Hidden Shoal News
Apricot Rail in Glasgow
Ok so that title is a little misleading but it is one fifth true (Jack Quirk is back in Glasgow for a wee while). I digress – Glaswegian fans can now walk/run/waltz in two excellent local record stores, Monorail Music and Avalanche Records, and nab themselves a copy of Apricot Rail’s debut longplayer.
As always check the Hidden Shoal Store for all CD and digital availability.
Tarcutta Album Launch
Tarcutta are launching their stunning self-titled debut album tomorrow night, 23rd July, at the East Brunswick Club in Melbourne. Doors open at 8pm and it’s just $10 to get in, or $20 if you want the CD too. $20 for a night of superb live music and Tarcutta’s debut masterpiece? Madness! Support comes from Radiant City, and Teeth & Tongue’s Jess Cornelius will be making a guest appearance on ‘No Light No Shade’ and an extra-special secret cover version…
If you can’t make it to the show, Tarcutta is available for streaming and in CD (from tomorrow) and mp3 format from the Hidden Shoal Store.
My Majestic Star and Craig Hallsworth Live This Friday Night
My Majestic Star are playing live at the Velvet Lounge this Friday night with Soon, Colourvision, and most exciting of all, a solo set by Craig Hallsworth from Tangled Star and The Slow Beings. Boomshanka!
The latest releases by My Majestic Star, Tangled Star and The Slow Beings are all available for your streaming and purchasing pleasure at the Hidden Shoal Store.
Hotels Live at Capitol Hill Block Party!
This weekend, Hotels are playing at Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party, which is an absolutely stonking music festival. Hotels are playing at 3pm on the Neumos Stage, so be sure to check ’em out. For the full lineup, go here, and feel your jaw drop: as well as Hotels, we’re talking Sonic Youth, Built To Spill and Earth here, people! If you’re in Seattle and you don’t make it, you’re freakin’ nuts!
But, if you can’t make it, there is hope: Hotels are also playing at Bumbershoot, which is on in September.
And if you don’t already know and love Where Hearts Go Broke, there is still hope – pop along to the Hidden Shoal Store to stream the album in full, where it’s available in CD and mp3 format. Don’t ever let it be said that Hidden Shoal didn’t do nothin’ for your sorry ass…
Hidden Shoal Sign Elisa Luu
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the signing of Rome-based composer Elisa Luu to its roster of artists.
Elisa Luu (Elisabetta Luciani) is a Rome-based composer, who began her musical career as a jazz/fusion saxophone player. Elisa has been involved in a number of musical projects over the years, including fusion quartet Prodotti Speciali and Short’s Monday Night Jazz Orchestra. She has also participated in Berklee Jazz clinics, where she received special mention as an alto sax player.
Though digitally crafted, Elisa Luu’s music is warm, inviting and uniquely human, betraying a vulnerability and sensitivity that is rarely found in the male-dominated sphere of electronica. With its sighing, lilting qualities, Elisa Luu’s music reawakens a sense of childlike wonder and adventure with every sprawling and sparkling track.
In 2007 Elisa began to compose electronic music using flute, saxophone and guitar as sound sources. In 2008, UK net label Phantom Channel released her debut EP Floating Sounds, which garnered glowing online reviews.
“There is a balance of songness and sound, of an experimentalist’s emphasis on texture and a composer’s on tone, that makes Elisa Luu’s Floating Sounds (Phantom Channel) one of the most immediately awarding and arresting netlabel releases of the year thus far.”– Disquiet on Floating Sounds
“On the evidence of this EP, Elisa Luu is an astonishingly talented artist, crafting immersive and emotive soundfields with ease. Fingers crossed that she can muster an album of similar quality sometime soon.” – Luna Kafe on Floating Sounds
Elisa Luu’s debut album Chromatic Sigh is to be released by Hidden Shoal on the 10th of September, preceded by the album’s first single on the 5th of August.
Read a full press release here.
Apricot Rail – Drum Media CD of the Week
Yet more praise for Apricot Rail‘s debut, this time in the form of a wonderful review and “CD of the Week” in Perth’s Drum Media. Pick up a copy of this week’s Drum if you’re in Perth or read the review in Apricot Rail’s review section on this here website.
Perth fans can pick up a copy of the cd at 78’s, Planet or Dada’s and as always head to the Hidden Shoal Store for all other CD and digital distribution/store info.
Apricot Rail Scoop FBI Album of the Week
Apricot Rail‘s sublime debut continues to get the love poured over it, this time by the wonderful Sydney radio station FBI where it has been named Album of the Week. Not only will FBI listeners get to lap up this gorgeous album but they’ll also get a chance to win it on the FBI breakfast show all next week (starting Monday 20th July). Sydney folk should tune in to 94.5 FM and all others can stream FBI online.
If you haven’t yet secured yourself a copy of their debut masterpiece then head to the Hidden Shoal Store for all CD and digital distribution info. Sydney fans should head into Red Eye Records to get themselves a slice a Apricot goodness.
Apricot Rail – The Parachute Failure Apricot Rail – The Parachute Failure
Tarcutta Single Review in Losing Today
We somehow missed this awesome review of Tarcutta’s mesmerising debut single ‘You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk Before You Waltz’ in the always excellent Losing Today zine. Head to Tarcutta’s review section to read the review or head to Losing Today.
Tarcutta Interview on RRR and Launch
Ahead of the release and launch of their debut masterpiece, Melbourne three piece Tarcutta will be gracing the airwaves via an interview on RRR‘s wonderful Delivery program this Sunday (19th July). Listen in between 4 and 6 pm to hear what makes these sonic magicians tick as well as soak in some tunes from the new album.
And of course the album will be launched and officially released on CD at Melbourne’s East Brunswick Club on 23rd July with support from the wonderful Radiant City and a guest appearance from Teeth & Tongue. You’d be soft in the head to miss this gig if you are anywhere near Melbourne next week. Tarcutta are a force to be reckoned with live, and anyone who has heard the new album knows that they have the musical magic to back it up. Add Radiant City to the night and the story writes itself. Be sure to get down early as the night will mostly likely sell out.
For those who just can’t wait for the official CD release, you can grab the album digitally via the HSR Store or the usual third party digital stores (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon, etc).
Tarcutta – Evan and Luna Tarcutta – Evan and Luna
Apricot Rail and Tangled Star Reviewed on Luna Kafe
Apricot Rail’s single ‘Pouring Milk Out The Window’ and Tangled Star’s new That Time EP have both received glowing reviews in the new edition of Luna Kafe. Visit the Kafe to read the reviews in full, or visit the artists’ reviews sections for excerpts.
Apricot Rail’s self-titled album and Tangled Star’s That Time are both available from the HSR Store.
Apricot Rail Pouring Milk Out The Window Apricot Rail – Pouring Milk Out The Window
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