ALBUM REVIEW: GNOOMES – AX OX

A psychedelic twist on electronic music is what Gnoomes have been carefully crafting over their four albums, now having fled their home country of Russia, and relocated elsewhere, their latest album is awash with hypnotic electronica. Opening track ‘Ural Sun’ sounds like a dystopian dream, with deep rumbling sounds which build into a mountainous soundscape […]
It’s testament to the musical ambition of Mogwai that more than twenty-five years years after they started they can now sell out Manchester’s Albert Hall so fast a second date had to be added. Not bad for a band whose spellbinding tunes mostly consist of epic instrumentals with minimal vocals. Having recently spoken to Stuart […]

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ALBUM REVIEW: MOZART ESTATE – POP-UP! KER-CHING! AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF MODERN SHOPPING

Over seventeen studio albums Lawrence has given us some of the finest off kilter guitar pop melodies with his bands Felt, Denim and Go Kart Mozart, now with his latest project Mozart Estate, his brand of wonky pop takes another turn as he focuses firmly on modern day consumerism.  Recent single ‘Relative Poverty’ finds him […]
Following the success of her EP’s ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ (2021) and ‘Minor’ (2020), Abram’s debut album ‘Good Riddance’ was a guaranteed winner. Each track takes us on a journey to a new part of the story told breakup via soothing vocals and melodic riffs, I was hooked from the minute it began. […]

ALBUM REVIEW: GRACIE ABRAMS – GOOD RIDDANCE

ALBUM REVIEW: INHALER – CUTS & BRUISES

With eleven tracks of pure rapture, Inhaler makes the wait so unbelievably worth it. ‘Cuts & Bruises’ is an album that needs to be listened to, screamed to, danced to, and, at a minimum, shared across the entire universe. Following the release of their debut album, ‘It Won’t Always Be Like This’, which hit no. […]
We can’t deny it now can we, these 90’s reunion tours are getting old. But, sometimes when you’ve got such a great drum beat behind the band as well as the vocals, as in the case of Supergrass’ Danny Goffey, the prospect of a new project is a very exciting prospect indeed. I suppose we […]

ALBUM REVIEW: DANNY GOFFEY – BRYAN MOONE’S DISCO PUNK

INTERVIEW: DAVID BREWIS DISCUSSES HIS NEW ALBUM, RECORD LABEL, FIELD MUSIC AND THE LIFE OF DIY RECORDING ARTISTS

Since 2005, Field Music have released a string of consistently pleasing records via Memphis Industries, virtually developing a template for sustaining creativity over a lengthy period while gaining sufficient sales to dent the album charts. In addition, David Brewis has recorded three albums under the guise of School of Language but this month sees the […]
David Brewis is fond of a good concept. In recent years, he has created the Trump-based School of Language ‘45’ album and Field Music’s ‘Making A New World’ album consisting of songs based on his research for shows at the Imperial War Museum about tangential discoveries emerging from World War I. With the debut album […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DAVID BREWIS: THE SOFT STRUGGLES

SILENT RADIO’S TOP FORTY ALBUMS OF THE YEAR – 2022

It’s been a tremendous year for albums, and although it’s been tough to whittle them down into a top forty list, here’s our favourite ones of 2022, as voted for by the Silent Radio writers. 1  Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful Spiritualized have been bringing us blissful guitar tunes combining blasts of rock n’ roll […]
‘Goodbye Asshole’ is the debut album for San Francisco Scuzz-Wave based band Fuckwolf. At first the album title and design create a bold glance of sounding as an ode to no one. It leaves you wondering will be there be sense of heartbreak? Rejection? The trio of Tomo Yasuda on guitar, Simon Phillips on drums, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: FUCKWOLF – GOODBYE ASSHOLE