INTERVIEW: BC CAMPLIGHT – WE CHAT ABOUT THE STUNNING NEW ALBUM ‘LAST ROTATION OF EARTH’, AND HOW HIS MUSIC SPRINGS FROM SO MUCH MORE THAN THE PREDICTABLE TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY TAG.

“Whenever people ask where are you from? I say Manchester”, says Brian ‘BC Camplight’ Christinzio, as we sit in a bar in Chorlton in the late afternoon sunshine discussing his love of his adopted hometown, and the upheavals which have led to his astounding new album ‘The Last Rotation Of Earth’. It’s been a long […]
Those looking to escape blanket Coronation hype could do worse than spend the weekend checking out the bumper crop of albums released this week. Here is Silent Radio’s handy brief guide: Kid Congo Powers and the Near Death Experience – Live at St Kilda A twelve-song live album from a one-time-only show in which Kid […]

ALBUM RELEASES ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 5 MAY 2023

ALBUM REVIEW – ANGELICA ROCKNE: THE ROSE SOCIETY

Six years have elapsed between the release of Angelica Rockne’s debut album, ‘Queen of San Antonio’, and the emergence of ‘The Rose Society’. While both figure within the ballpark marked Americana, there is a huge difference between them. Her debut was tagged cosmic country, whereas her new collection is much more song-oriented, allowing greater prominence […]
There is a long-held theory that immense suffering can act as a catalyst for great art. Brian Christinzio has certainly been given fuel to inspire his music. Since attempting to escape his drug and alcohol addictions in Philadelphia by relocating to Manchester, his trilogy of album releases as BC Camplight for Bella Union had been […]

ALBUM REVIEW – BC CAMPLIGHT: THE LAST ROTATION OF EARTH

NEWS – ACID KLAUS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE ‘YOU’RE A FREAK’

Rave collective, Acid Klaus, has premiered a new single, ‘You’re a Freak’, taken from an EP of the same name which will be released on Yard Act’s Zen F.C. label later this summer. Acid Klaus is the project of Adrian Flanagan (founder of The Moonlandingz and The Eccentronic Research Council) together with a variety of […]
Showing no signs of winding-down after Record Store Day, April ends with more releases than you could shake a highly adhesive stick at. There is plenty to dip into in our weekly roundup which contains a huge variety, from conventional song structures to the weird and wonderful, from established names to less celebrated artists. Braids […]

ALBUM RELEASES ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 28 APRIL 2023

ALBUM REVIEW – TINY RUINS: CEREMONY

Tiny Ruins’ latest album, ‘Ceremony’, consists of songs that act as chapters of a saga set on Tāmaki Makaurau’s (aka Auckland’s) Manukau Harbour, known to locals as “Old Murky,” its western fringe of the Waitākere Ranges. The harbour is dirty, neglected and polluted but the peaceful inlets are all tidal flats, shellfish and birdlife. The […]
‘Museum’ is an album that inspires references to lightness, delicacy, cleansing, flowers, breezes and clouds. However, as the average cumulous cloud weighs 500,000 kg, the equivalent of 100 elephants, it is unwise to trust music journalists’ adjectives and metaphors or use them as a guide to life. JFDR is the project of Icelandic experimental singer, […]

ALBUM REVIEW – JFDR: MUSEUM

NEWS: RUEN BROTHERS REVEAL NEW SINGLE ‘BULLET BLUES’

Scunthorpe raised brothers, Rupert and Henry Stansall, whose earlier work was produced by Rick Rubin announce the release of their latest single, ‘Bullet Blues’. It is a taster for forthcoming album, ‘Ten Paces’, released on 2nd June 2023 via Yep Roc Records. ‘Bullet Blues’ is a timeless stripped-back track featuring Roy Orbison-influenced vocals accompanied by […]
Having released their first album, ‘Take to the Skies’, back in 2007, it’s fair to say that Enter Shikari have had their fair share of experience in the realm of music that is the rock genre. Putting their own electronic spin on heavier music, the band have built a huge amount of support, with over […]

ALBUM REVIEW: ENTER SHIKARI – A KISS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD