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LIVE REVIEW – THE STRANGLERS + BUZZCOCKS: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 18/10/2025 When my Editor invited me to this event and stated that I’m in for a good night filled with original punk rock bands, they were not wrong! This gig couldn’t have been more perfect for my own comeback ...

"we are all present and with The Stranglers at every beat."
Rosaleen Marmion reviews The Stranglers + Buzzcocks at Manchester Apollo
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ALBUM REVIEW – CUBZOA: UNFOLD IN THE SKY There is a strong sense of place to Cubzoa’s debut album, ‘Unfold In The Sky’. Jack Wolter takes the listener to his current home (Brighton), his previous home (the Isle of Man), Barcelona and even ou...

"It makes for a richly textured record, its melodies often lending it a sepia quality."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Cubzoa's Unfold In The Sky @bellaunion.bsky.social
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ALBUM REVIEW – FIELD MUSIC: FIELD MUSIC Reissues are an ideal opportunity to take stock and evaluate a group’s career. It is twenty years since Memphis Industries issued the first, self-titled Field Music album. Over the ensuing period, the...

"Twenty years on, Field Music’s eponymous debut sounds remarkably fresh and timeless."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews the
@fieldmusicmusic.bsky.social reissue:
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/19/album-...

INTERVIEW: THE LOVELY EGGS There’s never been a band as triumphantly independent as The Lovely Eggs. A duo consisting of Holly Ross and David Blackwell who over the course of seven studio albums, and numerous EPs in the last tw...

Silent Radio's interview with The Lovely Egg, courtesy of @paulainthenorth.bsky.social
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/17/interv...

ALBUM REVIEW – THE LAST DINNER PARTY: FROM THE PYRE A successful debut can often, wrongfully, define a band. It’s the blueprint of their sound, persona and everything in between. And it can unearth this hype which can haunt an artist as they move forwa...

"Their ability to weave the intricacies of various genres amongst the crawl of unconventional melodies makes each song a standout in its own right."
Leah Simons reviews
@thelastdinnerparty.bsky.social
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/17/album-...

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 17 OCTOBER 2025 Ko Shin Moon  Sin         From their Paris studio, Ko Shin Moon create otherworldly, hybrid melodies where psychedelia meets space disco to thrilling effect. Mozart Estate                 Tower Block ...

Silent Radio's guide to this week's new releases:
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ALBUM REVIEW – CIRCA WAVES: DEATH & LOVE PT.2 Circa Waves complete the final piece to the puzzle with the second half of their upcoming double album Death & Love. The indie-rock veterans are now six albums deep and have the experience to create a...

"it’s a statement of intent from a band that continues to grow without losing sight of what made them special in the first place.!
Finnen Dart reviews Circa Waves - Death & Love Pt.2
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ALBUM REVIEW – BROGEAL: TUESDAY PAPER CLUB Blending traditional ‘Celtic folk’ and ‘Indie rock’, Brògeal are set to release their debut album ‘Tuesday Paper Club’. Stemming from Falkirk, Scotland the five piece are rejuvenating the genres with ...

"Brògeal offer a nostalgic yet modern album with ‘Tuesday Paper Club’, using traditional folk but adding their own style within."
Bryn Evans review Brogeal:
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INTERVIEW: THE WEDDING PRESENT – CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF INDIE GREATNESS! Back in 1985, the brilliant guitar pop of ‘Go Out And Get Em Boy’ was the Wedding Present’s first single, and in the intervening decades, it’s fair to say that David Gedge and the Wedding Present have...

An interview with The Wedding Present by @paulainthenorth.bsky.social:
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/14/interv...

LIVE: THE WEDDING PRESENT – THE RITZ, MANCHESTER 10/10/2025 The Wedding Present are one of those bands who have soundtracked a vast part of my life, from dancing at indie discos as a teen to well pretty much doing the same around the kitchen at a recent 50th b...

"as tonight’s spectacular set proves, they’re still as thrilling live as ever, and forty years on, remain one of the best indie bands around."
@paulainthenorth.bsky.social reviews the Wedding Present at Manchester Ritz
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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 10 OCTOBER 2025 Laura Veirs       Laura Veirs And The Choir Who Couldn’t Say (Live In Angoulême)    The recording documents Veirs’ May 2025 performance of 14 of her songs – as well as one by case/lang/veirs (Veirs’ 2...

