Audio Stream, Indie Rock, New Music, Soul

NEW MUSIC: Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards – Undo

Undo is the first single to be taken from Dan Michaelson and The Coastguards‘ 6th Album Memory, to be released on 6th May 2016. We loved Michelson’s last album Distance, his voice in particular hitting the fathomless depths of melancholic ache and yearning. He inhabits a similar musical world to Tindersticks and Bill Callahan – that blend of folky jazz and soulful late night indie … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards – Undo

Doubtful SoundsApril 7, 2016April 7, 2016Leave a comment

Metal/Hard Rock, New Release, Psych, Video

NEW MUSIC: Boris | Vanilla (video)

Boris, those dark overlords of Japanese psych, metal, drone and sometimes pop music have a new album out mid June called Noise (via Sargent House). It’s their 19th studio album and from the sound of the first two tastes of the record it will indeed live up to its title. Here’s the video for the track ‘Vanilla’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Boris | Vanilla (video)

Doubtful SoundsMay 20, 2014Leave a comment

Audio Stream, Electronica, Experimental, New Release

NEW MUSIC: Guerre | Deatheat

I saw this Canadian/Australian artist Guerre perform live a while back and was impressed by his ability to marry soulful vocals with experimental electronica. The good news is he finally has a debut album Ex Nihilo about to be released on Friday 4th July via Yes Please / Remote Control. Check out the first taste of the album in ‘Deatheat’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Guerre | Deatheat

Doubtful SoundsMay 6, 2014May 6, 2014Leave a comment

Album Covers, Audio Stream, Electronica, Experimental, New Release

NEW MUSIC: Fennesz | Static Kings

Christian Fennesz has been merging electronica and guitars for years now, making both seem inseparable in his world, the latter often unrecognisable. Now he’s returning to the Mego label where he released what many consider his finest album Endless Summer (My personal favourite is still Venice) in 2001. On April 29th he’ll unveil his new record Bécs. Here’s the first taste of the album with the track ‘Static … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Fennesz | Static Kings

Doubtful SoundsMarch 31, 2014Leave a comment

Album Covers, Audio Stream, New Release

NEW MUSIC: Amen Dunes | Lonely Richard

Amen Dunes have a new album called Love coming out on Sacred Bones Records On May 13th. Damon McMahon, the main guy behind Amen Dunes, recorded Love in Montreal with Dave Bryant and Efrim Menuck of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. In addition to recording the sessions that McMahon produced, members of Godspeed also played on several of the songs. So did saxophonist Colin Stetson and … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Amen Dunes | Lonely Richard

Doubtful SoundsMarch 27, 2014Leave a comment

Album Covers, Audio Stream, Guitar Rock, Post-Punk, The Song of the Week

TRACK OF THE WEEK: Greta Mob | Gypsy Town (Revisited) Feat. Spencer P Jones

After releasing Let the Sunburnt Country Burn in 2013, Sydney band Greta Mob haven’t wasted time in getting new music out on the streets with their new EP Gyspy Town due Friday March 28th. The title track (a re-working of the song that appeared on their debut album) features Spencer P. Jones (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon etc) and it sounds like its been injected with blood-red technicolor. … Continue reading TRACK OF THE WEEK: Greta Mob | Gypsy Town (Revisited) Feat. Spencer P Jones

Doubtful SoundsMarch 26, 2014March 26, 20141 Comment

Audio Stream, New Release

NEW MUSIC: Afghan Whigs | The Lottery

A second track from the new Afghan Whigs album has been released. The Lottery sounds like prime Whigs in its rhythm and groove and Greg Dulli’s soaring chorus. The first single was very good but didn’t excite as much as this one does. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the LP Do To The Beast which comes out on April 14th via Sub … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Afghan Whigs | The Lottery

Doubtful SoundsMarch 25, 2014Leave a comment

Audio Stream, Indie Rock, New Release, Pop, Tour/Live

NEW MUSIC: Amaya Laucirica | Prettier Than Sound

Amaya Laucirica (VIC) has a brand new record Sway ready to be released on April 14th and it features the great first single Prettier Than Sound which you can stream below. The song includes Adalita on backing vocals and JP Shilo on guitar and they conjure up a wonderful hazy, shimmering track with billowing harmonies and cascading textural guitars. Laucirica’s upcoming tour dates are also … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Amaya Laucirica | Prettier Than Sound

Doubtful SoundsMarch 11, 2014March 11, 2014Leave a comment

Audio Stream, Electronica, New Release, News, Pop

NEW MUSIC: Geoffrey O’Connor | Jacqueline

I first saw Geoffrey O’Connor in a garish woollen jumper playing with Crayon Fields at the Hopetoun Hotel. They impressed with their twee indie guitar pop, it was knowingly constructed, literate music, the sum of its parts. Fast forward to the 2012 Laneway Festival and the pasty bespectacled man in front of me was the same guy sans woolly jersey. Now O’Connor was ostensibly solo, … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Geoffrey O’Connor | Jacqueline

Doubtful SoundsSeptember 18, 2013September 18, 2013Leave a comment

Garage Rock, Guitar Rock, New Release, Video

NEW MUSIC: Greta Mob | The Petite Bourgeois Blues

Slowly but surely it feels like rock n roll of the good kind is seeping back into the Sydney scene. Greta Mob are set to be one of the key players if the rest of their songs are as good as this bleeding, drunken stagger of a song. It conjures up images of Finn Andrews of The Veils jamming with The Drones. Good stuff then… … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Greta Mob | The Petite Bourgeois Blues

Doubtful SoundsMay 21, 2013May 23, 20131 Comment

Album Covers, Guitar Rock, New Release, News

NEWS: The Rolling Stones to release new best of, docs and reissues

Things are definitely starting to ramp up in The Rolling Stones camp with a number of recent reissues announced as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. Already we’ve seen the announcement of a new retrospective documentary Crossfire Hurricane that will have a limited theatrtical release and screenings on HBO in the US and BBC in the UK as well as the release of Charlie Is … Continue reading NEWS: The Rolling Stones to release new best of, docs and reissues

Doubtful SoundsSeptember 5, 2012September 5, 2012Leave a comment

Audio Stream, Guitar Rock, MP3, New Release, Post-Punk, Psych

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Regular John’s new single ‘Slume’

I caught Regular John at Sydney’s Annandale Hotel recently and they were damn impressive. It was the first time I’d seen them with their new guitarist Miles Devine and a much more pronounced role for Ryan Adamson who sings and plays guitar and synths and they definitely kicked up one hell of an epic psych rock noise. They have a new album Strange Flowers coming … Continue reading LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Regular John’s new single ‘Slume’

Doubtful SoundsJuly 31, 2012August 1, 20125 Comments