Hidden Shoal News

Tangled Star EP Review on AMG; Re-issue on CD; New EP Coming Soon!

Tangled Star’s luscious Our Man In Eden Hill EP has just been reviewed on AMG. Visit AMG to read the review in full, or visit Tangled Star’s reviews section for an excerpt. Our Man… is also due for re-issue on CD on 22nd April through our wonderful distributor n5Mailorder.

As if that wasn’t enough, the new Tangled Star EP, That Time, is ready for release on 11th June, with a single due in May. Hot diggity!

Tangled Star The Skaters Tangled Star – The Skaters

HC-B Album Of The Week on RTRfm

HC-B’s epic new album Soundcheck For A Missing Movie is Album Of The Week all this week on RTRfm’s Out To Lunch show. If you live in the Perth area, tune in to 92.1FM to hear tracks from the album and grab the opportunity to win a copy. Or, you can stream the station online.

Soundcheck… is available in mp3 format from the HSR Store, and on CD from n5Mailorder. Plus, don’t forget that HC-B are touring Italy throughout April – their live show is monumental.

HC-B Hot Afternoon In The Bulls’ Square HC-B – Hot Afternoon In The Bulls’ Square

HC-B Live

hc-b-on-tour.jpgTomorrow night, April 10th, HC-B kick off their tour of Italy in support of the recent release of their superb new album Soundcheck For A Missing Movie. HC-B are a formidable live proposition, so if you’re in the vicinity, be sure to drop by and be blown away.

Check their MySpace page for details of the shows.

HC-B Black HC-B – Black

Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean – Out Now!

American folk-pop deconstructionists The Caribbean have teamed up with engineer, producer, mixologist Scott Solter (Spoon, Okkervil River, The Mountain Goats) and Hidden Shoal to bring you Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean. The EP consists of five tracks from The Caribbean’s 2007 Hometapes record Populations which were sent to Solter to deconstruct, warp, and otherwise obliterate. The result is a set of dizzying curve balls that split the difference between glistening songcraft and complete re-construction.

“You’re forced to occupy their barren pop architecture…. You don’t understand it, but, though you might not admit it, you do hope it will understand you. Or at least not destroy you…”Pitchfork on The Caribbean

Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean is now available in mp3 format from the Hidden Shoal Store and all good third-party digital music stores, and in CD format distributed through n5Mailorder.

Head here to stream the album in full and here to read the press release.

The Caribbean – Do You Believe in Dinosaurs? (Scott Solter Remix)   The Caribbean – Do You Believe in Dinosaurs? (Scott Solter Remix)

Hotels in KEXP Chart, Interview on OPB, Live with Iretsu

Hotels’ amazing new album Where Hearts Go Broke is currently riding high at number 11 in the main KEXP radio chart and number 1 in the KEXP Northwest chart. Hot bananas!

Tune into OPB Radio tomorrow afternoon, April 2nd, to hear an interview and studio session with the band. Then, that evening they’re playing live at Doug Fir with Hidden Shoal labelmates and avant-pop maestros Iretsu. Not to be missed!

Hotels Hydra Hotels – Hydra

Jumpel Album on Echoes, on CD at 78 in Perth, Review on Ondarock

Jumpel’s new album Deuxieme Bureau has been receiving airplay on the excellent Echoes radio show, presented by John Diliberto, which plays daily on over 130 radio stations across the USA.

For Perth-based music fans, the album is now also available on CD at the wonderful 78 Records.

Plus, the album has received a glowing review at Italian music site Ondarock. If you speak Italian, visit Ondarock to read the review in full, or visit Jumpel’s reviews section for a translated excerpt.

Jumpel Rag Magnetic Flag Jumpel – Rag Magnetic Flag