wow, cannot believe 2011 is coming to a close! that might be the same opening we use at the end of every one of these year-end posts, but it’s true! it was a great year, and we cannot thank you all enough for your support!

some 2011 highlights for us

• getting together and doing our first ever east coast shows. not to mention, the only time we all got to hang out together this year. it was just like old times, a bunch of nonsense, with a group of really good friends. thank you all who were able to make it to one of the shows, help set one up, and/or told friends to come! we met a lot of new friends and saw some really great bands.

• writing and recording a new song (bi-coastally) called “van gogh sky”, which we released as a limited edition split 7” with our friends all india radio. there are still a few copies remaining which you can order here! the all india radio song on the split, “rippled” has an amazing video which you should definitely see:

• 2011 also saw the release of a cover of the song the radiator (by ida) as part of the “more hope for japan” compilation. we were incredibly honored to participate in this project, with the proceeds all going to support relief efforts for japan. 37 bands, 37 tracks, available via digital download or physical release in the form of a strictly limited edition (100 copies) 4 disc cd set! stream our tune along with the other 36 jams here: http://morehopeforjapan.com/stream_the_entire_album/

2011 was also a year of some really fantastic music, hence the unavoidable: a top albums and tracks lists from us.  but before we get into that, a couple of quick notes regarding what’s next to come.

early plans for next year

mid-feb, the west coast branch will join the folks in the east coast office to finish fine tuning the songs for the new album. at this point, we are looking to begin recording in april and hopefully launching a late summer release! more to come on that.

we thought while all together, we might as well play another show!

friday feb 17 @ don pedro’s in brooklyn, with north end, calls, and alcian – rsvp by going to the facebook event

lastly, our sincere gratitude for your continued support. warm wishes, season’s greetings, happy holidays etc.

with love,

signal hill

our top albums and tracks all in no particular order.

brian

top albums

1. owen – ghost town
2. blue scholars – cinemetropolis
3. beware of safety – leaves/scars
4. tycho – dive
5. m83 – hurry up, we are dreaming
6. helios – unleft
7. silian rail – (acoustic music)
8. the drift – blue hour
9. the sea and cake – moonlight butterfly
10. sleepmakeswaves – …and so we destroyed everything

top tracks

1. m83 – steve mcqueen
2. tycho – a walk
3. brothertiger – feel
4. the water – elf storage
5. gorillaz – on melancholy hill
6. all india radio – ripple
7. owen – an animal
8. owen – i believe
9. arms & sleepers – kepesh
10. blue scholars – cinemetropolis

tim

top albums

1. ben howard – every kingdom
2. tycho – dive
3. white denim – d
4. the antlers – burst apart
5. iron & wine – kiss each other clean
6. motorcycle diaries – soundtrack, gustavo santaolalla
7. the north end – atlantica
8. beware of safety – leaves/scars
9. the besnard lakes – are the roaring night

top tracks

1. ben howard – lonely pine
2. ben howard – black flies
3. white denim – burnished
4. white denim – anvil everything
5. m83 – intro (ft. zola jesus)
6. iron & wine – walking far from home
7. iron & wine – godless brother in love
8. iron & wine –  me and lazarus
9. the besnard lakes- like the ocean, like the innocent; pt. 2 the innocent
10. gustavo santaolalla – leyendo en el hospital, the motorcycle diaries soundtrack

rishi

top albums

1. real estate – days
2. washed out – within and without
3. bibio – mind bokeh
4. owen – ghost town
5. the weeknd – house of balloons
6. craft spells – idle labor
7. the antlers – burst apart
8. tycho – dive
9. destroyer – kaputt
10. beach fossils – what a pleasure (ep)

top songs

1. real estate – green aisles
2. keep shelly in athens – “okionos negri street
3. washed out – “eyes be closed”
4. casiokids – elefantenes hemmelige gravplass
5. shabazz palaces – swerve… the reaping of all that is worthwhile (noir not withstanding)
6. arms and sleepers – i sing the body electric
7. john maus – cop killer
8. atlas sound – te amo
9. the drums – i need a doctor
10. toro y moi – how i know

