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It's a ceaselessly intriguing creative trajectory to which peripheral London-based avant-pop prodigies These New Puritans have stuck over their slowly, yet surely expanding histories: from the indie-gilded off-kilt laconism of début LP Beat Pyramid to genuinely groundbreaking sophomore Hidden , during which a macabre variation on baroque renovation was mediated by a miscellaneous array of musical diversity ranging from watermelons to six ft tall Japanese drums, abnormality has frequently been the norm. And the same can certainly be said of their third full-length, Field of Reeds , which is perhaps [...]

If you've heard this album then you will immediately understand why Markus Mehr's third and final installment in his year long tryptych has been attracting such glowing reviews. Off has recently been covered by Brainwashed , A Closer Listen and Petal Music with each reviewer providing a beautifully written insight into what is an amazing album. "There is a mind boggling breadth of ideas and moments captured in the piece, and yet no thought or melodic impulse receives less than full consideration. Indeed, it is [...]

Apricot Rail's much anticipated sophomore album Quarrels is now available for CD pre-order from the Hidden Shoal Store . All pre-orders come with an immediate FLAC or Mp3 download of the album and a beautiful extended digital booklet is also available for download. Almost four years after the release of their acclaimed self-titled debut album, Perth-based multi-instrumental pop sextet Apricot Rail return with their sophomore album Quarrels , which features the singles ‘Basket Press’ and ‘Surry Hills’. A foray into more experimental territory, Quarrels features lusher, denser instrumentation, [...]

• Apricot Rail - 'Running With an Egg on a Spoon'

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce digital and cd pre-order availability for the new album Off by German experimental ambient artist Markus Mehr . Off is the third and final part of a trilogy that includes the critically acclaimed releases In and On . The album is available from the Hidden Shoal Store in digital format (MP3 & FLAC) and pre-orders are available for the special limited edition CD release. The CD release is limited to an edition of [...]

El ingeniero Drew Crumbaugh -conocido en el mundo del audio como The Aanalog Loyalist - es el responsable detrás de la remasterización de un concierto de Joy Division grabado en 1980 en University of London Union y High Wycombe Town Hall. Crumbaugh -quien también ha restaurado música de New Order y The Smiths - tomó los masters originales en cassette y a través de técnicas avanzadas de restauración, ecualización y demás, logrando una “nueva versión” de estas grabaciones, que [...]

[Photo by acidjack] I had made a mistake in not seeing Hooray For Earth sooner than I did.  I knew they had played with our friends in ArpLine (a like-minded band, in a loose sense) but somehow (well, I know how - it’s called “regular job”) I had managed not to make it to one of their shows.  FREEwilliamsburg fixed that issue with a Northside Festival showcase that had no wrong calls, with Hooray For Earth in the 2nd opener slot behind Keepaway (posted here ).   Hooray [...]

Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the official release of the new Slow Dancing Society album Laterna Magica . The album is available for immediate purchase on CD and in digital formats from the Hidden Shoal Store and all good online stores such as iTunes, eMusic and Amazon. CD orders through Hidden Shoal include an immediate digital download of the album in MP3 or FLAC formats. Slow Dancing Society’s fifth album Laterna Magica demonstrates another key progression in the Slow Dancing Society discography, which is becoming one of the essential [...]

[Photos by acidjack and Johnny] Any performer worth their salt would love to be in a band like Los Lobos .  While their rendition of "La Bamba" may have put them on the map (and the version by which all others are measured, in my humble opinion; sorry, Ritchie Valens ), their stellar output through a nearly 40 year career has kept them there.  These guys have a level of musicianship that most players can only dream of and would kill for.  Los Lobos are capable of playing nearly anything and many respected artists have cited [...]

The Polish Ambassador has been hard, hard at work in his sonic lab crafting his new EP, "Superpowers." This EP, containing the sexiest tunes this side of Andromeda, is now ready and Polish wants to share this sensuous gift with all humans everywhere. Here are 6 slow, sexy, crunkified jams to get your swerve on to. Stow away your fist pump, put on your chill socks, and ready yourself for some mystery sex theater. This is the FLAC version for all you audiophiles and sound geeks out there (think higher quality, but a longer download than [...]

