ALBUM REVIEW – SACHI KOBAYASHI: LAMENTATIONS

In my experience, Ambient is a genre of music that people tend to shy away from. It oftentimes seems too pretentious or difficult to understand, or simply people do not see the point in it. There’s no lyrical content or obvious tune, why should I listen? Although voiceless Lamentations by Sachi Kobayashi airs out grievances […]
In a strange world, where pots and pans perform synchronised swimming routines, exists Max Blansjaar. Blansjaar has been to many places absorbing a myriad of  influences, all of which have fed into ‘False Comforts’. Born in Amsterdam and raised in Oxford, he recorded ‘False Comforts’ in Brooklyn, giving the album a genre melding, free-flowing feel. The boundless […]

ALBUM REVIEW: MAX BLANSJAAR – FALSE COMFORTS

FEATURE – REBELLION FESTIVAL – LOUD WOMEN BRING THE NOISE TO BLACKPOOL 1ST-4TH AUGUST 2024

Rebellion Festival has been an annual feature on the festival calendar since 1996 (then known as The Holidays In The Sun Festival), now the family run, all ages festival returns to Blackpool’s Winter Gardens 1st-4th August with another outstanding line-up of punk and new wave heavyweights including The Stranglers, Stiff Little Fingers, The Alarm, Toyah, […]
Picture this. I present to you a blank CD, I split it in two and begin adding ingredients to it while mystically waving my hands around the disc like it’s a crystal ball. I tell you we’re going to add ingredients to this disc and you look at me like I’m crazy! The first ingredient […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DAPHNE GUINNESS: SLEEP

ALBUM REVIEW – DANDELION ADVENTURE: JOHN PEEL SESSION

For those of us who live in small towns with often inconsequential music scenes, the arrival of a band whose ambitions and talents stretched beyond playing the local pub rock venues was always a cause for celebration. The Dandelion Adventure emerged from Preston and its surrounds, initially in 1986 as a delightfully sprawling improvised mess, […]
As summer finally emerges, here is Silent Radio’s guide to the week’s aural sunshine. Sumac                 The Healer        Over the course of 4 tracks in 76 minutes, SUMAC presents a sequence of shifting movements which undergo a constant process of expansion, contraction, corruption and regrowth. O            WeirdOs Duo consisting of baritone sax and drums with […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 JUNE 2024

ALBUM REVIEW – GOAT GIRL: BELOW THE WASTE

Goat Girl are an indie rock trio that consists of Lottie Pendlebury, Rosy Jones, and Holly Mullineaux. The group have had a couple of member changes since their first LP in 2018, which introduced the world to their ambitiously bluesy post-punk sound. However, there were quite a lot of underwhelming moments on this album, particularly […]
Proxy Music would be the best name imaginable for a tribute act to the Bryan Ferry-led ensemble. However, on this occasion, it is a stylish nod to the rare vocal condition called spasmodic dysphonia that has affected Linda Thompson since the early 1980s which has limited her ability to speak and sing, meaning that all […]

ALBUM REVIEW – LINDA THOMPSON: PROXY MUSIC

ALBUM REVIEW – COLA: THE GLOSS

Two years after their debut album Deep in View, Canadian art-punk trio are back with their second album, The Gloss. Across 10 tracks, the album explores themes of regaining balance and happiness in the search for deeper meaning. Opening track ‘Tracing Hallmarks’ sets the scene, a bright tune with thudding drums and a steady bassline […]
There are some particularly special albums out this week. Here is our roundup: Mike Lindsay   Supershapes vol 1       One half of LUMP with Laura Marling and co-founder of pioneering UK acid folktronica band Tunng, elsewhere Mike Lindsay is known for producing Speech Debelle’s Mercury Music prize winning album ‘Speech Therapy’, along with his work with […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 14 JUNE 2024