Connor Ryan

2 months ago | melbournefoe.org.au | Connor Ryan |Justin Smith

The backcountry film festival is a pre winter institution in Melbourne. We have been screening the festival each year since 2011. The program is put together by Winter Wildlands Alliance, and celebrates the power and spirit of humans in winter. This is a first announcement for the 2025 screening and a call for local backcountry films to be included in the festival. The festival will happen on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Jan 10, 2025 | silentradio.co.uk | Connor Ryan

Brighton based Lambrini Girls offer a raucous punk debut which musically isn’t anything new, but it certainly attempts to get in your face. I like that. It’s not my favourite vial of post punk in the world. That shouting-in-a-southern-accent-core, which has entered the alt indie sphere in recent years, can rub me up the wrong way. Despite the big licks of this genre such as Idles and Soft Play producing some decent to good albums, it’s not a sound with much room to expand or fully titillate.

May 14, 2024 | cbubanner.com | Connor Ryan

After 10 years, CBU continues to give back to the environment with its annual Arbor Day event, where students come together to improve the scenery and cleanliness of their campus. The two-day experience provided opportunities for students to enhance their environment. Dr. Bonjun Koo, professor of environmental science, explained the goals for each day and how students worked together to make a difference in their community.

Mar 21, 2024 | silentradio.co.uk | Connor Ryan

Pan American is a moniker of post-rock musician Mark Nelson (Labradford). Kramer is a New York music man, mainly producer, who I had the pleasure of reviewing and interviewing not that long ago. Mr Nelson and Mr Kramer, team up here to create a 12 track malaise into dense space fog. Detached from the ship, the listener floats into the unknown. Or something to that effect. Track one “Floating Island” does what it says on the tin. It’s ethereal and full of light electronic refrains.

Mar 7, 2024 | silentradio.co.uk | Connor Ryan

Jarring synths, war march drums and German vocals about god knows what, it’s not hard to see why I like this release. Of course, different from a studio album in nature, there’s no overriding theme or story here. It’s just a collection of early singles which, to be fair, sound like they belong together. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, it’s a welcome documentation of how bands like Xmal laid the foundations for others to flourish.