The Polish Ambassador has been hard, hard at work in his sonic lab crafting his new EP, “Superpowers.” This EP, containing the sexiest tunes this side of Andromeda, is now ready and Polish wants to share this sensuous gift with all humans everywhere. Here are 6 slow, sexy, crunkified jams to get your swerve on to. Stow away your fist pump, put on your chill socks, and ready yourself for some mystery sex theater. This is the FLAC version for all you audiophiles and sound geeks out there (think better quality, but longer download than the [...]

Following on from the brilliant local release show in Phoenix, Hidden Shoal is excited to announce CD pre-orders and digital downloads  are now available for Will The Soft Curse Plague On? , the Scott Solter produced debut album by Arizona's sonic adventurers Wizards Of Time . Wizards Of Time deftly unleash technicolour art-rock like lightning bolts from their nimble fingers. Progressive without being prog and pop without being pap, the Wizards’ debut release Will The Soft Curse Plague On? is a staggering and unique concept album that weaves a universe-enveloping [...]

[Photos by acidjack] Beach Fossils ' Zachary Cole Smith is such an unabashed Nirvana fan that he named his new musical project " DIIV " after the band's b-side "Dive". This Friday night madhouse of a show at 285 Kent headlined by DIIV as a "secret guest" had much of the same  joyful chaos as the better shows of Nirvana's pre- Nevermind  career. A full house packed 285 until it was a virtual sweat lodge, teeming with teenage bodies flying through the air, moshing and having a hell of a time (this all-ages show was also [...]

[Live at the Comet Tavern, Seattle WA. Photo courtesy of Bridget Christian under Creative Commons License. See her Flickr stream [ HERE ]] After catching the Brooklyn psych metal band Naam opening for Monster Magnet at the beginning of the year (recording [ HERE ]), I couldn't wait to hear more. We got the chance on a recent Saturday as the band headlined at Glasslands to celebrate the release of their new Ballad of the Starchild EP by playing almost the entire record straight through. Starchild is styled as five-part [...]

Hoy vamos hablar de los códecs! Vamos a hacer un repaso a los códecs de audio que nos solemos encontrar los cdj y ddj (digital dj's) y después pasaremos a [....]

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[Photos by acidjack] It is a distinct pleasure to finally present a recording of the stellar Brooklyn heavy psych rock act White Hills . We have been following the Hills for a few years now, and have recorded them a few times, but in the past things never quite worked out. This show at Glasslands - also filmed for future release by the professional video production team  PanopticonNYC - exceeded everyone's expectations. White Hills are a prolific band - so much so that even though I've seen them in each of the [...]

Aretha Franklin - Love Songs (FLAC) - 2007 FLAC, Lossless | Jazz, Blues, Soul | 352,01 Mb

Cesaria Evora - Anthologie Mornas & Coladeras (FLAC) (2CDs Set) - 2002 EAC Rip | 2cD | FLAC - Log - Cue | Release: 2002 | 1.03 GB Genre: Morna,Coladera

REO Speedwagon - Original Album Classics (FLAC) (5 CDs Set) - 2011 Release: 01 August 2011 | EAC Rip | Format: FLAC (Image) +.Cue +Log +Full Covers | Size: 1,85 GB Genre: Melodic Rock, AOR, Hard Rock | Label: Sony Music

[Photos by Jill at For the Love of Brooklyn ] In what has now become a tradition, Soulive are currently taking over Brooklyn Bowl for a series of shows filled with special guests and blow-the-doors-off playing.  Billed as "Bowlive III", these shows highlight the band's efforts to move forward with a jazz/funk genre that all too often seems content to rest on its laurels.  This show, for example, had almost nothing in common with the final night of Bowlive II that we covered last year.  While that show seemed to emphasize [...]