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 […]
Writers, me included, have been tripping up over our words trying to describe Mogwai’s sound for decades. We can go on endlessly about their ability to create huge sounding records, matched with a delicate side to their craft that’s just as spellbinding, yet at the end of the day, they’re four down to earth blokes […]

INTERVIEW: MOGWAI – STUART BRAITHWAITE SPEAKS TO US AHEAD OF TWO MANCHESTER GIGS, REISSUES OF THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS AND DISCUSSES HIS RECENTLY RELEASED AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PLUS THAT AMAZING NUMBER ONE ALBUM “I THINK I WAS PUTTING THE BINS OUT WHEN WE FOUND OUT”

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 […]
Hailing from Galway, Oisin Mod has created a debut album that brims with a calmness and sense of serene yet vibrant melodies. It’s no wonder that Bill Ryder-Jones liked his songs so much he ended up producing his debut album, as the two operate in the same realms of gentle vocal sounds mixed with dreamy […]

INTERVEW: OISIN MOD – BILL RYDER-JONES PRODUCED HIS DEBUT ALBUM, A SERENE YET CAPTIVATING COLLECTION OF SONGS FROM THE NEW GALWAY BASED SONGWRITER

INTERVIEW: LUIS ROBERTS – NEW WELSH WONDER RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM: A DELICATE FEAST OF FOLK POP WITH HINTS OF TALK TALK AND ELBOW, A WELSH LANGUAGE ALBUM WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ALBUMS YOU’LL HEAR ALL YEAR

Luis Roberts is a Welsh wonder! A songwriter who sings in the Welsh language, yet his songs have a universal appeal, steeped in a gentle folk psych pop forest of lush melodies, delicate guitars and pianos. His debut album ‘Cloeon’ has hints of Talk Talk’s expansive soundings, mixed with Elbow’s subtle melodic ways, and is […]
Claire Welles creates an electronic kaleidoscope of sounds, with lyrics spanning an ocean of topics from snooker, self doubt, motivation, and social media trolls to finding true friendships and the sheer joy of creating music, all delivered with her astutely observed take on life. She has previously supported Tim Burgess and Jane Weaver amongst others, […]

INTERVIEW: CLAIRE WELLES – LIVERPUDLIAN QUEEN OF ELECTRO POP, HAS SUPPORTED TIM BURGESS AND JANE WEAVER, NOW RELEASES NEW ALBUM

FEATURE: CERAMIC ANIMAL – NEW ALBUM PRODUCED BY DAN AUERBACH OF THE BLACK KEYS

Ceramic Animal play a blues inspired rock that caught the ear of Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach, who liked them so much he signed them to his own Easy Eye Sound label, and has produced their latest album ‘Sweet Unknown’. Hailing from  Pennsylvania, the band create a lush densely melodic sound, somewhere between War On […]
Emma-Jean Thackray has been storming the world of jazz since her debut album ‘Yellow’ was released in 2021, a gorgeous cocktail of 70’s style psych-funk, jazzy brass riffs and groove laden tunes. The album rocketed to number one in the Jazz and Blues Chart, and opened the doors for many into the world of psych […]

INTERVIEW: EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY – PLAYING BAND ON THE WALL 3RD MARCH 2022

INTERVIEW: JOE MATERA – AUTHOR OF BACKSTAGE PASS, THE GRIT AND THE GLAMOUR. DETAILS HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH THE LIKES OF LEMMY, GEORGE MARTIN, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE AND MORE

The life of a writer can be a fun but frustrating experience, there’s the endless waiting around at venues, hotels, record label offices, or waiting for the phone call to be answered, yet the rewards almost always make it worthwhile. For writers, meeting or talking to your favourite artists, discovering what’s behind their craft and […]
I like going to music festivals very much. Not a particularly controversial statement I know, but after twenty-seven months without attending one, I’m pleased I made a last minute decision to travel to the Isle of Wight Festival 2021. The event felt a lot like other large festivals I’ve been to over the years, more […]
Isle of Wight Festival 2021

I FIRST SAW THEM AT ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 2021