ALBUM REVIEW: GRANDADDY – BLU WAV

Dolly Parton once said “If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain”, my Aunty Annie once said “country music, the tunes are great but the songs are depressing, first the couple split up, then the bills pile up, then the dog dies!” Two views there, one from Tennessee and one from […]
Silent Radio surveys this week’s highly desirable new releases. William Doyle   Springs Eternal Art pop which across its 11 tracks hear from narrators teetering on the precipice of global disaster, heartbreak, addiction, indoctrination and mental illness, until they pass into the great unknown. Grandaddy         Blu Wav               The title is meant to be a literal mash-up […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 16 FEBRUARY 2024

ALBUM REVIEW – OMNI: SOUVENIR

Omni fans will have a broad idea of what to expect from their fourth album. It will consist of a set of musical miniatures that suggest a strand of post-punk influences shorn of retro leanings, boasting twisting and chopping guitar riffs, staccato rhythms and lean melodies that inspire a desire to throw shapes. However, within […]
Progressive metal is a limitless genre. Bands always aim to have the most bizarre sounds and complex rhythms instead of your typical 4/4. However, in prog, unlike most metal subgenres, bands rely on using solely clean vocals. Not Persefone. This Andorran six-piece are not your typical prog band. Using breakdowns, a mix of clean and […]

EP REVIEW – PERSEFONE: LINGUA IGNOTA PART I

EP REVIEW – JOSEPH LUCA: PART 2 OUROBOROS (DEATH)

What makes a good musician? Is it the ability to sing? The intelligence to write? The power to stand out amongst your peers? Maybe it’s having the audacity to be your most authentic, unapologetic self in an industry renowned for its tendency to shape artists into polished, shiny mannequins. If these are the qualities one […]
Who doesn’t like some free jazz improv? Oh, that’s right – most people. It’s a very-much maligned and derided form and in some cases there’s definitely a stuffy or cliquey or chin-strokey vibe that can be really off-putting, particularly in a live setting. There’s also the valid question of “what is it for”? Is the […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PANGHALINA: LAVA

ALBUM REVIEW – THE THING: THE THING IS

Hailing from Brooklyn- New York, The Thing consists of Michael Carter, Jack Bradley, Zane Accord, and a recent inclusion of Lucas Ebeling on the drums. With influences spanning from The Kinks and the Grand Funk Railroad before expanding the taste to that of the Blacks Keys and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. First playing […]
On his latest album ‘Springs Eternal’, William Doyle introduces a cast of narrators encountering a dizzying array of issues: global disaster, mental illness, addiction, heartbreak and death. Yet such is the melodic and musical accomplishment that it is a pleasure to accompany these characters on their troubled journeys. Aided by producer Mike Lindsay, who took […]

ALBUM REVIEW – WILLIAM DOYLE: SPRINGS ETERNAL

LIVE REVIEW: THE KAIROS – FUTURE YARD 01/02/2024

Heat swirls around the room as The Kairos captivate the crowd. Moving to the beat, hearts pumping with adrenaline, the audience gathers to see the band’s whirlwind performance. Dempsey, Chambers, Bradley and Forrester effortlessly show what it means to have raw talent and skill, which is seen so rarely. The crowd works in a system, […]
While songs are often referred to as soundtracks to the summer, it can be argued that there is greater value in vibrant tunes brightening the winter months. London Afrobeat Collective’s latest album, ‘Esengo’, certainly fulfils the function of adding colour to this season’s otherwise short, dark, dank and dismal days. The second word in their […]

ALBUM REVIEW – LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE: ESENGO