Hidden Shoal News
Hotels' "Where Hearts Go Broke" This Week's RTRFM Feature Album
In yet more awesome Hotels’ news, the equally awesome RTRFM (Perth, Western Australia) has chosen Where Hearts Go Broke as this week’s Drivetime feature album. The album will be featured on the Drivetime show everyday this week. The show runs from 5pm to 7pm (Perth Time) and can be streamed live or re-streamed after the show – no excuses to miss it! Check the RTRFM website for all streaming details. Local listeners can win themselves a copy of the album – one for each show this week.
Don’t forget that the album is also now available on CD from 78 Records in Perth as as digitally from all good online stores such as iTunes, eMusic as well as the HSR Store. Check the HSR Store for all availability info.
Latest Jumpel and Hotels CD's Now Available at 78 Records
The stunning sophomore albums but Cologne’s Jumpel (Deuxieme Bureau) and Seattles Hotels (Where Hearts Go Broke) are both now available at 78 Records in Perth (Australia for you overseas folk) on CD. Good news for also for non Perth Australian fans as 78’s do mailorder – check their website for all the details.
Perth RTRFM listeners will have been given a good dose of these albums already as they have both been chosen as feature albums on the station. For the unitiated though you can stream the albums in full at the HSR Store and hear why they have both been getting so much good press and general musical loving.
Hotels' "Where Hearts Go Broke" Debuts in CMJ Top 200
Seattle’s shining lights Hotels have debuted at 177 in the CMJ college music charts. Where Hearts Go Broke has been getting heavy rotation (and heavy love) on all good US indie and college radio stations including a bunch of tracks of the week and album features. If you have not yet booked a room (oh come on how could I not!) in the 5 star goodness (ok it’s getting worse) that is Hotel’s Where Hearts Go Broke then head to your local musical travel agent (well why stop now?) and…. you know where this is going.
Hotels – Cafe Martinique Hotels – Cafe Martinique
Hidden Shoal Announce Tarcutta Signing
Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the signing of Melbourne-based instrumental rock trio Tarcutta to its roster of artists.
Tarcutta draw inspiration from rock, punk and post-rock to create their own distinctive and emotive blend. The subtle ebb and flow of their compositions, the complex interweaving of guitar, organ and drums, and the raw immediacy of the playing, captured live in the studio, distinguish Tarcutta as an essential band.
“a truly lovely instrumental tapestry… bewitching and addictive” – Luna Kafe
Their self-titled debut album was recorded live at Head Gap studio, Melbourne by Casey Rice – who has worked with Tortoise, Dirty Three and Hidden Shoal’s very own Fall Electric – and mixed at Rice’s Yarraville studio, Classixx. Album centrepiece ‘No Light No Shade’ also features vocalist Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue).
Tarcutta is released by Hidden Shoal on June 23rd, preceded by the single ‘You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk Before You Waltz’ on May 19th.
A full press release is available here.
Hotels Live at R5 Records and KDVS Tonight!!!
A reminder for all your fine folk living in or near Sacramento – be sure to catch Hotels doing an in store performance at R5 Records at 6pm and then later that night they’ll pour out more of their live magic as they do a live to air on KDVS.
Check the dates below for the rest of the Hotels mini tour and make sure you can grow old and gloat to your grandkids, “oh yes I saw Hotels live” as they look at you in jealous disbelief.
Hotels – Near The Desert, Near The City Hotels – Near The Desert, Near The City
Fall Electric and My Majestic Star at In The Pines
HSR’s very own Fall Electric and My Majestic Star have been selected to play at the always awesome In The Pines festival this year, hosted by equally awesome Perth radio station RTRfm. The event is on Sunday 26th April, runs from 11.30am to 10pm, and is a ludicrously cheap $10 for RTR subscribers and $15 for general admission. Visit the RTRfm site for the line-up so far. Be there or be… sad.
Fall Electric – Warm Toes Fall Electric – Warm Toes
HC-B Album Reviewed on Il Cibicida
HC-B’s new masterwork Soundcheck For A Missing Movie has just been reviewed on Italian site Il Cibidina. If you speak Italian, visit the site to read the review in full, or you can pop along to HC-B’s reviews section to read a translated excerpt.
Soundcheck For A Missing Movie is available in CD and mp3 format from the HSR Store.
HC-B Dead Horse Walking HC-B – Dead Horse Walking
Hotels Album Reviewed on [sic]
Hotels’ rollicking new album Where Hearts Go Broke has just received a glowing review on [sic], where it’s dubbed “one of the best albums of the year”. Visit [sic] to read the review in full, or visit Hotels’ reviews section for an excerpt.
Where Hearts Go Broke is available on CD and mp3 from the HSR Store. Or you can pick up a CD from one of Hotels’ live shows, as the band are currently touring the west coast of the US. Check out their MySpace page to check if you live in any of the cities they’re playing, and if you are, be sure to catch one of the best live shows around.
Hotels Flight Of The Navigator Hotels – Flight Of The Navigator
Fall Electric Album Reviewed on Adelaide's dBMagazine
Fall Electric’s stunning debut album Measure And Step has just been reviewed in Adelaide’s dBMagazine. Visit the dB site to read the review in full, or visit Fall Electric’s reviews section for an excerpt.
Measure And Step is available on CD and as an mp3 download from the HSR Store.
Fall Electric Twine Of Wool Fall Electric – Twine Of Wool
Hotels 'Hydra' One of FBI Radio's Tracks of the Week
The wonderful Sydney based indie radio station FBI 94.5FM has chosen Hotels’ ‘Hydra‘ as one of their tracks of the week. FBI will be giving Hotel’s a good thrashing over the coming weeks so be sure to tune yourself in if you’re near a radio or stream yourself silly if you’re near a computer.
Expect more Hotels radio feature news soon!
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