Hidden Shoal News
Hotels' Live – Miss Them and Be Damned!
For anyone who has witnessed the blinding pop brilliance that is Hotels live then you’ll be reaching for your diaries about now to engrave these dates. The band will be showering audiences with gems from their rightfully lauded Where Hearts Go Broke For those who have already diarised please note there has been some shifts, cancellations, things falling through, and new things coming up. Here’s the up to date schedule:
FRIDAY 3/6 – BOB’S JAVA JIVE – TACOMA, WA
WEDNESDAY 3/11 – THE ROCKIT ROOM – SAN FRANCISCO, CA
THURSDAY 3/12 – R5 RECORDS – SACRAMENTO, CA
THURSDAY 3/12 – KDVS IN STUDIO A (RADIO) – DAVIS, CA
FRIDAY 3/13 – DOWNTOWN 81 @ SILVER FACTORY STUDIOS – LA, CA
SATURDAY 3/14 – THE DAKOTA LOUNGE – SANTA MONICA, CA
FRIDAY 3/20 – EASY STREET RECORDS – WEST SEATTLE, WA
THURSDAY 4/2 – OREGON PUBLIC RADIO IN STUDIO – PORTLAND, OR
THURSDAY 4/2 – THE DOUG FIR– PORTLAND, OR
THURSDAY 5/7 – KEXP IN STUDIO – SEATTLE, WA
THURSDAY 5/7 – CHOP SUEY – SEATTLE, WA
Hotels – The Heart That Hears Like A Bat Hotels – The Heart That Hears Like A Bat
Hotels 'Kite Fight' KEXP Song of the Day
As mentioned earlier this week not only has the Hotels‘ track ‘Kite Fight’ been included in the KEXP Music That Matters podcast but it has also been chosen as Friday’s Song of the Day. Well guess what – it’s Friday which means you can now download the track for free and hear for yourself why this album is loved wherever it’s played.
Grab the podcast info from the KEXP website and then head to the KEXP blog where you can read a cool post about the track and the band.
Don’t forget that Hotels are doing a run of dates from now up to the middle of April including a show tonight (6th March) at Bob’s Java Jive in Tacoma Washington. Check Hotels’ Myspace page for dates and venues.
Hotels – Near The Desert, Near The City Hotels – Near The Desert, Near The City
HC-B Album Reviewed on Even In The Future Nothing Works
HC-B’s monumental new album Souncheck For A Missing Movie has just received a glowing review over at the amusingly titled music blog Even In The Future Nothing Works. Visit EITFNW (!) to read the review in full, or visit HC-B’s reviews section for an excerpt.
Soundcheck For A Missing Movie can be streamed in full at the HSR Store, and is available in mp3 and CD format.
HC-B Slow Compensation HC-B – Slow Compensation
Forthcoming Hidden Shoal Showcase on Canadian Radio
On March 18th, tune into The Immense Brain, broadcast on CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, from 6:30-9:00am Pacific Standard Time, for a special Hidden Shoal showcase. For anyone not in Canada, head to the CHLY homepage and choose the streaming option best for you at the top right-hand side. Tracks from recent Hidden Shoal releases by Slow Dancing Society, Jumpel, Ghost In The Water, Sankt Otten, Hotels, and Rich Bennett will be featured throughout the show. Tune in and grin, people.
HC-B's Soundcheck for a Missing Movie Website
Coinciding with the digital pre-release of HC-B’s monstrously awesome album Soundcheck for a Missing Movie the band have launched a website dedicated to the album. Head to http://www.hc-b.it/soundcheck/ and check it out.
The album is available now in digital format from all good online stores including the HSR Store. Soundcheck for a Missing Movie will see its official release on CD at the end of the month.
HC-B – Hot Afternoon in the Bull’s Square HC-B – Hot Afternoon in the Bull’s Square
Jumpel Album Reviews
Jumpel’s wonderful new album Deuxième Bureau has just received some great reviews on Leonard’s Lair, Rave Magazine and BlogCritics. Visit the respective sites to read the reviews in full, or visit Jumpel’s reviews section for excerpts.
Deuxième Bureau is available if digital format from the HSR Store and on CD through n5Mailorder. Jumpel’s acclaimed debut Samuel Jason Lies On The Beach is also available from the HSR Store.