Silent Radio's guide to the week's new releases:
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/09/album-...

ALBUM REVIEW – LONG FLING: LONG FLING It takes considerable chutzpah to preview your first, and it is claimed only, album with what proves to be the record’s most awkward and wiry song. That is what Long Fling do with ‘Flung’ which starts...

"Its biggest revelation is how well their disparate voices combine... random pieces colliding yet works as an enjoyable mystery tour where it is never clear what might happen next."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Long Fling
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/07/album-review-long-fling-long-fling/

ALBUM REVIEW – FLOCK OF DIMES: THE LIFE YOU SAVE The third solo album from Jenn Wasner, recording under the name Flock of Dimes, is an unflinching account of addiction, co-dependency, trauma and finding peace in the face of other’s suffering. In Was...

"a clear-sighted account of well-meaning but damaging behaviour... Wasner’s warm ache of a voice makes an ideal companion to the journey"
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Flock of Dimes @subpop.bsky.social
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/05/album-review-flock-of-dimes-the-life-you-save/

ALBUM REVIEW- GUITAR: WE’RE HEADED TO THE LAKE Guitar’s We’re Headed To The Lake is a scruffy album. Coming from me that’s a compliment, by the way. As a slacker rock band in the vein of Pavement etc. this kind of scruffiness is kind of the point....

"A scuffed snapshot of a point in life that’s scrappy, frayed at the seams and in limbo."
Levi Mulholland reviews Guitar's We're Headed To The Lake:
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/03/album-...

EP REVIEW – SPARKS: MADDER! The biggest constant throughout over half a century of Sparks has been their willingness to try something new. In the case of ‘MADDER!’, it is one of their least revolutionary acts, merely their first...

"These four songs show that there is plenty left in the well and that Sparks are MADDER than ever."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews the new EP from Sparks
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GIG GUIDE – OCTOBER 2025 October is an exciting time in Manchester, with all sorts of events happening across the city and the sudden chill and dark evenings making a reappearance, what better to cure those pre-winter blues t...

Silent Radio's October Manchester gig guide - www.silentradio.co.uk/10/03/gig-gu...

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 3 OCTOBER 2025 Širom   In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper       Slovenian avant-folk trio. Navigating almost two dozen instruments (some of which they’ve handcrafted), and hypnotic compositions t...

The Silent Radio guide to this week's new releases:
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/02/album-roundup-week-ending-3-october-2025/

EP REVIEW – HOLYBONES: I GOT A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP When I was 16/17, I got really into writing poetry. That was largely because I was consuming a lot of bands that did spoken word set to music and the stuff I was writing massively ripped off the likes...

"the promise of a record with glitchy instrumentation and spoken word poetry intrigued me... but I found myself bored and – at times – irritated."
Levi Mulholland reviews holybones
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/02/ep-review-holybones-i-got-a-good-nights-sleep/

ALBUM REVIEW – THE ANTLERS: BLIGHT A glance at a record’s list of songtitles often offers an indication of its type of music. The Antlers’ ‘Blight’ is deceptive in that respect. In addition to the title track, there are songs called ‘C...

"Shows the value of gently probing, drawing out connections & contradictions... pairing these thoughts with imaginative arrangements and music of minimalist beauty works a treat."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews @theantlers.bsky.social
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/02/album-review-the-antlers-blight/

LIVE REVIEW – SELF ESTEEM: MANCHESTER ACADEMY – 29/09/2025 It’s a mundane Monday, and the humdrum normality of everyday life is reaching out for some form of escapism. Seeking music as the solution, I, along with just over 2000 other people will congregate wi...

"This was a spectacle and celebration of music, theatre and sentiment enjoyed by all who witnessed it. Taylor is a force to be reckoned with."
Leah Simons reviews @selfesteem.music-social.com at Manchester Academy
www.silentradio.co.uk/10/01/live-review-self-esteem-manchester-academy-29092025/

ALBUM REVIEW – CATE LE BON: MICHELANGELO DYING The breakup album is virtually a cliché. There are reasons why it can be irresistible to artists and listeners alike. It is a common, almost universal, experience. Very few will have been lucky enough...