dave

top albums

1. teebs – collections 01
2. people get ready – ep
3. owen – ghost town
4. the sea and cake – the moonlight butterfly
5. radiohead – the king of limbs
6. washed out- within and without
7. tycho – dive
8. beach fossils – what a pleasure
9. the drift -  blue hour
10. m83 – hurry up, we’re dreaming

top songs

1. shabazz palaces – are you…can you… were you? (felt)
2. mogwai – letters to the metro
3. kisses – kisses
4. kuedo – ascension phase
5. m83 –  echoes of mine
6. teebs – verbena tea (featuring rebeckah raff)
7. low – especially me
8. the drift – luminous friend
9. the sea and cake – inn keeping
10. beware of safety – moorpark ends
11. north end – synergy
12. wait what – before one love (Nas/Washed Out Mash Up)
13. people get ready – cathedral
14. tycho – hours
15. radiohead – lotus flower

greetings friends!

we hope your summer is off to a great start and this finds you well.  things have been heating up (no relation to summer) in camp signal hill  and we wanted to share a couple of quick updates!

our east coast shows are booked!

many thanks to all who sent contacts and pitched in from the last email and for helping make this a reality! friends in the north-east we are so excited to play for you for the first time. we are thrilled to be sharing the stage with some truly great bands!

• 9/21 @ pale horse – west chester, pa  W/ north end and more TBA (this will be our first show in over a year!) (facebook event page)
• 9/22 @ the depot – baltimore, md w/ time columns, the water, uakari, & sonorous (facebook event page)
• 9/23 @ the charleston – brooklyn, ny w/ calls and more TBA (facebook event page)
• 9/24 @ p.a.’s lounge – boston, ma w/ hadoken, ,parachuter, & vanzetti (facebook event page)

we’ve put together a flier/poster for anyone that wants to help support the cause! sharing is caring… J  (download)

pick our setlist?

speaking of the shows, help us pick our setlist! we’ve never played the east coast, and rather than picking what we would play,  we thought it’d be better if you guys chose!  simply go here and vote for the top 3 songs you would want us to play. even if you’re not able to make it, you should still vote – maybe there will be some live video of us playing some of the songs you voted for:  http://signalhillmusic.com/2011/07/03/help-pick-our-setlist/

split 7” with our buddies all india radio

as mentioned in our last email, we are doing a split 7” with our melbourne australia friends, all india radio. each band will have one song special to this release. our tune happens to be one of the brand new jams we’ve been working on. the bass and drums were tracked last weekend in california, and guitars will be tracked this weekend in new york. this release will be pressed on solid red vinyl, and super limited to only 250 copies. we will have it at one of our upcoming shows and will put a limited amount on pre-order prior to the release and tour!

the tracks are:

• signal hill: van gogh sky
• all india radio: rippled (7” version)

more info & artwork coming soon!

new beware of safety album

ok, this is not signal hill news per se’ however, its news about our very good friends beware of safety. their new album, leaves/scars dropped this week and is available for purchase/streaming now from their bandcamp page. go listen and get phased! they are also hitting tour on the west coast,  so peeps on the western US, check their schedule and definitely check em’ out if they hit your town!!

we promise to harass you again soon, but in the meantime, you can follow our nonsensical (and studio) updates over at facebook, twitter, tumblr, or our sitio web oficial.

with love,

signal hill

even if your not able to make it to one of our upcoming shows, which tunes would you want to see? pick your top 3!

oh and here are the dates:

9/21 – philly/westchester, pa @ venue tba

9/22 -baltimore, md @ the depot

9/23- brooklyn, ny @ the charleston bar

9/24 – boston, ma @ venue tba

hi everyone,

beginning tomorrow night, we are heading to australia to play a handful of shows! we are excited to play not only in a new country with some great bands, but it marks the first time sh has gone international! sadly, we are playing as a three piece as dave is unable to attend … with his blessing, full support, and his pre-recorded guitar parts, we were able to continue with the journey!

we have to give special thanks to all who have helped us plan this adventure, mac nguyen, marcus whale, our pals in all india radio, sleepmakeswaves, because of ghosts and plenty more folks. this was a huge effort by all parties, and we cant thank you all enough.

so lets get down to business shall we? the shows, are as follows:

our first show, happens the day we arrive! this reunites us with our pals, marky, ben, and martin who make up the band, all india radio. they are a fantastic band who we were fortunate to play some shows across the southwest united states a couple years back. they are celebrating their album “a low high” release party.

