ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 11 AUGUST 2023

Probably the quietest week in terms of volume since early January but there are some tasty releases nevertheless. Candy Claws      Ceres & Calypso In The Deep Time           Tenth anniversary reissue that warranted a fanfare first time round. Candy Claws craft traces of Broadcast, The Left Banke, Blonde Redhead and Tropicalia into an eye-popping sound while […]
Hooking vocals and guitar riffs that’ll have you on the edge of your seat make The Sherlocks new album ‘People Like Me And You’ a must listen. All thirteen tracks are unique but still ideal to make a gig crowd go wild. A sharper more edgy track ‘Sirens’ was a standout from the album. Beginning […]

ALBUM REVIEW – THE SHERLOCKS: PEOPLE LIKE ME & YOU

ALBUM REVIEW – CHELA: DIAGONAL DRIFT

Side projects offer the ideal space for artists to reveal previously unseen aspects of their musical fascinations. The band Bo Ningen is associated with brutal slabs of heavy psychedelic guitar assaults but the first release from Chela allows their guitar mangler and synth wrangler Kohhei Matsuda to reveal a more experimental side. On ’Diagonal Drift’ […]
Taking their cues from the likes of Sam Fender and Fleetwood Mac amongst others, indie-pop four piece South By Zero have been steadily gaining a following in Manchester and beyond, thanks to a stunning debut EP and recently released single ‘Open Arms’. The band play The Deaf Institute Lodge on 7th October 2023. Who are […]

FEATURE: WHO ARE YA? – MANCHESTER’S INDIE ALT-POP QUARTET – SOUTH BY ZERO – FACE THE SILENT RADIO SPOTLIGHT

ALBUM REVIEW – DUN RINGILL: 150-WHERE THE OLD GODS PLAY ACT 1

Sometimes, you listen to a band and imagine that one Tuesday, sitting at the kitchen table two retired parents watch their middle-aged child emerge from his basement bedroom, long hair flowing, leather jacket shining in the midday light, carrying his spiky guitar off to band practice and they just look at one another as if […]
Here is a chance to browse through the Silent Radio rack of this week’s album releases, an intriguing array of generally newer artists to discover. Oiro Pena            Puna      Finnish jazz collective creating a mix of lo-fi spiritual jazz, experimental, and avant-garde music forms. It includes four vocal tracks recorded with Merikukka Kiviharju, which feature both […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 4 AUGUST 2023

INTERVIEW: THE LAST DINNER PARTY

Ahead of a stellar Deaf Institute show on 28 July, Silent Radio caught up with one of the most talked about bands of 2023, London’s The Last Dinner Party. The five-piece are exceptionally unusual in that they have built their fledgling reputation based largely on their live reputation. Halfway through their second year of hype, […]
At a Tarot reading during the pandemic, Ryan Fuson of Holy Wave was struck by the Five of Cups card which signifies loss and grief. A cloaked figure with a bowed head looming over three spilled chalices while ignoring the two full vessels, it is seen as symbolising dwelling in a negative past rather than […]

ALBUM REVIEW – HOLY WAVE: FIVE OF CUPS

LIVE REVIEW: THE LAST DINNER PARTY – DEAF INSTITUTE 28/07/23

The Last Dinner Party are breaking all the rules. Tonight, they have sold out the jewel in the Manchester live music crown having released exactly two songs; by the time they are back in town in October to play the much larger Academy 2, they’re unlikely to have released many more. This is virtually unheard […]
Today, the ever-industrious John Dwyer releases the latest video, ‘Stunner’ from OSEES forthcoming album, ‘Intercepted Message’. Dwyer describes the album as “A pop record for hard times” and “Early grade garage pop meets proto-synth punk suicide-repellent”. Judging from the singles released so far, it is guaranteed to be a blast. ‘Intercepted Message’ will be released […]

NEWS: OSEES RELEASE NEW SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM