ALBUM REVIEW – PLANTOID: FLARE

Anyone looking for an easy listen should avoid Plantoid. Their debut album, ‘Terrapath’, had moments of magic but was so frenetic in its constantly shifting math rock riffs, jazzy perambulations and tempo changes as to be somewhat exhausting and impenetrable. Fortunately, their follow-up, ‘Flare’, sees them putting the progress into progressive. While it maintains their […]
How can rapper be so mellow and loud at the same time? Meet Lexa Gates with her sophomore album ‘I am’ I’ve just listened to Gates’ album ‘I am’ and I can gladly tell you she is one of the most prolific female rappers we have right now, and she proves this. This album shows […]

ALBUM REVIEW – LEXA GATES: I AM

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 16 JANUARY 2026

Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore    Tragic Magic     Barwick and Lattimore were given access to the extraordinary instrument collection of the Philharmonie de Paris’ Musée de la Musique in partnership with French label InFiné. The two artists embraced a divine setting, overwhelmed by the beauty and history at their fingertips. Lattimore selected three harps tracing the […]
A gentle introduction to 2026 with a handful of new releases this week. Dry Cleaning    Secret Love      They take their place in rock’s avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 9 JANUARY 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – GREYWIND: SEVERED HEART CITY

If you have been on Instagram Reels or TikTok recently you may have stumbled across Greywind, the emo duo from Ireland. On January 16th, Steph and Paul O’Sullivan are set to release their second album, ‘Severed Heart City,’ nine years after the release of their debut album. Throughout 2025, they did a handful of shows, […]
Getting the new year off with a bang, Clémentine March’s ‘Powder Keg’ offers exactly what I want from music in 2026. It is a giant mixing pot of sounds which whilst it could be termed chamber pop takes influence from jazz, folk, Brazilian music, 90s alt-rock, krautrock and disco. Its multilingual songs are tingling with […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CLEMENTINE MARCH: POWDER KEG

ALBUM REVIEW – CLEAN CUT KID: SEVEN SOUNDS, FOREVER

“The following recording is made up entirely of seven sounds” – a spoken word declaration emerges. Following suit to statement, Clean Cut Kid strings together full-bodied instrumentals and harmonies that take you from zero to enlightenment. The bittersweetness of divinity. Before static has time to consume the silence, it’s snagged by ‘Anxiety Dreams’. Sporadically, thoughts […]
There are certain traditions associated with this time of year: presents, lights and decorations, turkey (or nut roast), mince pies, mulled wine and messy office parties. Add to that list the Silent Radio Album of the Year chart. And, as is starting to become traditional, for the second time in three years, BC Camplight stands […]

SILENT RADIO’S TOP FIFTY ALBUMS OF THE YEAR – 2025

LIVE REVIEW – SUNFLOWER BEAN: YES PINK ROOM – 11/12/2025

I’ve been a fan of NYC trio Sunflower Bean for a while now – since the release of their third album, ‘Headful of Sugar,’ in 2022, to be precise – but it’s their most recent material that has kept my eyes (and ears) fixed upon them. For one, there was last year’s ‘Shake’ EP, a […]
When Erykah Badu announced she was touring her ‘Mama’s Gun’ album, it was challenging to have any sort of self-control. After an unfortunate experience of her dropping out of the ‘X The tracks’ festival with no explanation, I was particularly thrilled about seeing her. I’ve only been to a select few venues in Manchester, and […]

LIVE REVIEW – ERYKAH BADU: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 26/10/2025