Faith No More have just announced that they will be playing sideshows to the Soundwave festival in Sydney and Melbourne next March as well as dates in New Zealand. Tour Dates Feb 16 TSB Bank Arena Wellington New Zealand Feb 18 Vector Arena Auckland New Zealand Feb 20 Soundwave Brisbane Australia Feb 21 Soundwave Sydney Australia Feb 22 Hordern Pavilion Sydney Australia Feb 25 Festival … Continue reading TOUR: FAITH NO MORE Sideshows in AU + NZ…
After this year’s successful Days Like This! festival they are back with another strong line-up that mixes electronic with indie, hip hop with funk and promises to be a fantastic day. Sunday 10th January is the day to soak it all in at Moore Park in Sydney. Roots Manuva Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues The Black Seeds Pivot LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad Joker … Continue reading NEWS: DAYS LIKE THIS lineup announced…
1 2 3 4 5 Tasmania’s Ivy St have just launched their second album Picture Machine, a grinding swagger of a record that recalls the best of post-punk and its jagged rhythms and glorious repetition. First track Instruments is just that, an instrumental introduction to the bands approach and aesthetic. Minimal and repetitive it features a looped bass and guitar that circles like a hungry … Continue reading REVIEW: IVY ST – Picture Machine
1 2 3 4 5 I’ve read a few comments about how great the name of this band is which I just don’t get. The name doesn’t fit their sound, nor does it appeal as a classic moniker for a group. Thankfully that doesn’t detract from the quality of the music, a bold and confident indie rock record that has a certain romanticism with the … Continue reading REVIEW: WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS – These Four Walls
Nothing like a bit of shameless self promotion, especially in the dog eat dog world of journalism… Doubtful Sounds can now also be found writing for the esteemed electronic music magazine Cyclic Defrost who describe themselves as… Cyclic Defrost is Australia’s only specialist electronic music magazine. We cover independent electronic music, avant-rock, experimental sound art and leftfield hip hop. Check out my review for Parallel … Continue reading NEWS: DOUBTFUL SOUNDS joins CYCLIC DEFROST
1 2 3 4 5 Two New York DJs decide they too can form a band so they do so , calling in favours from friends like Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion), Jaleel Bunton (TV On The Radio) and various others. The sound is essentially funk-lite with some disco synths and cartoon soul vamping going on. Opening track The Journey to Serra Da Estrela sets the … Continue reading REVIEW: THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND
The solo project of TVOTR’s Kyp Malone‘s in the words of label Anti-… Kyp Malone’s much anticipated solo project Rain Machine is set to be released September 22 on Anti-records. The provocative album art, created by Malone himself, is an appropriate indicator of the unique and defiantly personal music within. Rain Machine features ten unflinchingly original and emotional songs mixing elements of modern jazz, blue-grass … Continue reading NEWS: RAIN MACHINE – new TV On The Radio project…
The Flaming Lips have a new double album Embryonic due for release on October 13th and the first single/video is I Can Be A Frog featuring Karen O providing animal noises… In the meantime you can get three of the album tracks on iTunes right now. more about “The Flaming Lips “I Can Be A Frog” Vi…“, posted with vodpod Continue reading VIDEO: THE FLAMING LIPS – I Can Be A Frog
On the eve of their first Australian tour the girls have released a new video for their song When I’m Gone – beautiful hazy stuff… “When I’m Gone” Shared via AddThis Continue reading VIDEO: VIVIAN GIRLS – When I’m Gone
1 2 3 4 5 Discordant slashing rock n roll, knife-edge schizo punk, swirling, staggering hipster garage rock… all apt descriptions of Witch Hats and the glorious mess of sound they conjure up on their new EP Solarium Down The Causeway. The majority of the 6 tracks were recorded in Oakland CA in August last year and Witch Hats have done what many acts fail … Continue reading REVIEW: WITCH HATS – Solarium Down The Causeway EP
1 2 3 4 5 Bands soundtracking old movies can be a bit of a hit and miss scenario. Too often they fall into the trap of pretentious and dramatic flourishes and try to create an ambient or pseudo-classical sounding collection of music. British Sea Power have done just that but in their case they are working with a piece of film that calls for … Continue reading REVIEW: BRITISH SEA POWER – Man Of Aran
1 2 3 4 5 Tribal desert blues in the past would have fallen into the world music category, sidelined to the section in record racks and only embraced by a limited audience. With the growth of roots music over the last decade there has been much more focus on blues and folk-based sounds, opening our ears to a wealth of music, especially from the … Continue reading REVIEW: TINARIWEN – Imidiwan : Companions
