ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 20 OCTOBER 2023

Our roundup of another busy week of new releases including several outstanding albums. Pip Blom              Bobbie With her third album, the ever-impressive Blom moves in a synth-led direction inspired by Micachu and the Shapes. The album includes duets with Alex Kapranos and Personal Trainer’s Willem Smit that work especially well. Emma Anderson              Pearlies Co-founder of […]
18  Paris, Texas – Yes Pink Room This LA duo bring their hop hop influenced rock sounds to Yes hot on the heels of recent debut album ‘Mid Air’. A fusion of bouncing beats, angsty guitars, and flowing melodic rhymes have seen them tipped as one of the most exciting new musical prospects around. Squid […]

PREVIEWS:GIG HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS WEEK – SQUID, UNDERTONES, THE BREATH AND MORE

NEWS: NADINE SHAH ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

Nadine Shan has made a welcome return with her first new music since 2020’s ‘Kitchen Sink’. ‘Topless Mother’ is the initial track to be released from her forthcoming album, ‘Filthy Underneath’, which will be out on 23 February 2024 via EMI North. Shah describes the song as being “about a counsellor I worked with that […]
The best music can banish even the weariest mood. That has certainly been true for this album from Leon Keita, the latest release from Analog Africa, a German-based label that over the past 16 years has been devoted to excavating some of the finest music from the African continent made during the period from the […]

ALBUM REVIEW – LEON KEITA: LEON KEITA

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 13 OCTOBER 2023

As 14 October marks National Album Day, it would be rude not to listen to a new album this weekend. Here Silent Radio issues its guide to this week’s releases. The Drums          Jonny    Heartbreaking, playful, raucous, and serene all in turn, it confronts the deep-rooted childhood trauma founding member Jonny Pierce experienced growing up in […]
Critically acclaimed superstar Holly Humberstone is back with her delightful debut album entitled Paint My Bedroom Black. Feeding us with 13 tracks worth of memories, heartbreak and the inner workings of her life you can’t help but find yourself hooked from the very beginning. If I was to have an album soundtrack a film about […]

ALBUM REVIEW – HOLLY HUMBERSTONE: PAINT MY BEDROOM BLACK

ALBUM REVIEW – THE STREETS: THE DARKER THE SHADOW THE BRIGHTER THE LIGHT

Mike Skinner, a musician and producer, legend (responsible for my parents’ marriage) established the British music project The Streets. The group is noted for its peculiar blend of UK garage, hip-hop, and electronic music, with lyrics that frequently explore everyday hidden truths like drug life, romance, and honesty. Rather than talking about limos and fancy […]
Daisy the Great’s ‘Tough Kid’ EP is their first EP after releasing three albums, including the deluxe edition of ‘All You Need Is Time’. It’s undeniable that the musical duo have mastered their own sound, with their most popular track, ‘Record Player’ earning more than 60 million streams on Spotify, and with 850k monthly listeners […]

EP REVIEW – DAISY THE GREAT: TOUGH KID EP

LIVE REVIEW: PJ HARVEY – ALBERT HALLS 03/10/23

Having witnessed the ever evolving PJ Harvey perform live in many guises over the years from the guitar fury of the 1992 Manchester Boardwalk gig in the early days, to the more abstract folk of her last few releases, it’s safe to say that you never quite know what to expect from a PJ Harvey […]
Self titling an album is a big move; it’s a band signifying that the album is their definitive sound and a true representation of their work. So, if you’re going to do it, you’ve got to do it right. Returning with their third album, Pennsylvania-based trio Catatonic Suns are back with a self-titled album. A […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CATATONIC SUNS: CATATONIC SUNS