New albums by Toby Richardson and Ghost In The Water have just received glowing reviews in the latest edition of charming Norwegian music zine Luna Kafe. Pop over to the Kafe to sip on their frothy prose, or visit the artist profiles on the Hidden Shoal site to gulp down a hot espresso shot of an excerpt.

Finally the moment has arrived. Toby Richardson will grace the stage this weekend (after way too many years) with his band The Surround Sound in support of the wonderful French Rockets. When we say band, we mean drummer. Yes Toby Richardson and The Surround Sound will perform as a two piece! If you thought The Black Keys had it going on live then you aint seen nothing yet. To witness the splendour head to the Whitesands Hotel ( Perth, Western Australia) at 8PM on Saturday April 26th (free entry!). Even better news for T.R. fans is that this will be the start of much larger live presence.

And if you haven’t been spinning Toby’s latest lo-fi opus Evergreen then head over here to listen in full and buy it.

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Toby Richardson’s absurdly genius new album Evergreen is featured on the music blog (deep breath) It’s Not The Band I Hate It’s Their Fans. Visit the site to read the feature/review in full, or pop along to Toby’s reviews section to read an excerpt.

If you live in Perth or you’re anywhere near a computer then be sure to tune into Twin Cities FM and check out the Western Oz show on Tuesday night show from 8pm and Kickstart/WA Top 10 on Friday night from 6pm (Western Australian Time). You’ll get to hear some of Western Australias finest musical output which of course includes a slab of HSR releases such asrecently released gems by Toby Richardson and Tangled Star. Tune your radio to 89.7FM or point your browser to http://www.twincitiesfm.com.au/ and soak in the goodness.