Album Covers, Album Reviews, Guitar Rock, Metal/Hard Rock, New Music, New Release, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog

They were one of the heavyweights of the 90s metal/grunge scene, successfully blending melodic, down-tuned riffs and harmonies with crunching distortion and classic rock elements. Of course theirs is a tale of tragedy with the drug issues and subsequent death of singer Layne Staley curtailing them for a decade, but it is also one of resurrection, determination and integrity. Recruiting vocalist William DuVall 12 years … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog

Doubtful SoundsAugust 28, 2018August 28, 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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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

Album Covers, Album Reviews, Electronica, Pop, Video

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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30 Favourite Albums Of 2018 So Far

In no particular order, here are the 30 albums that we’ve heard and been greatly impressed by in the first six months of 2018. It’s a good range too we think, both geographically and stylistically, from post-punk, electronica and Americana to ambient and psych rock from around the world. Hit the album titles to listen on Spotify. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake! Marlon Williams – Make Way For … Continue reading 30 Favourite Albums Of 2018 So Far

Doubtful SoundsJuly 2, 2018July 5, 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

Album Covers, Album Reviews, Folk, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance

Ryley Walker is a restless musical soul, constantly shapeshifting and looking for new ways to present his avant jazz/folk guitar songs. Over his first three solo albums he travelled from Tim Buckley/Van Morrison/Nick Drake traditional folk to the songs that, three years ago, explored more eclectic and contemporary territory on Golden Sings That Have Been Sung. On Deafman Glance he continues that work, taking further … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance

Doubtful SoundsMay 25, 2018June 8, 2018Leave a comment

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ALBUM REVIEW: Tropical Fuck Storm – A Laughing Death In Meat Space

Gareth Liddiard has been the most important Australian songwriter of the last 15 years, certainly within the world of chart-swerving guitar music. His strengths lie in literary lyrical astuteness, willingness to explore the sprawl and corners of his songs and the raw, unhinged and visceral quality of his performances. The Drones always seemed like the cross between Neil Young, Dirty Three and Nick Cave & … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Tropical Fuck Storm – A Laughing Death In Meat Space

Doubtful SoundsMay 24, 2018May 25, 2018Leave a comment

Album Covers, Album Reviews, Americana / Alt-Country, Folk, New Music, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed

The Horizon Just Laughed comes on the back of the loosely thematic trilogy of albums he recorded with producer and musician Andrew Swift. They were psychedelic in nature though still rooted in the folk form. In contrast, this feels like a retreat from the density and experimentation, to a place of reflection and solitude. Jurado is often lumped in with songwriters like Phosphorescent, Sam Beam … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Damien Jurado – The Horizon Just Laughed

Doubtful SoundsMay 15, 2018May 25, 2018Leave a comment