Audio Stream, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Opinion, Psych, The Song of the Week, Video

SONG OF THE WEEK: Scott & Charlene’s Wedding | Footscray Station

* Every week we’ll be posting our favourite song of the week. This won’t necessarily be a new release but rather a song we’ve heard that has stuck in our head and refused to leave. Hopefully you’ll like it too and check out more of the artist’s music on the links we’ll include. Scott & Charlene’s Wedding | Footscray Station Adelaide native Craig Dermody formed … Continue reading SONG OF THE WEEK: Scott & Charlene’s Wedding | Footscray Station

Doubtful SoundsMay 25, 2012May 25, 2012Leave a comment

Album Reviews, Electronica, Indie Rock, Psych

ALBUM REVIEW: Beach House | Bloom

by Chris Familton Definitions of the word bloom include ‘the time or period of greatest beauty or artistry’ and the flowering of a plant. Both feel appropriate in terms of the title of the new album from Baltimore’s Beach House with the songs roaming through themes of living in the moment, self determination and the fleeting temporality of beauty. On Bloom, Victoria Legrand and Alex … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Beach House | Bloom

Doubtful SoundsMay 17, 2012May 17, 2012Leave a comment

Album Reviews, Audio Stream, Electronica, Experimental, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Psych

ALBUM REVIEW: Grinderman | Grinderman 2 RMX

by Chris Familton Nick Cave and co aren’t known for sending out their songs for remixes but in light of the band’s recent dissolution this is perhaps a loosening of the reins, an opening of arms to collaboration and reinterpretation of songs from their 2010 swansong LP Grinderman 2. The first thing that catches the eye is the list of other artists that have contributed … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Grinderman | Grinderman 2 RMX

Doubtful SoundsMay 17, 2012May 17, 2012Leave a comment

Album Reviews, Audio Stream, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Psych

ALBUM REVIEW: Iowa | Never Saw It Coming

by Chris Familton The boom in popularity of psych rock from Tame Impala to Wooden Shjips has well and truly filtered down to the emergence of new local acts like The Laurels and Melbourne’s Iowa. For a genre so firmly rooted in guitars and hypnotic rhythm sections there are surprisingly few bands who can take that simplistic template and create something unique and impressive from … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Iowa | Never Saw It Coming

Doubtful SoundsMay 8, 2012May 8, 20122 Comments

Pop, Psych, Video

WATCH: Melodie Nelson feat. Geoffrey O’Connor | Six Six Six

Melodie Nelson released one of the standout albums of 2011 with Meditations On the Sun and is now following it up with new music in the form of Six Six Six featuring Geoffrey O’Connor (The Crayon Fields) on vocals. A 7″ vinyl release is planned mid year. Continue reading WATCH: Melodie Nelson feat. Geoffrey O’Connor | Six Six Six

Doubtful SoundsMay 3, 2012May 3, 2012Leave a comment

Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews, Post-Punk, Psych, Video

LIVE REVIEW: Dig It Up!: The Hoodoo Gurus Invitational @ Enmore, Sydney (22/04/12)

by Chris Familton Artist curated events like this have been extremely popular overseas in recent years, primarily due to the success of All Tomorrow’s Parties. Unfortunately here in Australia similar festivals have been few and far between with the most notable being the 2009 ATP shows in the hands of Nick Cave. The Hoodoo Gurus have sought to rectify the situation with Dig It Up! … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Dig It Up!: The Hoodoo Gurus Invitational @ Enmore, Sydney (22/04/12)

Doubtful SoundsMay 2, 2012Leave a comment

Americana / Alt-Country, Electronica, Folk, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Live Photos, Live Reviews, Psych, Soul

LIVE REVIEW: My Morning Jacket @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney (03/04/12)

by Chris Familton My Morning Jacket did the early attendees a great service in bringing Dawes down to Australia with them and it was a real shame more people weren’t there to get a taste of their straightforward Americana that caught the ear with its plentiful use of space and some nice power pop dynamics. Fronted by Taylor Goldsmith, the band is definitely more than … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: My Morning Jacket @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney (03/04/12)

Doubtful SoundsApril 24, 2012Leave a comment

Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Interviews, Pop, Psych

INTERVIEW: Deep Sea Arcade

WATER BIRTH OUTLANDS HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING BUT FINALLY DEEP SEA ARCADE’S DEBUT LP EMERGES FROM THE DEEP. NIC MCKENZIE TAKES CHRIS FAMILTON THROUGH ITS GESTATION. Imagine arriving in the UK for the first time with your band, feeling jet lagged yet full of excitement at the chance to play to people on the other side of the world. Expecting to play pubs … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Deep Sea Arcade

Doubtful SoundsApril 17, 2012April 17, 2012Leave a comment

Indie Rock, New Release, News, Pop, Psych, Tour/Live, Video

NEWS: Opossom (ex-Mint Chicks) release single and visit Australia.

Kody Nielson has a new project of glorious psych pop called Opossom and he has released the first single Getaway Tonight ahead of a run of Australian dates. This will be the first chance for Australia to see the new trio which also features another Mint Chick Michael Logie and Bic Runga who also collaborated with Nielson on her recently released album. Opossom will release … Continue reading NEWS: Opossom (ex-Mint Chicks) release single and visit Australia.

Doubtful SoundsApril 11, 2012May 25, 2012Leave a comment

Audio Stream, Indie Rock, MP3, New Release, News, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych, Video

NEWS: New label, album and single for The Laurels

We’ve been hanging for this one for a while now but finally Sydney’s The Laurels have announced their album will be released via Rice Is Nice Records in the second half of 2012. Featuring Luke O’Farrell (vocals/guitar/loop sampler), Piers Cornelius (vocals/guitar), Conor Hannan (bass) and Kate Wilson (drums) they released to much acclaim the Wandering Star 7″ (2009) and the Mesozoic EP (2011) to much acclaim as well … Continue reading NEWS: New label, album and single for The Laurels

Doubtful SoundsApril 10, 2012Leave a comment

Electronica, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Live Reviews, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych

LIVE REVIEW: WOODEN SHJIPS @ OAF, SYDNEY (24/03/12)

written by Chris Familton Newcomers DCM (Wolfmother’s Chris Ross and Daniel Stricker of the Midnight Juggernauts) set up their keyboards and effect units on the dancefloor in front of the stage and opened the evening with some glorious kraut-tinged electronica that was the perfect sonic calm before the storm to come. They showed a nice balance between pseudo ambient washes of sounds and some harder … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: WOODEN SHJIPS @ OAF, SYDNEY (24/03/12)

Doubtful SoundsApril 4, 2012Leave a comment

Electronica, Experimental, Live Reviews, Psych

LIVE REVIEW: Michael Rother @ OAF, Sydney (17/03/12)

written by Chris Familton Melbourne’s Baptism of Uzi opened the night with their heavily krautrock influenced take on instrumental rock. With busy and propulsive drumming and wonderfully swirling psych synths they took the music into a decidedly human realm rather than the robotic nature of much of the music of that genre. Guitarist Bojan Stojanov kept the sound riding high and melodic with his … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Michael Rother @ OAF, Sydney (17/03/12)

Doubtful SoundsMarch 29, 2012March 29, 2012Leave a comment