ALBUM REVIEW: GRACIE ABRAMS – GOOD RIDDANCE

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. […]
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. […]

ALBUM REVIEW: INHALER – CUTS & BRUISES

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

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 […]
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 […]

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

ALBUM REVIEW – DAVID BREWIS: THE SOFT STRUGGLES

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 […]
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 […]

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

ALBUM REVIEW: FUCKWOLF – GOODBYE ASSHOLE

‘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, […]
Steve Gullick and James Johnston have both made a name for themselves in their respective creative fields. Gullick as a photographer who has taken some of the most iconic images in rock photography from Nirvana to Spiritualized to Wet Leg and more. As a founder member of indie rockers Gallon Drunk, former member of Nick […]

ALBUM REVIEW: STEVE GULLICK AND JAMES JOHNSTON – EVERYBODY’S SUNSET PLUS VIDEO PREMIERE FOR SAVE OUR SOULS SINGLE

SILENT RADIO AT THIS YEAR’S LOUDER THAN WORDS FESTIVAL

We’re thrilled to be back at the brilliant Louder Than Words Literary Festival! Silent Radio’s New Releases Ed, Paula Farr, will be one of the panellists for an in-depth discussion about music writing – how to get into it, the importance of independent music sites and publications, the highlights and pitfalls we’ve encountered along the […]
You never quite know what to expect from a Bob Dylan gig, guitar, piano, both, which of the old tunes will make a comeback into the set? As we take our seats awaiting the arrival on stage of a bona fide musical legend, the upright piano placed facing the audience centre stage is a bit […]

LIVE – BOB DYLAN: 2/11/22