Dec 19, 2014 | Featured Track, Features & Articles, Licensing News
The stunning finale of debut album Heresy & Rite, ‘The First Cause’ is Danish noise-rock quartet Salli Lunn at their pulse-racing best. From the plaintive guitar arpeggios that open the track to the pummeling Swans-eque churn of the song’s...
Dec 17, 2014 | Licensing News, News Updates
Hidden Shoal has just been honoured at the wonderful Norwegian zine Luna Kafé. The label has scooped the number 2 spot on Luna Kafé’s list of top 10 indie labels of 2014! Thanks to Håvard Oppøyen and the lovely Luna Kafé team for their ongoing support of great...
Dec 11, 2014 | Features & Articles, Licensing News, Mixtapes
Following on from Markus Mehr’s brilliant Kitsch Before Glitch mix, the second installment in our new MixTape series comes from Hidden Shoal manager Cam Merton. Down Low beautifully showcases the breadth of down-tempo guitar-based music in Hidden Shoal’s...
Dec 11, 2014 | Licensing News, Mukaizake News, News Updates, Umpire News
We’re very excited to announce that the stunning debut releases by Perth bands Mukaizake and Umpire – originally released in 2003 and 2009 respectively – have now joined our publishing catalogue. Umpire’s self-titled EP and Mukaizake’s Mapping the Static...
Dec 3, 2014 | Licensing News, News Updates, Slow Dancing Society News
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the new EP The Dusk Recital by US ambient artist Slow Dancing Society. The Dusk Recital was borne out of the sessions for Slow Dancing Society’s beautiful last album The Cogent Sea and is, in part, an instrumental...
Dec 1, 2014 | Featured Track, Features & Articles, Licensing News
On Umpire’s ‘Spotlights’, it’s all about the slow-burn, the withholding – and the showstopping vocal from Geoff Symons. Minus the full band behind him, Symons and his downtuned SG create a heartbreaking little universe that speaks volumes. (Fun...
