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Americana / Alt-Country, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Live Reviews

LIVE REVIEW: Abbe May @ Annandale Hotel, Sydney 25/08/11

written by Chris Familton Oh Willy Dear! are singer Daniele Marando and guitarist Dan Babekuhl playing predominately bluegrass styled country music – a departure of sorts from the swampy rock n roll blues of their other band The Maladies. They played a mighty impressive set of covers and originals with some quite stunning guitar work from Babekuhl and a reminder of how outstanding Marando’s voice … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Abbe May @ Annandale Hotel, Sydney 25/08/11

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Indie Rock, Interviews, Pop, Psych

INTERVIEW: Melodie Nelson

STEPPING OUT ALONE WITH A NEW NAME AND A NEW MUSICAL DIRECTION MELODIE NELSON IS CREATING AUTHENTIC, BLISSED OUT 60S SOUNDS. SHE TELLS CHRIS FAMILTON HOW MEDITATIONS ON THE SUN CAME ABOUT AND WHERE SHE IS GOING NEXT. Melodie Nelson has emerged blinking into the bright lights on her debut album Meditations on the Sun. It is an album that represents her first solo foray into relatively straightforward songs after years spent as one … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Melodie Nelson

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Americana / Alt-Country, Folk, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Video

ALBUM REVIEW: Leader Cheetah | Lotus Skies

written by Chris Familton After the success of their 2009 debut The Sunspot Letters, Leader Cheetah ran the risk of ‘going big’ by building up their recordings with excess guitars and grand themes. Similarly they could have gone down the Powderfinger avenue chasing mass appeal and in the process losing some of the subtle and special musical traits that they displayed on that first LP. … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Leader Cheetah | Lotus Skies

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Album Covers, Album Reviews, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Pop, Post-Punk

ALBUM REVIEW: Male Bonding | Endless Now

written by Chris Familton London’s Male Bonding generated a fair amount of buzz with their 2010 debut Nothing Hurts and it sat well alongside the similar noise pop of other bands like Wavves. The second album dilemma that faced them was whether to bash out another set of short, sharp songs or go for something different. It turns out that familiarity was too much of … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Male Bonding | Endless Now

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Americana / Alt-Country, Electronica, Funk, Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Mixtape, MP3, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Reggae / Dub

MIXTAPE: Mixed Feelings 07

DOWNLOAD Here it is, the long overdue volume 7 in the Mixed Feelings mixtape series. This one swings from the dirty garage rock of Two Tears to a dub excursion by Prince Jammy, over to a recent soundtrack piece by The The and the latest single from The Strokes. Plenty more in between so check it out… Continue reading MIXTAPE: Mixed Feelings 07

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News

NEWS: DOUBTFUL SOUNDS joins CYCLIC DEFROST

Nothing like a bit of shameless self promotion, especially in the dog eat dog world of journalism… Doubtful Sounds can now also be found writing for the esteemed electronic music magazine Cyclic Defrost who describe themselves as… Cyclic Defrost is Australia’s only specialist electronic music magazine. We cover independent electronic music, avant-rock, experimental sound art and leftfield hip hop. Check out my review for Parallel … Continue reading NEWS: DOUBTFUL SOUNDS joins CYCLIC DEFROST

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