Jumpel Quicken Belts Jumpel – Quicken Belts
Hotels Included In KEXP's Music That Matters Podcast
Seattle sci-f pop genii Hotels continue to receive glowing praise for their latest masterpiece Where Hearts Go Broke. The love continues from wonderful Seattle-based radio station KEXP, where the Hotels’ track ‘Kite Fight’ has been included on the Music That Matters podcast Vol. 137 put together by the very awesome Kevin Cole. Just to add a thick layer of delicious cream to that cake, the track has also been bestowed with the prestigious title of Track Of The Day on Friday’s show, which means it’ll be available for free download from this Friday onwards. Hotels are in excellent company here, with artists such as M Ward, Late Of The Pier, Asobi Seksu and Robyn Hitchcock being featured in the Podcast.
Want more? Where Hearts Go Broke recently charted at No. 1 on KEXP’s Northwest chart and No. 13 on the general airplay chart. If you haven’t yet heard the sonic splendour that is Hotels, first head to the podcast page at the KEXP website to download the podcast and the free track, then head to the HSR Store to buy the album in your format of choice.
Hotels – Hydra Hotels – Hydra
Hidden Shoal on Twitter
For all you tech-savvy folk riding Web 2.0, Hidden Shoal is now on Twitter. To keep track of all of our comings and goings, sign up for a Twitter account (if you’ve not already done so), then visit the Hidden Shoal Twitter page to Follow us. Easy! Then sit batch and watch our updates roll in…
Hidden Shoal Pre-Release HC-B's Soundcheck for a Missing Movie
Hidden Shoal Recordings have announced the digital pre-release of the album Soundcheck For A Missing Movie by Italian sonic cinematographers HC-B. In each of its eight majestic songs, Soundcheck For A Missing Movie follows HC-B’s finely trained lens across a breathtaking instrumental rock landscape, rich with detail and swimming with emotive currents. In triumphant single ‘Hot Afternoon In The Bulls’ Square’, free-jazz horns squabble and blare like a swarm of bees before the main theme shines through like an exultant fanfare, supported by a thundering bassline. The gorgeous ‘Slow Compensation’ winds sinuous synth lines, violin and a longing male and female vocal through the swaying drums and guitars, mustering a quietly anthemic yet intimate epic. And closer ‘Missing Movie’ brings the house down with a storm of ferocious guitars.
“this is instrumental post-rock with attention-grabbing orchestral construction… HC-B really are something special” – Even In The Future Nothing Works
“The music of HC-B frees the imagination, leaving it to roam without the limits imposed by words, seducing with sound frames within which you can figure everything” – Freak Out
Soundcheck For A Missing Movie is now available in digital format from the Hidden Shoal Store and all good third-party digital music stores (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon etc). The album will see its official CD release at the end of March, 2009.
Read a full press release here.
HC-B – Playing With Planes HC-B – Playing With Planes
Priest Lake Circa '88 Now Available on CD through n5Mailorder
Great news for anyone who has yet to be lost in the expansive warmth that is Slow Dancing Society‘s Priest Lake Circa ’88 – the album is now available on CD through n5Mailorder along with a bevy of other fantastic HSR releases.
Following on from the ice-sculpted cinematics of the critically praised The Slow and Steady Winter, Priest Lake Circa ’88 is Drew Sullivan’s finest work to date. The album exudes restraint and repose, yet is so richly melodic and full. While Priest Lake Circa ’88 draws its raw form from ambient music, post rock and even dream pop, it is masterfully crafted into something that could only ever find itself under the Slow Dancing Society moniker. The album speaks of both departure and eventual return, and perhaps in its broadest sense the notion of “home”. Above all, this is music to bathe in: warm, steamy and all-encompassing.
“Hidden Shoal delivers once again! … With Brian Eno serving as the main influence for Sullivan’s work, I could attempt to classify the music as abstract ambient meeting experimental shoegaze. Or I could just name a few of my favorite artists that come to mind immediately upon my first listen: Stars of the Lid, Hammock, and Bitcrush. If those are the names on your watchlist, then you better rush out to secure a copy of the latest (and all) from Slow Dancing Society.” – Headphone Commute
Head over to n5Mailorder now to order the CD or if digital is your thing then head to the HSR Store where you’ll find a range of choices (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon and our very own DRM free high bitrate Mp3s).
Slow Dancing Society – A Warm Glow Slow Dancing Society – A Warm Glow
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