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NEWS: J Mascis Announces New Solo LP ‘Elastic Days’

J Mascis will release his new solo LP Elastic Days via Sub Pop Records on November 9th. Here’s the first single from the album, ‘See You At The Movies’. Preorder the album HERE About Elastic Days: Near the end of Reagan’s first term, the Western Massachusetts Hardcore scene coughed up an insanely shaped chunk called Dinosaur. Comprised of WMHC vets, the trio was a miasmic tornado … Continue reading NEWS: J Mascis Announces New Solo LP ‘Elastic Days’

Doubtful SoundsAugust 22, 2018August 27, 2018Leave a comment

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ALBUM REVIEW: Deaf Wish – Lithium Zion

Straight out of the gates the Melbourne quartet lock into a relentless distorted churn of guitars that sounds like 90s era Bailter Space sharing a practice room with Blank Realm. The guitars never let up but the lazy vocal smears a dull monotone melody across the surface of the song. It’s a wonderfully hypnotic and mildly unsettling start to an album that has a real … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Deaf Wish – Lithium Zion

Doubtful SoundsAugust 13, 2018September 18, 2018Leave a comment

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NEW MUSIC: Darren Cross – 90’s High

Darren Cross has just released his second solo LP PEACER, a 100% self-recorded and independent album that finds him balancing the day-glo deconstructed indie guitar pop of his years as the main-man in Gerling and his more recent dark avant-folk leanings. The first single and video from the album is ’90’s High’, a song with a strong sonic link to that peaking rush of Gerling … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Darren Cross – 90’s High

Doubtful SoundsAugust 9, 2018August 13, 2018Leave a comment

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ALBUM REVIEW: Harmony – Double Negative

Melbourne’s Harmony have had a four year break between albums but that time has clearly been well spent with Double Negative the strongest culmination of their soulful, ragged and cathartic sound. Carpetbombing (2014) was a sprawling collection of songs that often sounded brittle and impenetrable, the core of the songs sonically buried beneath the surface. It still impressed but the good news is that on … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Harmony – Double Negative

Doubtful SoundsAugust 5, 2018August 7, 2018Leave a comment

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ALBUM REVIEW: Gorillaz – The Now Now

Over the last 30 years you’d be hard pressed to find an artist who has equally embraced music that appeals equally to the commercial pop world and the more discerning and eclectic listener. Damon Albarn really is a man for all seasons, a polymorphic, post-modern songwriter with an insatiable creative streak that has seen him find success, primarily in Blur and Gorillaz, but also with … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Gorillaz – The Now Now

Doubtful SoundsJuly 30, 2018August 5, 2018Leave a comment

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ALBUM REVIEW: Money For Rope – Picture Us

Back in 2012, Money For Rope came out of the gates with a real buzz about their live shows and their debut, self-titled album. They hit the road and apparently kept touring across Europe and the US. Thankfully they eventually got back in the studio and documented those years on the new album Picture Us. As with that debut, the band again mix and … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Money For Rope – Picture Us

Doubtful SoundsJuly 30, 2018July 30, 2018Leave a comment

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ALBUM REVIEW: East Brunswick All Girls Choir – Teddywaddy

There’s something undeniably visceral and raw about everything that East Brunswick All Girls Choir do. Exaltation and exorcism are part of their musical modus operandi, such is their commitment to making music that embraces emotion with an unflinching directness. Teddywaddy, the followup to the acclaimed Seven Drummers, charts a course through coruscating punk-laden peaks and drifting, desolate valleys where the songs are stripped and stretched, … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: East Brunswick All Girls Choir – Teddywaddy

Doubtful SoundsJuly 5, 2018September 18, 2018Leave a comment

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ALBUM REVIEW: Johnny Marr – Call The Comet

Johnny Marr has proven himself time and time again. Whether it’s the legacy of The Smiths, his collaborative work with Electronic, The The, Modest Mouse and countless other projects, a fascinating autobiography or just his commitment to always moving forward. He’s now three albums deep into his solo career and Call The Comet finds him settling into his most natural and cohesive sound to date, … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Johnny Marr – Call The Comet

Doubtful SoundsJune 22, 2018June 25, 2018Leave a comment

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ALBUM REVIEW: Stuart A. Staples – Arrhythmia

For Stuart Staples, he of the silken croon out front of UK moodists Tindersticks, it’s been 13 years since his last solo album, Leaving Songs. That record was comfortably in the same musical orbit as Tindersticks – baroque, jazz-informed and dramatic songs placed somewhere between latter day Talk Talk, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. In the intervening years he’s continued to work on film soundtracks which … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Stuart A. Staples – Arrhythmia

Doubtful SoundsJune 18, 2018June 22, 2018Leave a comment

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NEW MUSIC: Low Share Three New Songs from ‘Double Negative’.

Low have a new album called Double Negative coming out via Sub Pop Records on September 14th and today the label has shared a clip featuring videos for three of its songs – ‘Quorum’, ‘Dancing And Blood’ and ‘Fly’. Working again with producer B.J. Burton, Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk and bassist Steve Garrington returned once again to Justin Vernon’s April Base studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Low Share Three New Songs from ‘Double Negative’.

Doubtful SoundsJune 13, 2018June 18, 2018Leave a comment

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NEWS: The Babe Rainbow Announce New LP ‘Double Rainbow’

The Babe Rainbow, those cats behind last year’s superb single ‘Johnny Says Stay Cool’ and self-titled album are back with a brand new record, Double Rainbow, and its first single and video, ‘Supermoon’. It’s a moorish slice of languid, pastoral psychedelia. Double Rainbow is released July 13th, 2018 via Flightless Records. Continue reading NEWS: The Babe Rainbow Announce New LP ‘Double Rainbow’

Doubtful SoundsJune 8, 2018June 13, 2018Leave a comment

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NEWS: Interpol Announce New Album ‘Marauder’

Interpol are back with their first album in four years. Marauder is set for release on August 24th on Matador Records / Remote Control Records. “Marauder is a facet of myself. That’s the guy that fucks up friendships and does crazy shit. He taught me a lot, but it’s representative of a persona that’s best left in song. In a way, this album is like … Continue reading NEWS: Interpol Announce New Album ‘Marauder’

Doubtful SoundsJune 8, 2018June 13, 2018Leave a comment