Tristan Courtney-Prior is best known around Sydney as guitarist for the bands Peabody and Shearin’ but over the last year or so he’s stepped out of the shadows of those bands to release a couple of singles in the lead-up to his debut album Replication which is set for release on September 13th. As a solo artist, Tristan dives deeper into dark, post-punk guitar rock. … Continue reading VIDEO PREMIERE: Tristan Courtney-Prior – Irene and I
Another massive year of listening to new albums in this 15th year of Doubtful Sounds. As always, it’s been a pretty amazing 12 months for new albums. A deluge of sorts, from a myriad of genres and a noticeable proclivity for many artists to expand their sound and explore other genres, often within a song. Read on to check out our favourite indie, alt-country, psych, … Continue reading FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2023
Hammer and tong, heavy-fisted piano, cardiac-threatening ecstatic saxophone declarations and sandstone heavy drumming that swings like a mother fucker are the order of the day on the new cut from Sydney duo Party Dozen. It follows last year’s excellent full length album The Real Work and is the first taste of their forthcoming record. The song’s count in sounds like a lost AC/DC track is … Continue reading PARTY DOZEN SWING HEAVY WITH NEW SINGLE ‘WAKE IN MIGHT’
Jamie Hutchings, of Bluebottle Kiss and Infinity Broke, released his sixth solo album A New on Friday, alongside the Mark Moldre-directed video clip for the single ‘Roustabout’. A prolifically creative musician, Jamie Hutchings has built a career in the Australian scene that stretches back to the early 1990s. He first established himself as the cornerstone of noisy indie-rock auteurs Bluebottle Kiss before embarking on a solo career with the … Continue reading JAMIE HUTCHINGS RELEASES NEW ALBUM AND VIDEO FOR SINGLE ‘ROUSTABOUT’
It’s been 30 years since the release of The Cruel Sea’s phenomenal, 5 x ARIA Award-winning / Triple Platinum album, The Honeymoon Is Over. While the five-piece were already a fixture on the live scene with two acclaimed albums, Down Below & This Is Not the Way Home, it was their 1993 third studio album, produced by Tony Cohen, that thrust the band into the spotlight and firmly planted itself in … Continue reading TOUR NEWS: The Cruel Sea announce shows to celebrate 30 years of The Honeymoon Is Over
Mystery bands are always a fascinating proposition. Who are they, where are they from, is this new, is this old???? The Hallrunners will keep you guessing with this debut release, ‘Clumsy Boys’, recorded at Rockbottom Studios in Croydon and released on Australian label Half A Cow. Ita slice of jangly, anthemic power pop par excellence that bursts out of the speakers and embeds itself in … Continue reading PREMIERE: The Hallrunners – Clumsy Boys
Tāmaki Makaurau-based band Office Dog share their new single ‘Gleam’, the latest unveiling from their forthcoming debut album Spiel (Flying Nun Records, Sept 15th), plus the song’s music video directed and edited by Sophie Black, and shot by Pepe de Hoyos. Another sonic gem of a song, it follows Kane Strang, Mitchell Innes and Rassani Tolovaa’s excellent first release ‘Hand In Hand’, a more reflective post-rock sounding song. ‘Gleam’ dives further … Continue reading AOTEAROA TRIO OFFICE DOG RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘GLEAM’ ON FLYING NUN
Straight off the bat there’s a big nod to Bailterspace on this new track from Auckland, Aotearoa/NZ trio Swallow The Rat. Killer sound! There’s sonic weight and tectonic shifts in the way the guitar buzz and swing with a heavy MBV sway or Swervedriver if they were more indebted to post-punk. It’s noisy, woozy and rock solid. Vocals are barked, giving it a Girls Against … Continue reading SWALLOW THE RAT RELEASE HEAVY SHOEGAZE/POST-PUNK SINGLE TERRA NULLIUS
Ben Leece & Left of the Dial‘s new single ‘Swastika Kids‘, out now on Stanley Records, is only 2:24 mins long but it’s a vibrant, high-velocity dispatch from the songwriter who sounds fully unshackled from any genre restraints as he releases the follow-up single to ‘Big Red Black’. Melodies tumble and bristle as he mixes references to The Hard Ons, Public Enemy, Guns N Roses … Continue reading BEN LEECE RELEASES THE HIGH VELOCITY, MELODIC POST-HARDOCRE SOUND OF ‘SWASTIKA KIDS’
On September 15th, Baroness will release their sixth album STONE, via Abraxan Hymns. First single ‘Last Word‘ is out now and it features that trademark, intoxicating Baroness blend of thunderous riffing and euphoric, anthemic choruses and a gravity-defying solo. “An important through line in Baroness is we don’t like to repeat ourselves,” John Baizley explains. “It’s all about the willingness to take risks. When I … Continue reading BARONESS RETURN WITH GALLOPING NEW SINGLE ‘LAST WORD’ AND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
Margaret Glaspy‘s Emotions and Math album from 2016 was one of my favourite albums of that year. Great guitars, heady melodies and fine songwriting right across it. 2020’s Devotion didn’t quite hit the spot in the same way as her debut but I’m really digging the sound of this new single ‘Act Natural‘. The song is the first single from her forthcoming LP Echo The … Continue reading MARGARET GLASPY LETS THE GUITARS CHIME ON NEW SINGLE
Perth-based New Zealand songwriter Damien Binder has just released his fifth solo album Bright Side. It’s a widescreen indie pop-rock vista populated by sparkling guitar lines, the warm glow of synths and Binder’s astute take on the world around him. Damien first came to fame in the late 80s and through the 90s on the alternative rock scene in Auckland, NZ, as frontman for the … Continue reading Sonic Kicks: Damien Binder
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