From 10th June, New York’s BreakThru Radio will feature Hidden Shoal as their latest showcase label. DJ Mojo, who recently described Hidden Shoal as “This generation’s 4AD”, will curate and present a special HSR showcase, which promises to be an awesome listen. In advance of this eagerly awaited radio event, here’s a little more info about Breakthru Radio and DJ Mojo from the station…

BreakThru Radio
“BTR is the Internet’s voice of the world’s best independent music, where DJs take music personally… ‘Music for music lovers’ is BTR’s motto, and one that their DJs take very seriously. In a world where independent music is becoming more and more accessible, the need for select sources to filter the best is a necessity… BTR offers listeners access to unknown artists throughout the world, with a daily audience that includes more than a dozen countries. The site has garnered over 80 million listeners in its first year with its unique on-demand musical programming and focus on the best new independent music worldwide.”

DJ Mojo
“A force in the independent music scene for over four decades, BTR is thrilled to have his exquisite taste and expertise… DJ Mojo has spent the majority of his life in Brooklyn, NY heavily inundated in the local music scene. He has worked the doors of many of the city’s hottest venues, and written for such publications as Spin and Slash, and played in the UK electro-noise band Whitehouse, as well as being in the original lineup of Swans… Maximum Music airs every Tuesday on BTR featuring a wide array of music as eclectic and impressive as DJ Mojo himself… Mojo has found friendships with some of the musical greats such as Bowie and Iggy Pop, and the Beastie Boys even wrote a song about him.”

A prestigious showcase indeed! Don’t forget to check it out by streaming the show on BTR on Tuesday June 10th.

Wes Willenbring’s beautiful Somewhere Someone Else has just been reviewed on the MySpace music blog Headphone Commute. Visit the site to read the review in full, or pop along to Wes’s reviews section for an excerpt.

Wes Willenbring’s outstanding Somewhere Someone Else has just been reviewed on the most widely read Italian music zine, Ondarock. If you speak Italian, pop along to the Ondarock site; if not, check out Wes’s reviews page for a translated excerpt.

Michael Henaghan’s exhaustive end of year round-up continues! Iretsu’s The Moon and Stars Remain in the Morning Sky made number 4 in the indie/rock category, and Wes Willenbring’s Somewhere Someone Else made number 10 in the instrumental/experimental category. Plus, songs by Slow Dancing Society, Beautiful Lunar Landscape and Iretsu all made it into the Top 50 tracks of the year. Go HSR!