ALBUM REVIEW: SCAPHOID – ABSENT PASSAGES

Scaphoid’s Absent Passages, is an interesting and impressive album –even more so because it’s a solo project arranged for full band with creator Matt Hobart playing every note.  Unfortunately, even though I know people who will really enjoy it, most of the observations I can make about Absent Passages are technical and critical, because as […]
“Hello I’m Johnny Cash” sings Bill Callahan as the opening line on ‘Pigeons’ the first track on his new album ‘Gold Record’. Perhaps a cheeky nod to those who have noted that over the years Bill Callahan has slowly transitioned from indie rock quirkiness with his Smog output into  more mellowed, yet no less acerbic, […]
Bill Callahan Gold Record

ALBUM REVIEW: BILL CALLAHAN – GOLD RECORD

A Certain Ratio Loco

ALBUM REVIEW: A CERTAIN RATIO – LOCO

Which band can claim to have had The Beastie Boys at their debut NYC gig, Madonna supporting them in the early 80s, and also labelled ‘that jazz band from Wythenshawe’? Welcome back, A Certain Ratio.  I used to listen to ACR on the long bus journey from Wythenshawe to Altrincham on my Walkman (yes I […]
Silent Radio is pleased to present for the first time Jack Cheshire’s new song ‘Widescreen’. The song is taken from the upcoming album ‘Fractal Future Plays’ due to be released on 27th November via Loose Tongue Records. Jack.Cheshire · WIDESCREEN ‘Widescreen’ is the third single taken from the upcoming album and features multi-tracked backing vocals […]
Jack Cheshire - Widescreen

SONG PREMIERE: JACK CHESHIRE ‘WIDESCREEN’ + Q&A WITH JACK

Kynsy

Rig Stars: Kynsy

We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Kynsy what her favourite piece of music making equipment is. This is what she told us:   What is it? A bit commander, a guitar pedal by EarthQuaker devices which gives a synth fuzz […]
We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Death Valley Girls guitarist Larry Schemel what his favourite piece of music making equipment is. This is what he told us:   What is it? It’s the BOSS FZ-5 Fuzz Pedal How long have […]
Death Valley Girls

Rig Stars: Death Valley Girls

Mourn

Rig Stars: Mourn

We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Mourn guitarist Carla Pérez Vas what her favourite piece of music making equipment is. This is what she told us:   What is it? A Reverb pedal Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Max How long […]
Over the past couple of months we’ve been working with ReverbNation to offer independent artists the opportunity to introduce themselves. After nearly two thousand applications, we’re pleased to give Robert Robot & Mash The CTRLR the floor today. Who are ya? Robert Robot the digital love child of Bo Dierker and his laptop. Where are […]
Robert Robot

WHO ARE YA? ROBERT ROBOT & MASH THE CTRLR

SINGLE REVIEW: FURROWED BROW – PISSING SUPERFLUOUS

In the preceding summer, I erroneously misheard this song’s name while it was still in its unrecorded, (about-to-be) live-debuted infancy; the unpleasant temperature, noise pollution and the perturbing similarity of piss and kiss as syllables (matter of tongue placement) all proved decisive factors in an error I was powerless to reverse from being carved into […]
The explosive crack of the snare, check. The ferocious drive of the bass, check. The controlled screech of the guitars, check. The snarl of the vocals, check. Yep, this is an Idles record. The band’s first two albums, ‘Brutalism’ and ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’ have brought lots of success and the winning formula […]
Idles - Ultra Mono

ALBUM REVIEW: IDLES – ULTRA MONO