The Heyday - The Heyday (Review)

Album art for the self-titled album by The Heyday

It is not often the first spin of a debut record from a fresh band leaves you with that tingling sensation, thinking that these guys actually have potential, but to a certain extent this 5 piece power pop group from …

Mean Everything to Nothing Track Listing

The track list for Manchester Orchestra's soon-to-be-released sophomore full-length, Mean Everything to Nothing, has been announced. As you will no doubt notice, it corresponds quite well with what we gave a taste of in our premature preview article. The only song …

Brand new Brand New album this summer?

Reports are coming in that Jessey Lacey of Brand New

Coconut Records - Davy (Review)

Album art for Davy by Coconut Records

Much unlike his character from the cult-movie Rushmore that propelled him to fame and celebrity, Jason Schwartzman doesn't suffer from illusions of grandeur, or at the very least doesn't when he assumes his alter ego Coconut Records …

Would you like to write for Silent Sound Waves?

After getting off to a good start in the new year, we have decided to expand our little operation here at Silent Sound Waves by taking on additional writers. Does this opportunity tickle your interest? Read on for all the details.

During the last month and a half of …

Introducing the magnificent and Exceptional Edward

Album cover for Lost at Sea by Exceptional Edward

Running a music blog isn't all that I had hoped it would be when I first started Silent Sound Waves; it's ten times better than I ever thought it would be! The most immediate perk is that bands and promoters send us …

Fiction Family - Fiction Family (Review)

The album cover for Fiction Family's self-titled album.

Jon Foreman has been hard at work the past few years, knocking out several solo projects, as well as prepping new

Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (Review)

Album art for Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Much like the Lord himself, the human mind works in mysterious ways. Whenever we see or hear something that we have yet to form an opinion about, we are likely to adopt the underlying opinion embedded in what we are perceiving and …

Get the new Stickboy EP, for free!

Artwork for EP3 released by Stickboy

Those of you who have followed Silent Sound Waves for a while will remember that the first featured artist in our Fresh Waves column was Stickboy, an unsigned UK based folk/indie type artist, and we are pleased to finally report …

Free MP3: Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Album art for the soon-to-be-released Blood Bank EP by Bon Iver

There are few things we love more here at Silent Sound Waves than (legally) free music. One of those things that we do love even more is legally free music from artists that we're head over heals in love …

Select Start -

Cover art for <3 by Select Start

Named as one of the best 21 unsigned bands of 2008 on PureVolume, Florida-situated powerpop quintet Select Start recently released a six-track record <3. Throughout the record this up-and-coming group prove with crisp vocals, strong …

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She & Him - Volume One (Review)

The album cover for She & Him's Volume One.

She's not exactly what you'd call an "actress turned vocalist".. Or a "vocalist turned actress," for that matter.

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Kevin Max - Crashing Gates (Review)

Kevin Max's Crashing Gates EP cover.

When bands split, it's not always easy to find a suitable side project that will further your career while still keeping the interest of

iTunes Music Store finally tossing DRM

While we don't normally cover this kind of news here at Silent Sound Waves, we feel that this is well worth mentioning. Apple have announced today that they have finally negotiated a deal with the major labels about selling all the music in the iTunes Music Store …

Glasvegas - Glasvegas (Review)

Cover art for the self-titled album by Glasvegas

With the release of their self-titled debut album, the group of Scotsmen with the clever name reaped their fair share of critical acclaim. Tonight they are stepping back into the spotlight as they are playing a concert in …

A new year filled with musical opportunities and discoveries!

We might be a little late on this one, but we want to extend our best of wishes to all of the readers of Silent Sound Waves out there. We hope your holidays were great and that you found all the music you wanted under the tree, and that the first few days of the new …

Kent releases new song "P

Listen to a new, free song by Swedish band Kent

Swedish rockers, Kent, which we have previously covered several times here at Silent Sound Waves, released a brand new song for free through their website right before Christmas. The new song is called "P

Silent Sound Waves Top 20 albums of 2008

We have fought and bickered like kids arguing over a new toy, but with less than 24 hours to go before the new year parades on in and takes over our lives we have finally managed to put together the Silent Sound Waves Top 20 Albums of 2008 list. Read on to see if your …