
Reformed shoegaze veterans Secret Shine are giving away free downloads of two tracks from last year's 'The Beginning And The End' album. 'No More Inside' and 'Perfect Life' are available free, along with live tracks and previous recordings from their website. Secret Shine - No More Inside Secret Shine - Perfect Life

Ich freue mich ja sehr, dass Shoegaze und psychedelische Gitarren sogar in Deutschland peu à peu beliebter werden. Nicht nur das goßartige Feedback Fever-Festival in Hamburg lockt die Freunde wabernder Gitarrenmeere in die Clubs, sondern auch die Lunastrom -Party in München . Nächsten Freitag nun gibt es den zweiten Shoegaze Allnighter, den ich Euch nur empfehlen kann. Freitag, 25.2.2011 - PARTY und KONZERT lunastrom shoegaze allnighter mit SECRET SHINE In der Kranhalle ab 22.00h / Eintritt: 10 Euro SECRET SHINE, Helden der frühen Sarah-Records eingeflogen für eine ihrer raren [...]
…listening a lot to I Am Kloot . The main purpose was to check out Sky At Night , but instead I've spent more time reacquainting myself with the superior Natural History . …enjoying the new Bright Eyes track Shell Games . It's free , it's good and has rather unexpectedly made me look forward to his [...]

It seems strange to me that there were all these incredible bands rocking around the British Isles long ago, yet they hardly got recognition. Somehow, shoegaze music returned to the fold, and with it, many of these great bands. Such is the case with Secret Shine , one of the bands from the great Sarah Records catalog. The group has returned, and will release The Beginning and the End on December 25th. If you've been loving groups like Pains of Being Pure at Heart , or [...]
I suspect picking up a copy of The Beginning And The End, the new album from Secret Shine , on its day of release might prove tricky. It's out on Christmas Day. At least notionally. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

SPOOK HILL :: SEPTEMBER MIXTAPE :: BOY ATTRACTIONS Walker and I have had this one in the works for a while. We decided a month or so ago (after our last mixtape) that we wanted to try something a bit different from our usual mixes. We settled on the idea of compiling our favorite songs recorded before 2000 that were relatively unknown or obscure (or at least if the artist was relatively known, one of their hidden gems). That was really the only restriction. Interestingly enough, there was a clear divide in the years [...]

Way too high - Secret Shine Maybe Secret Shine only have one really great song. This is the B-side to the Loveblind single, and where that song is some floating, warm, otherworldly perfection, this seems lazy and grounded, like they used all their A-material for the A-side and had to find something quickly for the underside. This is not a bad song. Not at all. It's just not the kind of song to make one want to ever flip the record over [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Video: Indietracks 2009 in 7 Minutes by LastNightFromGlasgow The Indietracks lineup seems to be pretty much complete now (though a few more bands are still to come) with Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now and Slow Club both being added to the bill. Perhaps more excitingly though, the day by day breakdowns have now been announced, giving us a festival that looks something like this: Friday [...]
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Valisin reede puhul kerge chilliva kompoti lugusid, kõik kuskilt keskmiselt kaugest minevikust, 80ndatest ja 90ndatest. Olgu see valik siis piduderohkel nädalavahetusel soojenduseks, jahutuseks või vahepealseks puhkuseks. Mighty Mighty - Throwaway Beat The Drum - Try (425 Mix) The Pharcyde - Soul Flower (Remix) [...]

Loveblind - Secret Shine As testament to just how deep this world's well of wonderful music and wonderful bands goes: A few weeks ago, i decided once and for all to go through every Sarah Records 73, 1 to 100 (missing the fanzine numbers, of course) one by one. I don't know why i hadn't before. Maybe because now, through certain means, i finally had access to every record they released. The music, at least. One hundred 73 records is a lot [...]
Heavenly, Le Jardin de Heavenly (1992) MP3 - iTunes - CD - Spotify The Field Mice, Coastal (1991) MP3 - iTunes - CD - Spotify Sarah Records (1987 - 1995), fondé par Clare Wadd et Matt Haynes était un label indépendant de Bristol en Angleterre qui produisit de nombreux artistes twee pop. Leur catalogue peut être trouvé sur Wikipédia .

An MP3 Mix by Jon DeRosa of Aarktica Half String - Hue.mp3 Alisons Halo - Chalkboard James.mp3 Secret Shine - Loveblind.mp3 Boyracer - Buffalo.mp3 Hood - Field Is Cut.mp3 Azusa Plane - Eric Gaffeny.mp3 Blueshift Signal - Halo.mp3 Idaho - Skyscrape.mp3 Remora - Rivin.mp3 Attrition - Into The Waves.mp3 Lycia - Nine Hours [...]

Time's whipping by so fast that I have to start planning out these last weeks of 2009 on CTRR. Last year, there were several festive year-end features on the old yuletide blog (groan if you must), including my Year-End Round-Up weekly mixes , the countdown of my Top 40 albums of the year , the Christmas weekly mix , and the New Year's Eve party mix . And I still have to work in my Day of 200 songs before all of this kicks off. This week's mix will be a winter one despite [...]
Secret Shine are knocking together a new album, but - to make you moist and ready - they're sharing this new song. Touching Nothing was recorded at at the Big Pink Cake weekender in Bristol, earlier this year. Now, that's the way to start a morning.
The Autumn equinox has come and gone with a mere whisper, and we've been enjoying jacket weather by nightfall for some time now here in New York City. The pleasant shift in season mirrors a shift in my musical tastes, as I tend to crack out more dreamy, reflective tunes to celebrate the falling of the leaves. I've already made mention of one of my all-time seasonal favorites, but there are dozens more to choose from. Naturally, this calls for a video playlist, complete with a few extra hidden gems for your clicking pleasure. Let's begin, shall [...]
Good news from Bristol: The Secret Shine will be setting up their instruments and going 'two... two... two' at the Cube Cinema in the city on February 21st. They're going to do a proper gig. Not just the soundcheck.

Audrey - Mecklenburg The Mission District - Youth Games Ladytron - Black Cat Radar Brothers - Warm Rising Sun Secret Shine - Lost Memory Film School - Compare Nada Surf - Do It Again

It's been a while since I've posted but I have a good excuse. I've been sick and I've felt absolutely horrible since last week, so rather than posting stuff I've been lining up shots of Nyquil and sleeping 19 hours a day. And you think I'm kidding? Anyway, as it happens I've actually started to feel better so I've crawled myself away from bed to my trusty PC to post ten songs you need for the weekend and beyond. It's all over the place as always but that's the fun of being open minded. Have fun [...]

Dans la série shoegaze, des jeunes de Bristol signés chez Sarah records. On écoutait ça avec mes potes été 94 quand on avait la dalle. Secret shine, c'est à MBV ce que le Topinambour est à la pomme de terre. www.myspace.com/secretshine Secret Shine - Liquid Indigo
Skóglápssveitin Secret Shine frá Bristol gaf nýverið út aðra breiðskífu sína. All Of The Stars heitir gripurinn en fyrri platan þeirra kom út fyrir hvorki meira né minna en 15 árum síðan. Þau hafa ekki setið auðum höndum upp á síðkastið, tvær EP plötur hafa komið út og sveitin spilaði á SXSW hátíðinni í Texas nú á dögunum við góðar undirtektir. Íslenskir skógláparar geta glaðst því allar líkur eru á að bandið komi við á klakanum í haust. Það sem ég hef heyrt af nýju skífunni hljómar mjög vel, nokkur lög fann ég á bloggum víðsvegar og [...]