http://music.hiddenshoal.com Fri, 16 May 2008 07:48:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Excerpt: "Hidden Shoal continues to impress... Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder is the duo's third LP, in which they shed the Bristol trip-hop influence, and move towards a cinematic territory... The instrumental ambience of the album is lavishing, gorgeous, and inexplicably German... And the melodies... Ah, the melodies. The track ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/sankt-otten-wunden-gibt-es-immer-wieder-headphone-commute/ The latest post on the excellent Headphone Commute blog features a review of recent Sankt Otten album Wunden Gibt Es Immer Wieder and a short interview with the band. For an excerpt from the review, visit the already bulging Sankt Otten reviews section. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/sankt-otten-review-and-interview-on-headphone-commute/ Good news for Ghost In The Water fans. The outfit's stunning debut album Tooth will soon be distributed on CD through Tonevendor. Expect the disc in store and online in a few weeks. We'll post an announcement once the cd is officially available. Ghost In The Water - Lake Ice  ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-album-soon-available-on-cd-through-tonevendor/ <Note - this was rescheduled from the 1st of May>If you're somewhere near Orange County California this Thursday night or hell even if you're anywhere near the internet then tune in or stream the excellent KUCI 88.9FM show The Sound Session. The shows spins some of the finest indie tunes ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/the-slow-beings-ghost-in-the-water-on-kuci/ The excellent Maximum Music show on Breakthru Radio continues to feature the latest releases from Hidden Shoal, including Toby Richardson's hip-quaking single 'Booragoon Lagoon' from his recently released album Evergreen. Visit the Breakthru Radio site to stream DJ Mojo's shows, which have also featured recent releases from Jumpel and Tangled ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/hidden-shoal-on-breakthru-radio/ Monocle's sublime dream pop masterpiece Outer Sunset has been selected as a featured cd release by US based distributor Tonevendor. If the best of 2007 lists and glowing reviews aren't enough then here's another reminder why this album is so important, "From the opening strains of 'Emmanuelle', Monocle immediately set about ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/monocles-outer-sunset-featured-cd-at-tonevendor/ Drew Sullivan, AKA Slow Dancing Society, is putting the finishing touches to his eagerly awaited new album. Priest Lake Circa '88 is the second part of a two-part release that began with the The Slow and Steady Winter, which was released in 2007 to critical acclaim and a position on ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/new-slow-dancing-society-album-in-july/ Ghost In The Water's 'How To Draw A Ghost', taken from their glorious debut album Tooth, has recently been played on Radio Citta' Aperta alongside such cracking bands as dEUS, Pinback and Pram. Visit the Hidden Shoal Store to stream the album and listen to other fantastic recent releases. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-on-italian-radio/ Excerpt: "With a debt to the softly intense sound of Nirvana’s Unplugged record – and who thought a forcefully creative band would ever owe anything to MTV – Perth’s The Slow Beings reveal to us their interesting debut single... different enough to most everything else on the edgy side of ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/the-slow-beings-i-waste-the-sea-rave-magazine/ Brisbane's Rave Magazine has just reviewed 'I Waste The Sea', the fantastic new single by The Slow Beings, taken from their forthcoming album We Know Why The Earth Moves. Visit the Rave site to read the review in full, or visit The Slow Beings' reviews section for an excerpt. Plus, ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/the-slow-beings-new-single-reviewed-by-rave-magazine/ As well as being the name of a cracking album by Deerhoof, Reveille is also the name of a music website that has just published a lovely little chat with HSR's very own electro-pop maestros Ghost In The Water. Check it out. And while you're at it, pop along to ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-interview-by-reveille-magazine/ Be sure to listen in to the excellent "Ghosts Don't Walk" radio show on WSHC 89.7 tonight to hear the gorgeous Ghost in the Water album Tooth being featured. The show features a fantastic selection of work covering everything from noise to ambient to experimental pop. This week's show ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-featured-artist-on-the-ghosts-dont-walk-radio-show/ Excerpt: "clever, crisp and cool as ice-cream. And as tasty... Tooth is a collection of fine melodies and rich vocal patterns. The songs are made for cloudwalking, or daydreaming, or whatever you call it. They sound fluffy, but they're not too soft and cuddly... a very good album... a powerful ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-tooth-luna-kafe/ Excerpt: "Richardson is sort of a Robert Pollard-styled musician, but here's also glimpses of J Mascis' guitar sound. Musically Evergreen is psychedelic, lo-fi, indie-rock, with a touch of late 1960s/early 1970s fuzzed and dirty psychedelic blues-rock. Jimi Hendrix comes to mind. Beefheart is mentioned in the press sheets. Along with ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/toby-richardson-evergreen-luna-kafe/ 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 ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/toby-richardson-and-ghost-in-the-water-reviewed-on-luna-kafe/ 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 ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/toby-richardson-live/ Ghost In The Water continue to add to their wonderful set of upcoming support slots. Besides the May gig with M83 and the soon to be announced Styrofoam show we can now add UK's