ALBUMS REVIEW FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 5, 2024: Silent Radio

Here’s Silent Radio’s guide to what’s new this week.

Kokoko! Batu

Congolese group that reproduces the frenetic atmosphere of this dynamic nightlife – the equipment pushed to its limits, via saturated and distorted speakers, or the sonic coming and going of sounds after dark.

Tendertwin Argo EP Ship

A seeker of half-lived stories. Born in Istanbul, Bilge Nur Yilmaz’s distinctive voice subtly draws on Turkey’s rich musical heritage, drawn from the lapping tides of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, and filters it through time spent in Philadelphia, Oxford and London.

Art Brut A collection of records, reduced to a mixtape

A double LP featuring tracks from their seminal albums Bang Bang Rock and Roll, It’s A Bit Complicated, Art Brut vs Satan and Brilliant! Tragic!, plus rare live and alternate takes.

Art Brut And Yes, It’s My Singing Voice!

First 5CD edition of a two-part box set: a complete career compilation of the South London art-rockers, covering their early discography, demos, alternate mixes and live recordings between 2003 and 2008.

John Peel’s Dandelion Adventure Session

A monstrous sounding session from 1990 accompanied by their first demos from 1988.

Kiasmos II

The duo consisting of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Faroese musician Janus Rasmussen

The Witches’ Replica

Covers of tracks by American doom metal band Pentagram, country star Porter Wagoner, jazz great Chet Baker and John Cale of the Velvet Underground.

Joy of Honey III

The south London punks express their frustration with chronic health and mental health issues (“Never Better”), and criticise the government with the painful outrage of the album’s closing track “Thursday at 8pm”, whose title refers to the “Clap for Carers” campaign during the pandemic.

Ghost Fan Club Ghost Fan Club EP

EP with slowcore and bedroom pop influences addressing topics such as depression, mourning, instability and lost time.

Julia Gaeta Blur Divine EP

A collection of loveless songs veiled under facades of proximity, distorted reality and warped perceptions.

Antonina Nowacka Sylphine Soporiferous

A “New Age” from another world that finds its origins everywhere and nowhere.

Ogives Big Band, a noisy love

The album presents a foray into new musical territories of wild, angular and doom-laden sludge, progressive metal and psychedelic stoner rock.

The Kaisers More articles about the Kaisers

A band formed in 1992 who aimed to bring the excitement and joie de vivre of the early 60s beat era back to the Scottish music scene, armed with junk shop guitars and tiny amplifiers.

The fabric of the streets presents The streets

The mixtape offers an exclusive preview of previously unreleased material, including brand new original track “No Better Than Chance.”

Ruts DC Electroacoustics 3

Stripped-down, acoustic versions of their songs draw on selections from 2022’s “Counterculture?”, 2016’s “Music Must Destroy” and even going all the way back to “Human Punk” from 1979’s The Crack.

Kissin’ Dynamite is back in force

Founded as a teenage school band in 2007 and boasting an authentic 80s stadium rock attitude, KISSIN’ DYNAMITE have performed at countless major international festivals, opened for the likes of LA rockstars Mötley Crüe and played massive sold-out tours.

Perry Blake Death of a High Society Girl

A collaborator of Françoise Hardy who is known for his delicate, downtempo, melancholic production and soothing tone.

From Wolken 1981 – West Berlin

Project part of the “Geniale Dilletanten” movement in the early 1980s, along with Einstürzende Neubauten and Mechanik Destrüktiw Komandöh

JD Pinkus grows a pair

The former Butthole Surfers and Melvins member expands his psychedelic universe into a series of 12 powerful tracks, combining punk, psych rock and banjo-based folk.