RL/VL’s lo-fi ambient epic Chagrin has just received a glowing review on the superb Australian site Cyclic Defrost. Visit the site to read the review in full, or visit RL/VL’s reviews section for an excerpt.

RL/VL is featured on East-West Section, the new sampler album available for free download from the HSR Store.

RL/VL A Lake You Could Walk On RL/VL – A Lake You Could Walk On

Slow Dancing Society’s latest album Priest Lake Circa ‘88 has been ranked among the top 50 releases of 2008 by the always-excellent Textura site. Plus, Drew Sullivan has chosen City Of Satellites’ The Spook EP as his favourite release of 2008 in the new Textura artists’ picks special.

Both Slow Dancing Society and City Of Satellites feature on the new Hidden Shoal sampler album East-West Section, available for free download from the HSR Store.

Slow Dancing Society Glimmer And Gleam Slow Dancing Society – Glimmer And Gleam

Hidden Shoal Recordings is currently the featured label on Loop Space, which showcases the best of (mainly) Australian music and sound culture, visual arts and digital media. The site has evolved out of Loop Magazine into a contributors’ website, publishing articles and digital media from writers, artists and event managers on an ongoing basis (not issue by issue), and a sound and digital media exhibition space in a shop front gallery in Newcastle CBD. Look out for coverage of Hidden Shoal releases on Loop Space throughout 2009.

Ghost In The Water’s new Cardinal Red EP, which includes the second single taken from their Tooth album and four superb remixes of various album tracks, has been featured on the I Am The Crime blog.

The single ‘Cardinal Red‘ is currently available for free download from the HSR Store for a limited time.

Ghost In The Water Cardinal Red Ghost In The Water – Cardinal Red