Friday July 10th, 2009

All India Radio, The Coralinas (Cam Butler: Silver Ray & Mark Dawson: ex-Ed Kuepper), and Signal Hill

East Brunswick Club Hotel

280 Lygon St

East Brunswick, Melbourne 3057

Australia

Tel: 03 9388 2777

Web: www.eastbrunswickclub.com

Last.fm event

Saturday July 11, 2009

Signal Hill W/The Fuses, Radiant City, Autonomous, Art and Craft

Irene’s Warehouse

5 Pitt St, East Brunswick

Melbourne 3056

Australia

Friday July 17, 2009

Signal Hill W/ Sleepmakeswaves, Clairaudience, Collarbones

Cosmo’s Rock Lounge

4 Mitchell St

Marrickville, Australia

Facebook Page

thank you qantas a380 – AU we are on our way!

howdy everyone,

the first review of our record has been posted by los angeles based, radio free silverlake. take a look here: Review From Radio Free Silverlake.

come join us this saturday night to celebrate the release of our new album, more after we’re gone with pals, beware of safety and timonium. the show is at pehrspace (http://www.pehrspace.org) and is all ages. $5 to get in, and another $5 bucks gets a copy of the new album!

hey everyone,

we got two shows this week! if your free you should definitely come!

making a total of 4 shows booked right now:

3/31/09 – Bootleg Theatre,  Los Angeles, CA 9PM  (testing their new PA)

4/2/09 – Mr. T’s Bowl – Highland Park, CA  W/ Beware of Safety, Charts and Maps, & Empty Rooms

5/1/09 – Che Cafe – San Diego CA, W/ Beware of Safety and others TBA

5/2/09 – Sweetcakes – Mesa AZ W/Beware of Safety and others TBA

as for the album, all tracks have gone through the first round of mixing, and needless to say, we are VERY pleased with how its turning out. artwork and tracklist should be finalized within the next week or so, as well as some other exciting stuff that we cant wait to share with you all! we greatly appreciate your patience while we finish this thing up

that’s all for now,

sh

yo!

wanted to throw a quick update to yall a quick update in the happening of sh and beyond!

first of all, cd baby is doing a special instrumental post rock mix  and podcast on cd baby which also  includes our good pals beware of safety! go check out the podcast and playlist here.

speaking of our pals beware of saftey, we have booked our first two shows of 2009 and both happen to be with them! whoo hoo!

april 2nd, 2009  at mr. t’s bowl with charts and maps, empty rooms, and beware of safety

may 1, 2009 at the che cafe in san diego with us and beware of safety.

see the flyers below (thanks steve!)

in other news, the album is coming along nicely! there are 4 tracks which are mixed,  with the rest underway! big thanks to our friend patrick murphy for his help! murphy has been working on our album in literally all of his (very limited) spare time and deserves a huge thanks from us! in addition to the tracks being completed, our friend rob price (thwartdesign.com) has been lending his hand at the album art which is almost completed and looks awesome!  stay tuned for the release date and release plans for the album. we are working on some stuff to get this out to you all as soon as possible! thanks for your patience and support!

our friend joe at radio free silverlake has recently relaunched there site! if your in the la area, or interested in all things la music, go check it out at radiofreesilverlake.com

here’s our newest fan:

get your keysters out and jam some tunes!!

howdy everyone!

hope you all had a delicious and relaxing thanksgiving weekend! as the end of 2008 is rapidly approaching, we wanted to start by giving a huge thank you to you all for what has been a great year for signal hill!  we appreciate your constant support and hope to share some “presents” during this holiday season! so thank you!!!

we do have one last show this year that we are really excited about:

12/12/2008 – Che Cafe- La Jolla, CA W/ El Ten Eleven, Beware of Safety and Japanese Sunday

$7 bones, 8 pm all ages!

lastly, for a quick album update, we are continuing to make progress and are plugging away with editing/mixing now!at this point we are shooting for a march release (more as we get closer and previews to come way earlier!!!)

hope to see yall next week!

your pals,

sh

REMINDER!!!! Tonight!

our first proper la show in quite some time (happens to also fall on brian’s birthday!) will be at mr.t’s bowl and is free! its with a couple of great la bands, charts and maps,  and the atma!