Foals to the list. Ghost In The Water will grace the stage with Foals at ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-playing-with-uks-foals/ Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of ‘I Waste The Sea’, the first cut to be taken from the brilliant forthcoming album by Perth-based ante-indie rock outfit The Slow Beings. "The song is a hook filled, inebriated anthem, continually falling towards its demise yet somehow managing to pull itself ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/the-slow-beings-single-released-download-it-for-free/ If you're one of the many who have been bedazzled by Ghost in the Water's lush pop masterpiece Tooth then you'll know that the prospect of catching them live has to be an exciting one. Well what if we added M83 and Berg Sans Nipple to the bill? If you're ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-live-with-m83/ This Tuesday night, tune into Tape Relay on Sydney's 2ser radio, 107.3FM, between 7pm and 8:30pm to hear more tracks from Ghost In The Water's stunning debut album Tooth alongside the wonderful work of Subtle, Styrofoam, No Age and Windsor For the Derby. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-on-sydneys-2ser-radio/ Tracks by Beautiful Lunar Landscape, Bury the Sound and Ghost In The Water have been played on recent editions of the excellent show Tape Relay on Sydney's 2ser, 107.3FM. Tune in Tuesdays between 7pm and 8:30pm to hear more Hidden Shoal artists. Bury the Sound - What Would One Become ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/hsr-artists-on-sydneys-2ser-radio/ This Saturday night, 19th April, Iretsu will be playing live at the Towne Lounge, 714 SW 20th Place, Portland, Oregon. If you're in town, be sure to check it out as their live shows are legendary. Plus, Iretsu's new EP, the follow-up to their staggering album The Moon and Stars Remain ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/iretsu-live-new-ep-soon/ 'I'm Not Afraid Of Falling', just one of the stunning tracks from Ghost In The Water's debut album Tooth, has been played by DJ GunHed on Re:automation radio, episode 164. Visit their site for more information on their excellent shows and to download the podcast. Ghost in the Water - ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-on-reautomation/ The Ambience show on US radio station WWUH has just released a fantastic new compilation CD entitled Euphony, with exclusive tracks by HSR artists Jumpel, Monocle, Sankt Otten and Slow Dancing Society. Visit the station's website for details of how to get hold of this limited edition release. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/exclusive-tracks-by-hsr-artists-on-new-wwuh-compilation-cd/ Tracks from the latest releases by Sankt Otten and Slow Dancing Society have been featured on the latest edition of Ultima Thule ambient radio. The show also featured new music from Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie and Robert Rich to name but a few. If you didn't ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/sankt-otten-and-slow-dancing-society-on-ultima-thule-ambient-radio/ Excerpt: "Just in case you missed it, one of the best EPs and hidden gems heard at Your Standard Life in a while, was the release Lakes and Ponds by Vermont's music collective The Hero Cycle... The band is America's version of Broken Social Scene (and are that good!). The ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/the-hero-cycle-lakes-and-ponds-your-standard-life/ With all the great stuff coming out on Hidden Shoal this past year it's easy to overlook past gems like The Hero Cycle's cracking Lakes and Ponds EP. A blog called Your Standard Life has just tapped into the good stuff and published a review. Meanwhile, the day that The ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/the-hero-cycle-reviewed-on-your-standard-life/ Excerpt: "Tooth is the kind of album people should be investing their time and energy towards. Granted, this territory has been mined before but rarely this well. The husband/wife duo of Nathan and Mandy Tensen-Woolery create such an embracing atmosphere on their debut effort... The song arrangements are inventive and ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-tooth-sound-as-language/ The first review of Ghost In The Water's stonking new album Tooth has just appeared on music zine Sound As Language, who describe it as "wildly moving". Bang on. The album is now available for download from the HSR Store. Ghost In The Water - I'm Not Afraid of Falling ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-album-review-on-sound-as-language/ Hidden Shoal Recordings has announced the release of the stunning debut album Tooth by American electronic pop duo Ghost In The Water. "Inhabiting a soundworld demarcated by fellow sonic explorers Björk and Xiu Xiu, Ghost In The Water transform the prosaic into the magical...Tooth presents a luscious and intricate vision: a ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/hidden-shoal-recordings-release-debut-ghost-in-the-water-album/ Thanks to our recently touted partnership with the ever wonderful US based distributor Tonevendor Hidden Shoal Recordings is pleased to announce that Monocle's Outer Sunset is now available on CD through Tonevendor. Outer Sunset has been generating a wonderful buzz since its digital release, making a number of Top 10 ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/monocles-outer-sunset-now-distributed-through-tonevendor/ Have you always felt that MP3s were too ephemeral? Love the smell of lasers and plastic? Enjoy fondling your cover art during a crushing ambient-rock crescendo? Fear not, dear friend! You will soon be able to buy more Hidden Shoal releases on CD, as HSR has just established a partnership ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/hidden-shoal-announce-cd-distribution-partnership-with-tonevendor/ Wonderful news for Beautiful Lunar Landscape fans - on May 1st, the band will be playing at El Inca in Bordeaux, the venue where they launched their peerless Alone in this Dark Romantic Night EP. The gig will be their first with a brand new line-up consiting of: Julien Daubert - ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/beautiful-lunar-landscape-announce-may-show-and-new-line-up/ Tangled Star's single 'tosleepingpeople' from their glorious Our Man in Eden Hill EP has earned them Artist of the Week on the Western Oz show on Perth's Twin Cities FM. Tune into 89.7 FM to hear Tangled Star along with fellow HSR rocker Toby Richardson. