WATCH: Ride : live @ Brixton Academy, 1992 (full set)
I came across this full live set from Ride today on You Tube – fantastic stuff from one of the greatest bands. Continue reading WATCH: Ride : live @ Brixton Academy, 1992 (full set)
WATCH: Made In Japan | Sights and Sounds
Sydney’s Made In Japan create clean and sparkling indie pop with a strong thread of post rock and shoegaze influences running through it. They have a debut album Sights and Sounds due out in the new year but in the meantime check out the clip for the title track directed by Angelo Kehagias. You can catch them live over the next few week: Nov 12 … Continue reading WATCH: Made In Japan | Sights and Sounds
ALBUM REVIEW: Dick Diver | New Start Again
written by Chris Familton It is somewhat unavoidable when it comes to making comparisons between the new Dick Diver and Twerps albums as both have been released at the same time on Melbourne’s Chapter Music and both share a style that strongly echoes the music being made in New Zealand and particularly Dunedin in the 1980s. Variously the ghost of The Bats, The Clean, The … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Dick Diver | New Start Again
ALBUM REVIEW: Twerps | Twerps
written by Chris Familton This has been a bumper year for wistful guitar music brimming with melodies and laidback vibes – perfectly suited to soundtracking either a dreary autumn day or the warming expectation of summer. Real Estate, Girls and Oh Mercy are at the more immediate end of the spectrum but not far behind are a gang of Melbourne musicians in bands like Twerps … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Twerps | Twerps
LIVE REVIEW: The Drones @ Metro Theatre, Sydney (29/10/11)
written by Chris Familton The Drones were winding up a national tour to promote the release of their first DVD A Thousand Mistakes. That document is an exhaustive look at the live evolution of the band from raw, unbridled punk rock through to their current position as one of the country’s best live acts and in Gareth Liddiard, one of our finest contemporary songwriters. Adalita … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: The Drones @ Metro Theatre, Sydney (29/10/11)
ALBUM REVIEW: Step-Panther | Step-Panther
written by Chris Familton Noisy guitar pop seems to be everywhere at the moment, whether it is stained with garage rock, shoegaze or 90s indie there is a strong melodic vein running through it – more pop and less rock in the traditional posturing sense. Locals Step-Panther have been impressing on the live circuit and now they’ve successfully translated their songs to the recorded form … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Step-Panther | Step-Panther
WATCH: Tom Waits | Satisfied
Tom Waits is normally one to focus more on the music than the video but here he and director Jesse Dyland have gone and done a budget black and white clip for Satisified from the recently released and well received Bad As Me. Continue reading WATCH: Tom Waits | Satisfied
NEWS: Follow us over at Google+…
Yep we are now also publishing stuff on our new page over at the slowly growing Google+ now that they have Pages. doubtfulsounds.net will continue to be the hub of everything DS and you’ll get re-directed back here for content… Continue reading NEWS: Follow us over at Google+…
NEWS: The Jim Jones Revue 2012 Australian Tour…
The Jim Jones Revue were one of the highlights of this year’s Big Day Out (alongside Grinderman) and the good news is they are back to welcome in the new year with some shows. They’ve had a massive year touring their album Burning Your House Down and have recently been in the studio working on the next record as well as recently being nominated for … Continue reading NEWS: The Jim Jones Revue 2012 Australian Tour…
WATCH: Donny Benet | Sophisticated Lover
The sex symbol of late night cool Donny Benet is back with a video for his single Sophisticated Lover casting a glance back to the heyday of TV in Miami Vice and Knight Rider… TOUR DATES SYDNEY Friday December 2– FBI Social, w/ Erik Omen & SunSun (Disco Club)MELBOURNE Saturday December 3 – Buffalo Club, w/ Montero & Free Choice Duo PERTH Friday December 16 – … Continue reading WATCH: Donny Benet | Sophisticated Lover
WATCH: Dick Diver | Through The D
From their stellar albymn New Start Again comes the lo-fi and down to earth video for Dick Diver’s Through The D. Love the shuffling jangle of this track. We’ll have a review of the album up shortly… Continue reading WATCH: Dick Diver | Through The D
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