Album Covers, Album Reviews, Electronica, Funk, Soul, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Joan As Police Woman – Damned Devotion

Joan Wasser is now six albums deep into her solo career and she continues to refine and explore her polymorphous sound that takes in soul, jazz and pop music. If her last album, The Classic, felt like a slight misstep, Damned Devotion is a return to what Wasser does best – blending mood and atmosphere with classic soul, contemporary R&B and modern technology. There’s an exhilarating … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Joan As Police Woman – Damned Devotion

Doubtful SoundsMarch 8, 2018March 13, 2018Leave a comment

Guitar Rock, Metal/Hard Rock, News, Stream

NEWS: Dylan Carlson (Earth) Announces Solo LP

Dylan Carlson, he of the slow motion, distorted, drag and drone guitar soundscapes, has announced a new solo album, his first under his own name. Apart from a now quarter century of Earth albums he has also recorded under the drcarlsonalbion, releasing the soundtrack for the film Gold and a smattering of other projects. Conquistador will be released on the Sargent House label on April … Continue reading NEWS: Dylan Carlson (Earth) Announces Solo LP

Doubtful SoundsMarch 8, 2018March 8, 2018Leave a comment

Album Covers, Audio Stream, Guitar Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Tropical Fuck Storm – Chameleon Paint

Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin (The Drones), Lauren Hammel (High Tension) on drums and Erica Dunn (Harmony, Palm Springs) have unveiled the sound of their new band Tropical Fuck Storm. It’s a jerky, catchy post-punk song that swaggers and slithers along, sounding like it could collapse at any moment. It’s a glorious collision of chaos and euphoric rock. The debut TFS 7″ single, “Chameleon Paint” b/w … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Tropical Fuck Storm – Chameleon Paint

Doubtful SoundsAugust 18, 2017August 29, 2017Leave a comment

Album Covers, Album Reviews, Electronica, Post-Punk, Psych, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Moon Duo – Occult Architecture Vol. 1

Moon Duo return with the first of two albums they plan to release in 2017, with both volumes rooted in balanced and oppositional ideas and textures. The conceptual approach of the double album is, in their words “an intricately woven hymn to the invisible structures found in the cycle of seasons and the journey of day into night, dark into light.” That Yin Yang format … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Moon Duo – Occult Architecture Vol. 1

Doubtful SoundsMarch 20, 2017April 5, 2017Leave a comment

Album Covers, Audio Stream, Indie Rock, New Music, News, Pop, Psych

NEW MUSIC: Mac DeMarco Announces New LP ‘This Old Dog’

Mac DeMarco recently upped and relocated to LA from Queens, NY and the transition to a new city had a slowing effect on his writing and recording process this time around. He sat with the songs a while and then stripped them back to acoustic guitar, drum machine and synth, giving the new album much more of a laidback (is that possible) and skeletal sound. … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Mac DeMarco Announces New LP ‘This Old Dog’

Doubtful SoundsFebruary 1, 2017February 1, 2017Leave a comment

Album Reviews, Indie Rock, Psych, shoegaze, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Ghost Wave – Radio Norfolk

Three years on from their debut Ages, Ghost Wave sound a wholly more authentic and lived-in proposition. Ages sounded like the sum of its influences (UK indie, Krautrock, NZ 80s alt-guitar pop) and they mastered them exceedingly well, but Radio Norfolk takes those sounds further and deeper, co-mingling and cross-pollinating with more sonic grit and subtlety. Psychedelia has permeated music strongly in recent years, much … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Ghost Wave – Radio Norfolk

Doubtful SoundsDecember 8, 2016Leave a comment

Guitar Rock, New Music, New Release, Post-Punk, Reggae / Dub, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Hallelujah Picassos – Dirty Suits

One of New Zealand’s finest polymorphic, dubbed out and skanking rock ‘n’ roll bands Hallelujah Picassos will release their new single ‘Dirty Suits’ this Friday, Dec 9th. It follows their earlier EP The Bullet That Breaks The Key. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Hallelujah Picassos – Dirty Suits

Doubtful SoundsDecember 6, 2016December 6, 2016Leave a comment

Album Covers, Album Reviews, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Punk, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Trust Punks – Double Bind

Auckland band Trust Punks return with their sophomore album and in the process they’ve tightened their sound, ratcheted up the tension and broadened their interpretation of post-punk. On 2014’s Discipline they mixed jangling guitars and sparkling, ramshackle melodies and, though those are still a key part of the mix, they’ve now emboldened their sound with a brasher rhythmic attack while bringing in seemingly contradictory sounds … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Trust Punks – Double Bind

Doubtful SoundsAugust 2, 2016August 2, 2016Leave a comment

Album Covers, Album Reviews, Indie Rock, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Community Radio – Look Now You’re Cursed

Boasting two members of Sydney band Youth Group, the debut album from Community Radio finds them capturing the essence of their elegant and skewed indie guitar pop. The melodies are endlessly autumnal, melancholic and often heavy hearted while the guitars chime and weave hypnotic, riffing patterns. The rhythm section show plenty of inventiveness making this an album on which all instruments sound like they’re simultaneously … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Community Radio – Look Now You’re Cursed

Doubtful SoundsJuly 25, 2016July 25, 2016Leave a comment

Experimental, New Music, Post-Punk, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Swans – When Will I Return

Swans have a new album called The Glowing Man, their last in this iteration, coming out on June 17th via Mute & Create/Control. Here’s the first track to be released from it, When Will I Return – a haunting ands ominous 5 minutes featuring the vocals of frontman Michael Gira’s wife Jennifer Gira. The song was written by her husband specifically for her to sing, as a “tribute to her strength, … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Swans – When Will I Return

Doubtful SoundsJune 3, 2016June 3, 2016Leave a comment

Audio Stream, Experimental, Indie Rock, News, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Shayne P Carter – We Will Rise Again

Shayne P Carter (Bored Games, The Doublehappys, Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer) has been working on his first solo LP for quite a while now. In fact it’s been nearly 2 years since he ran a crowdfunding campaign to get some money to finish off the album which he hoped, at the time, would be out at the end of 2014. The word was that it was … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Shayne P Carter – We Will Rise Again

Doubtful SoundsJune 3, 2016June 3, 2016Leave a comment

Album Reviews, Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen – After The Flood

Inspired by the dramatic stories of the 100,000 men who travelled from across Europe after the war to work on the Snowy Scheme, Mikelangelo and his band of accomplices mix humour, Weimar cabaret, Gypsy music, dark folk and jazz on this intriguing album. There are clear nods to the theatrical side of Tom Waits, the exotic flavours of C.W. Stoneking and the drunken, swaying shanties … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen – After The Flood

Doubtful SoundsMay 30, 2016May 30, 2016Leave a comment