"Le Bon sculps great beauty from its jumble of feelings and it confirms her reputation as one of music’s most distinctive artists."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Michelangelo Dying by Cate Le Bon
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/26/album-review-cate-le-bon-michelangelo-dying/

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 26 SEPTEMBER 2025 An absolutely mega week in which it would be impossible to cover all the great releases in the depth that we would like. Here is our precis of the new releases. The Cords         The Cords         Sis...

A massive bundle of new releases covered in this week's roundup.
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/26/album-roundup-week-ending-26-september-2025/

LIVE IN PICTURES – LA WITCH: LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB – 23/09/2025 There is an old saying about a picture being worth a 1,000 words so by that measurement, here is a dissertation length photographic review of LA Witch. Dive in and capture the atmosphere as the trio b...

Photo gallery by Mat Coffey from
@la-witch.bsky.social at Leeds Brudenell Social Club:
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/25/live-in-pictures-la-witch-leeds-brudenell-social-club-23092025/

ALBUM REVIEW – OLIVIA DEAN: THE ART OF LOVING With a sudden crusade of the charts, Olivia Dean is on everyone’s lips and in their ears becoming the first artist since Adele to have three songs in the top twenty at the same time. The debut album ‘...

"Every song is a single in its own right. Not many albums are crafted in the present day to work cohesively and tell a story and ‘The Art of Loving’ does just that."
Bryn Evans reviews the new Olivia Dean album:
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/25/album-review-olivia-dean-the-art-of-loving/

ALBUM REVIEW – RAGE: A NEW WORLD RISING Trying to release a new album after releasing a masterpiece is one of the hardest tasks for any musician. Rage is no ordinary band though and when the three-piece set themselves up for something, they...

"another phenomenal record from this German band."
Itay Gilad reviews Rage's A New World Rising:
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/23/album-review-rage-a-new-world-rising/

ALBUM REVIEW – CERYS HAFANA: ANGEL Sometimes artists kindly try to do journalist’s work by describing their music. On Cerys Hafana’s Instagram page, their music is described as “sad Welsh harp pop”. As a description, this barely scratc...

"It weaves its spell and is at its absolute peak when the instrumentalists combine at create a rare magic."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Cerys Hafana's Angel:
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/22/album-review-cerys-hafana-angel/

ALBUM REVIEW – MULATU ASTATKE: MULATU PLAYS MULATU Over the course of a long gig-going life, there will inevitably be regrets about opportunities missed. Festivals in particular offer so many choices that there is bound to be the odd misstep. From the...

"a mature record that manages to embrace the ancient and modern, which is hypnotic in moods, relaxed yet emotive, a journey into his unique and influential world."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Mulatu Plays Mulatu
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/21/album-review-mulatu-astatke-mulatu-plays-mulatu/

ALBUM REVIEW – THE GENESIS: A STORY Fear not! This is not an ode to Messrs Collins, Banks and Rutherford, or even Gabriel. The Genesis is an entirely separate beast and ‘A Story’ comes, aptly enough, with an incredible backstory. Hand o...

"even when the words are occasionally indistinguishable the music evocatively fills the void to tell the story."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews The Genesis
@handofglory.bsky.social
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/19/album-review-the-genesis-a-story/

ALBUM REVIEW – JOHNNY MARR: LOOK OUT LIVE!leah Skim through my concert bucket list and find Johnny Marr, most likely sitting between some random all-acoustic folk singer who last wrote a good song in the late Seventies and an Indie band that the N...

"It captured what seemed to be a perfect night and celebration of one of the greats of British music."
Leah Simons reviews Johnny Marr Look Out Live!
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/19/album-review-johnny-marr-look-out-liveleah/

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 19 SEPTEMBER 2025 Cardiacs            LSD       The culmination of the late Tim Smith’s work and brings all of his faculties to bear in one place: a unified whole world of experience. Elements of more folk-horror offsh...

A guide to this week's new releases:
www.silentradio.co.uk/09/18/album-roundup-week-ending-19-september-2025/