A few more feathers in our cap, and rounds of applause for our artists, having made more appearances in various ‘Top Lists of 09′. First off we have Elisa Luu - Chromatic Sigh, Wes Willenbring - Close, But Not Too Close and Sleeping Me - Cradlesongs all being featured in the illustrious ‘best albums of 2009‘ picked by the editor of Italy’s Ondarock. Followed by Phantom Channel’s ’Top 50′ including our very own Sleeping Me - Cradlesongs, HC-B - Soundcheck for a Missing Movie (both making the top 10) and Stray Ghost - Each Paradise is a Lost Paradise making the top 50. The full list can be viewed here.

Elisa Luu – The Garden Elisa Luu – The Garden

Hidden Shoal artists continue to impress upon the US college radio circuit. 2010 kicks off nicely with Sleeping Me’s sublime Cradlesongs re-entering the KZSU’s (Stanford) top ten experimental/classical charts at number 5 and HC-B’s monstrous Soundcheck for a Missing Movie sitting at number 19 on Portland’s KBOO. Recent releases by Mukaizake and My Majestic Star as well as Hidden Shoal’s Western Australian music compilation A Million Square Miles have also been getting lots of airtime on a growing number of key US stations – hopefully we see some charting for these soon.

HC-B – Black  HC-B – Black

Tis the season for those those end-of-year lists, and Hidden Shoal releases have made their way into several of them. Phantom Channel included HC-B and Sleeping Me in their Top 50 for 2009. City Of Satellites made their way into the Top 10 on Those Walls, Your Ears, while Apricot Rail and Elisa Luu made the cut on Thought Palace.

HC-B’s latest album, Soundcheck for a Missing Movie, has received mighty praise (and then some) on Vermont college radio station WRUV. Hop across to WRUV to read this glowing review.  Anything that is going to “blast your face off for its entirety” is definitely something you’ll want to get involved with.

Soundcheck for a Missing Movie is available at the Hidden Shoal Store.

HC-B – A Dusty Book, A City of Lights HC-B – A Dusty Book, A City of Lights