As One For The People quite rightly contend, the soils of the Australasian continent are becoming increasingly fertile – at least from a musical perspective. And riding high on this crest-like upward trend are Perth four-piece Braves , whose Sorrow EP interpolates oneiric pop proclivities in a nebulous lo-fi backdrop of dizzying guitar lines and giddy cymbals. It's insouciant, and sporadically brattish (opener Sadko In The Underwater Kingdom sounds like Blink-182 reared on No Age and other such shitgaze ) though its crowning moment is also its ultimate – the self-confessed heartbreak-pop of Hallows. A disorientating [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Tame Impala, MGMT, Unknown Mortal Orchestra Song: POND - Giant Tortoise [download here ] What's so good? As big [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The Black Keys, Jack White, POND Song: The Growl - Cleaver Lever [download here ] What's so good? Hailing [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Passion Pit, Foster the People, Gypsy and the Cat Song: Tim & Jean - Don't Stop [download here ] What's so [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the signing of Australian experimental/ambient duo Gilded to its roster of artists. Gilded operates around the intersections of melody and texture, movement and pause. The project brings together the similar but distinct musical directions of West Australian experimental musicians Matt Rösner and Adam Trainer, forging a new approach to composition and sound creation that is based as much around rhythm and repetition as it is around drone and abstraction. The title of Gilded's debut album Terrane comes from a geological formation that has become dislocated from its [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Surfer Blood, The Lumineers, Real Estate Song: Canyons - When I See You Again [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Passion Pit, Scissor Sisters Song: Bastian's Happy Flight - RELATIONSHIPDENIAL [download here ] What's so good? Western Australia is [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Passion Pit, The Naked and Famous, Tim and Jean, Strange Talk Song: Sun City - City Lights [download here ] What's [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Tame Impala, MGMT, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Cream, David Bowie Song: POND - Moth Wings [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Confident with stage presence and strong with vocals, Australia's San Cisco continues to impress with their brand of upbeat summer pop.
Check out the latest edition of the wonderful Inside The Label show at New York's awesome Breakthru Radio (home of the mighty DJ Mojo!). The show features an hour of tracks selected from across the Hidden Shoal catalogue. Lurvly!
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the Australian CD release of compilation album A Million Square Miles: A sample of Western Australian music , following on from its initial US success. After more than three years of sharing excellent independent music far and wide, A Million Square Miles represents a key facet of the Hidden Shoal Recordings story, and is a beacon for the future of Western Australian music. Bringing together a pair of stunning tracks from each of eight WA-based artists on the Hidden [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the US and digital release of compilation album A Million Square Miles: A sample of Western Australian music . After more than three years of sharing excellent independent music far and wide, A Million Square Miles represents a key facet of the Hidden Shoal Recordings story, and is a beacon for the future of Western Australian music. Bringing together a pair of stunning tracks from each of eight WA-based artists on the Hidden Shoal roster, this sampler album is an essential listen whichever [...]
Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the release of the single ‘ Faithless Friend ’ by Perth-based compelled acoustic spacemakers Fall Electric . ‘Faithless Friend’ sees Fall Electric in full rock mode. Edgy, overdriven acoustic guitar is lent friction and gravity coupled with cello stabs and bows, woven around urgent, tumbling drums, with Andrew Ryan’s compelling refrain, “Do you think the warmonger was a happy kid?” spilling across the top. The song canters and bucks frenetically before fading away in a wry homage to the Nirvana classic ‘Something In The Way’. The single also includes the bonus track [...]
The soon to be released latest slice of sonic gorgeousness from My Majestic Star has been chosen as this weeks local feature album on Perth's awesome RTRFM . Tune in to the airwaves or catch the stream today and be one of the first to hear tracks from the album which sees official release tomorrow (Tuesday, 26th August). The album will be played all week across the station and if that wasn't enough local listeners can also win copies of the album. RTRFM is busily gearing up for it's annual fundraiser Radiothon which starts up this Friday. [...]
Perth music fans have been constantly reminded why recent releases by The Slow Beings , Iretsu and Ghost in the Water are so damn good thanks to the good folk at RTRFM. To help you on your way to owning such musical treasures Hidden Shoal Recordings is will be pleased to announce that releases from all three outfits are now stocked at the wonderful Dada Records in Perth city. Expect to see more releases from the label filling the shelves there in the near future. All three releases are also available digitally and [...]
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