademark vocal interplay and intense instrumentation. Also heavily present in […]
I am in awe of Ajay Saggar. In addition to his day (and night) job as production manager at the Paradiso, Amsterdam’s main venue, he has found time to bombard the listening public with an array of great albums during 2023. He started off greeting Spring with a double album from his solo project, Bhajan […]

ALBUM REVIEW – VOLKSEMPFANGER: ATTACK OF SOUND

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 17 NOVEMBER 2023

Lots of new releases in Silent Radio’s latest roundup of the last really busy week before Christmas. Mock Media      Mock Media II   Debut album from Canadian supergroup comprised of Garnet Aronyk (of Crack Cloud), Bennett Smith (of N0V3L), Austin Boylan (of Pottery) and Evan Aesen (of Painted Fruits) whose punk-rock stylings serve as a framework […]
‘Cartwheel’ by Hotline TNT is an album of pure fuzz, existing and then dissolving back again into obscurity. To the untrained ear, this LP may sound little more than someone throwing all the instruments at a wall and expecting something to stick, when in actuality it’s a lot more nuanced than that. Each layer of […]

ALBUM REVIEW – HOTLINE TNT: CARTWHEEL

ALBUM REVIEW – SPEARMINT: THIS CANDLE IS FOR YOU

Over the course of 24 years, Spearmint have specialised in wonderfully crafted, melancholic songs with outstanding lyrics that tell emotional stories that deserve far more than their dedicated cult audience. Fronted by Shirley Lee, who can lay claim to a prominent place amongst the most famous male Shirleys in popular culture, coming a very distant […]
So, “metal” is a bit of a catch-all term – which obviously is why we have “black metal”, “hair metal”, “cheese metal” etc. (although there’s just no reason why we have “nu-metal”!). In any case, it can be a bit of a pot luck to just shout up for any “metal” that comes across the […]

ALBUM REVIEW – SATAN’S FALL: DESTINATION DESTRUCTION

ALBUM REVIEW – HILARY WOODS: ACTS OF LIGHT

Hilary Woods’ Acts of Light is the third full-length release in the Irish artist’s catalogue of enveloping drones, following on from the discomforting forms that snaked through 2021’s Feral Hymns. Having already established a track record of skin-invading frequencies, Woods returns on Acts of Light with nine resonant confrontations of self. It’s an incredibly difficult […]
Another week bristling with some top-quality releases jostling for attention. Beirut   Hadsel  Their first album in 4 years, recorded on the island of Hadsel, in the north of Norway. Songs based around a church organ take Beirut back to its solitary yet self-assured roots, exploring new sounds and foreign settings. Irrespective of far-flung musical influences, […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 10 NOVEMBER 2023

ALBUM REVIEW: JOHNNY MARR – SPIRIT POWER, THE BEST OF

It’s incredible to think that Johnny Marr only released his first solo album ten years ago, after being a musician for over forty years. Having added his gloriously distinctive guitar riffs to so many bands over the years, (enough to fill another compilation album), this double album pulls together a collection of his finest solo […]
As we approach the last few months of 2023, some of us I’m sure can’t possibly imagine being served with anymore content to digest, after all we’ve been fed over the last year. Well, I’m here to say you should probably save some room in your life for the most beautiful new album from Boston […]

ALBUM REVIEW – ROSIE DARLING: LANTERNS