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/tangled-star-are-artist-of-the-week-on-twin-cities-fm/ Bury the Sound have compiled an eclectic two-disc mix of their favourite music for the Play My Tape site. Where else can you find Toto in the same playlist as Deerhoof?! The band's Autumn Magnets EP is available for download from the HSR Store. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/bury-the-sound-mix-on-play-my-tape/ Check out Music For Robots to hear the fantastic track 'Cardinal Red' from Ghost In The Water's debut album Tooth, which is released by Hidden Shoal next Tuesday, April 8th. And remember that until then you can download GITW's single 'Clean Sinks and Folded Laundry' and bonus b-side 'How to ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-on-music-for-robots/ Hidden Shoal Recordings, today announced the availability of Colour Kane’s highly acclaimed dream pop masterpiece A Taste Of on CD in the US through Amoeba Music. "A Taste Of features no shortage of blissed-out material but perhaps no songs are more heavenly than the anthemic “Share My Ease,” “Silya,” and, yes, ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/colour-kane-album-available-cd-availability/ Bury the Sound's 'What Would One Become', the opening track from their excellent Autumn Magnets EP, is featured on the latest Electrical Language podcast, number 116. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/bury-the-sound-on-electrical-language-podcast/ The latest edition of Play My Tape, the music site where artists share an exclusive mix of music, features a great mix by HSR's very own Slow Dancing Society. Previous editions have also featured mixes by Jumpel and Cheekbone, which are still available for download. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/slow-dancing-society-mix-on-play-my-tape/ Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the signing of the Australian ante-indie rock outfit The Slow Beings to its roster of artists. “Out of the ashes of some of Perth’s finest indie bands (The Bamboos, The Rainyard, The Healers, Header, Tangled Star) The Slow Beings may well be one of indie rock’s ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/hidden-shoal-signs-the-slow-beings/ If you're not already a huge fan of DJ Mojo's excellent radio show Maximum Music on New York's Breakthru Radio then here's another reason to convert. As has been the case over the last couple of months, DJ Mojo will continue to put the spotlight on the HSR catalogue, covering ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/hsr-artist-featured-on-maximum-music/ The brilliant new EP Our Man in Eden Hill by Tangled Star has been chosen as the local feature of the week on Australia's finest indie radio station RTRFM. Listen all this week to RTR and hear delicious slabs of the magic only Tangled Star can deliver. Even better if ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/tangled-star-feature-album-on-rtrfm/ Excerpt: "Colour Kane prove that dreampop is alive and well on their debut album. The band's singer Marjan Snykers has a delightful voice and they've written some exceptional songs... The collaboration with the Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie, 'Seaside Dream', is a superlative effort that brings out the best in the ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/colour-kane-a-taste-of-luna-kafe/ Excerpt: "Two moonths ago I was slightly amazed by Tangled Star's single guiding this EP, 'tosleepingpeople'. A great song... pleasing, soothing stuff... melodic and melancholic slow pop" Luna Kafe http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/tangled-star-our-man-in-eden-hill-luna-kafe/ Excerpt: "spellbinding, ghostlike electronic pop... Melodic and to the point. Perfect electro-pop, with the right doses of energy and chilled enthusiasm." Luna Kafe http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/ghost-in-the-water-clean-sinks-and-folded-laundry-luna-kafe/ There's a bumper crop of Hidden Shoal releases reviewed over at Norwegian music zine Luna Kafe this month: Ghost in the Water's new single 'Clean Sinks and Folded Laundry', Colour Kane's album A Taste Of, and Tangled Star's Our Man in Eden Hill EP. Pop along to Luna Kafe to ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/hidden-shoal-on-luna-kafe/ Excerpt: "I'm surprised that more people haven't been talking about Toby Richardson. Take some of the bluesy aspects of Captain Beefheart and mix it with some '90s college rock sensibilities and you've got the Toby Richardson sound. Fuzzed-out lo-fi classic rock is the order of the day, and Toby pulls ... http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/toby-richardson-evergreen-its-not-the-band-i-hate-its-their-fans/ 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. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/toby-richardson-on-its-not-the-band-i-hate-its-their-fans/ The new video for Colour Kane's 'Broken' is featured on Rock Sellout, where their album A Taste Of is described as "absolutely beautiful". Couldn't have put it better myself. The video and album are both available through the HSR Store. http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/colour-kane-on-rock-sellout/ Excerpt: "Monocle play spacy, poppy electronic music fronted by the delightful Sunny Kim. They are a bit like Stereolab and boast truly memorable tunes... Monocle's debut is a lovely record that should appeal to many." Collected Sounds  http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/monocle-outer-sunset-collected-sounds/