Hidden Shoal News
Sankt Otten "Morgan Weider Lustig" reviewed on Elektrolurch
The latest album from Sankt Otten, Morgan Weider Lustig, has been reviewed on German site Elektrolurch. Read the review at elektrolurch.com, or go to Sankt Otten’s reviews section to read a translated excerpt. Duck into the Hidden Shoal Store to stream the album in full, and purchase in CD and mp3 format.
Sankt Otten – Lustig, Lustig, Demain Encore Lustig Sankt Otten – Lustig, Lustig, Demain Encore Lustig
My Majestic Star Interview on RTRFM Today
Tune in to Perth’s RTRFM today at 2pm to hear Chris Mason from My Majestic Star talk with Sarah Tout on Out To Lunch about the new album and the launch show this Friday night at the Hyde Park Hotel.
My Majestic Star – RTRFM Feature Album and Launch
My Majestic Star‘s stunning forthcoming album I Haven’t Got It In Me is this week’s local feature album on the ever wonderful RTRFM. The feature comes ahead of what looks to be an amazing launch of the album this Friday night (27th) at the Hide Park Hotel backroom (Perth, Western Australia). My Majestic Star will be supported by some of Perth’s finest in the form of Injured Ninja, Shock Horror and Turn and if that wasn’t enough reason to come along the night is also doubling up as a design exhibition where 20 artists and designers have been invited to interpret a track each from the new album. Your eyes and ears will thank you!
Keep an ear out for official release info at the end of the week and pick up a copy of the album at the launch or grab one on Saturday from the usual outlets (CD and digital). In the meantime you can still download the first single from I Haven’t Got It In Me, ‘Crampling’, for free at the Hidden Shoal Store.
A Million Square Miles on rotation at KUCI
"A Million Square Miles" reveiwed on Adequacy.net
Hidden Shoal’s WA compilation album, A Million Square Miles, has been showered with praise on the awesome review site adequacy.net. Check out this glowing review at adequacy. A Million Square Miles features selected tracks from eight of Hidden Shoal’s WA-based artists. Looking for “an exhilarating listen from beginning to end”?- check out the HSR store to get your paws on this great release.
Mukaizake – My Friend Flicker Mukaizake – My Friend Flicker
Hidden Shoal Free Label Sampler Volume 5
Hidden Shoal Recordings is pleased to announce the official release of compilation album Crushed and Reminded, the fifth installment in its free sampler album series. Whilst the keen eyed amongst you may have already noted that this has has been available for a few weeks now, we thought we’d allow some breathing space before making the official announcement (busy month!!!)
Crushed and Reminded takes the listener on a multi-dimensional sonic rollercoaster ride, showcasing tracks from recent 2009 HSR releases. Moving from bitcrushed remixes through cinematic instrumental rock to deliciously mellow ambient electronica, Crushed and Reminded shines a new light across the breadth and depth of the Hidden Shoal landscape.
It includes stunning songs from 11 Hidden Shoal artists and bands: The Caribbean, HC-B, Sankt Otten, Hotels, Down Review, Tangled Star, Apricot Rail, Tarcutta, Sleeping Me, Elisa Luu and Jumpel. Dip in, then explore each artist’s album and EP releases to experience their full splendour.
“a gripping, adventurous and touching journey across their catalogue of ambient, shoegaze, post-rock and indie-rock releases. The perfect introduction for the artists and bands, or alternatively, the perfect sampler for those who cannot decide which of these fantastic bands to pay attention to at the moment” – Post Rock Community review of Limit of Maps, volume 3 in the free sampler album series.
Crushed and Reminded is available for free download from the Hidden Shoal Store, along with volumes 1 to 4.
City of Satellites reviewed in Rave Magazine
The latest City of Satellites album, Machine is My Animal, has been reviewed in Brisbane street-press Rave Magazine. Check out that review here, or check the artist’s reviews section for an excerpt. Machine is My Animal is now available in all digital formats- stream and purchase the album at the Hidden Shoal Store. Die-hards will have to wait until 21 January, 2010 for the official CD release.
City of Satellites – Victor! Burn City Lights City of Satellites – Victor! Burn City Lights
Mukaizake "Unknown Knowns" Digital and US CD Release
The Australian music label Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the US CD and worldwide digital release of the eagerly awaited sophomore album by Australian indie math-rock marvels Mukaizake.
The cliché ‘all killer, no filler’ is often bandied around with very little to back it up. In the case of Mukaizake’s stunning new release Unknown Knowns, the cliché applies: this six-song, half-hour mini-album is sheer perfection. Unknown Knowns kicks off with the fuzzy propulsion of single ‘The Yeah Conditioner’, immediately launching the listener into Mukaizake’s compelling corner of the musical universe. This is serpentine indie-rock at its finest, weaving hook after hook around your chest until you’re suspended from the clouds, a grin plastered across your face, unable to even think about listening to anything else.
‘Rule Norse’ ups the ante with a thunderously rollicking first half that follows with gorgeous layered backing vocals and hovering guitars in the exultant, expansive second half. ‘Corporal Steam’ winds the album down a notch with its chiming circular guitar harmonics and Geoff Symons’ plaintive vocals before ‘Frisbee’ launches the listener off the edge of a cliff attached to an electric boomerang of riffs and angular melodies. Then, the stunningly wistful ‘My Friend Flicker’ and the dreamy lament of ‘Slack Bees’ bring the listener down in a pool of dazzling songmanship.
“Mukaizake are a testament to the powers of rock music to find other places to go, to regenerate and make itself over. Had the martians landed in the midst of Mukaizake’s set they would have thought that rock music is a boundless and exhilarating thing. In the right hands, it is” – Hype Magazine
Mukaizake comprises Dan Erickson (Bluetile Lounge), Simon Struthers (Umpire, Adam Said Galore), Geoff Symons (Umpire, ex-Adam Said Galore, O!), and Michael Lake (Umpire, ex-Adam Said Galore). Unknown Knowns is the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album Mapping The Static released in 2003.
Unknown Knowns is now available digitally worldwide and on CD in the US distributed by n5Mailorder. The album will then see its Australian CD release and launch on December 11th in Perth, Western Australia at the Amplifier Bar. Head to the HSR Store for all availability info and to stream the album in full. You can also read a full press release here.
Mukaizake – Rule Norse Mukaizake – Rule Norse
Stray Ghost reviewed on Music, Musings & Miscellany
The new EP from Anthony Saggers’ Stray Ghosts has received a short but sweet review on Music, Musings & Miscellany. Each Paradise is a Lost Paradise is the first in a special new series of digital-only releases by Hidden Shoal Recordings. Drop by the Hidden Shoal Store to stream and purchase this thoroughly engaging yet fragile EP.
Stray Ghosts – Au Revoir a la Belle Semaine Stray Ghosts – Au Revoir a la Belle Semaine
Elisa Luu reviewed on Delusions of Adequacy
Elisa Luu’s stunning album Chromatic Sigh has just received a wonderful review over at the equally wonderful review site Delusions of Adequacy. Visit DoA to read the review in full, and scoot by the Hidden Shoal Store to listen to a full stream and purchase the album in CD and mp3 format.
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