The first run of acts for the Byron Bay Bluesfest 2009 Blues & Roots Festival has been announced. Leading the pack is Ben Harper and Michael Franti and Spearhead (surprise, surprise). These guys must surely be honorary Australians by now. Of the other acts, the most notable inclusions in the humble opinion of Doubtful Sounds is Drive By Truckers, Tinariwen, Seasick Steve and Lucinda Williams. … Continue reading NEWS: BYRON BAY BLUESFEST 2009 Line-up…
The exceptionally sexy Mr WIll Oldham has announced plans to release a new record on Domino and Drag City on March 19th 2009. The album is titled Beware! and features a list of contributors including his band (Josh Abrams, Jennifer Hutt, Emmett Kelly and Michael Zerang) and special guests (Dee Alexander, Leroy Bach, Jim Becker, Robert Cruz, DV DeVincentis, Jon Langford, Greg Leisez, Rob Mazurek, … Continue reading NEWS: BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY new album…
Antony will release his new album ,The Crying Light, via Secretly Canadian on the 20th January 2009. The tracklisting is: 01 Her Eyes Are Underneath the Ground 02 Epilepsy Is Dancing 03 One Dove 04 Kiss My Name 05 The Crying Light 06 Another World 07 Daylight and the Sun 08 Aeon 09 Dust and Water 10 Everglade His Another World EP is out now … Continue reading NEWS: ANTONY + THE JOHNSONS new album details…
Hot on the heels of their latest single Use Somebody, the Kings have announced dates across Aotearoa and Australia in 2009. They will hit most main cities and it is interesting to note the size of the venues they are playing. In Sydney on their recent tours they have gone from The Enmore to the Hordern and now the Entertainment Centre. There is definitely a … Continue reading NEWS: KINGS OF LEON announce NZ & AU tour…
For the many of you who have fallen under the spell of Bon Iver this year and played For Emma, Forever Ago to death, downloaded the live sets and scoured You Tube, relief is in sight in the form of a new EP. Blood Bank is due to be released on the fantastic Jagjaguwar label on the 19th January on CD and vinyl. He will … Continue reading NEWS: BON IVER to release new EP…
UPDATE 20TH NOV: TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW!!! Hot on the heels of the announcement that they will be playing at the Golden Plains festival in VIC, Mogwai have announced theatre shows in main cities (presented by Feel Presents…). Tickets are on sale from November 21st and these will sell out for sure. If you haven’t experienced Mogwai live then you need to.. their shows are … Continue reading NEWS: MOGWAI tour Australia in ’09
Shayne Carter’s Dimmer has released a new single entitled Degrees of Existence. The song has a kicking rhythm section with the bassline pretty much driving the song. Jagged distant guitar fades in and out with Shayne’s usual sneering vocals topping it off. A rockier more relaxed Dimmer is upon us and the fourth album is on it’s way. In other Dimmer news, they are looking … Continue reading NEWS: New DIMMER single…
In honor of Dead Meadow’s Australian tour in January, here is the official video for What Needs Must Be, from 2008’s Old Growth record. They will be playing at All Tomorrow’s Parties at Mt Buller, Vic and fingers crossed there will be other shows announced for other states. Continue reading VIDEO: DEAD MEADOW – What Needs Must Be
Personally I’m unconvinced by the new KOL record, seems a step away from what made them stand out as a band. They sound like they have taken on some U2isms and softened the edges. Anyways, here is the video for their new single Use Somebody, not to be confused with Be Somebody from the same album… WATCH: KINGS OF LEON – Use Somebody Continue reading VIDEO: KINGS OF LEON – Use Somebody
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