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LIVE REVIEW: Margo Price, Courtney Marie Andrews, Sydney

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Margo Price, Courtney Marie Andrews Factory Theatre, Marrickville NSW 16th October 2018 Thanks to the good taste of tour promoters Love Police, October is the time of year when Sydney gets a handful of sideshows in the wake of the Out On The Weekend festival in Melbourne. This year the pick of the crop was … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Tiny Ruins – Olympic Girls

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Hollie Fullbrook has released a video clip for the second single and title track of her new Tiny Ruins album Olympic Girls, due out on February 1st, 2019 via Milk! Records and Remote Control. It’s trademark Tiny Ruins in its mix of bucolic melodies, artful wordplay and fluid and inventive instrumentation. The clip is a … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: The Gracious Losers – I Can Never Read The Signs

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

UK nine-piece The Gracious Losers recently released their debut LP The Last Of The Gracious Losers and it features ‘I Can Never Read The Signs’, the closing track on the rich and set of Americana music that draws from gospel, country and soul music. From Glasgow to Woodstock the line is drawn and followed with … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC PREMIERE: Kyle Jenkins – Vultures

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Kyle Jenkins of Suicide Swans continues his golden streak of songwriting and prolific releases with this second single from his debut solo LP Meltdown. The track hits a bass-led groove and never lets up. Clever sonic details like a ride cymbal doubling down on the reference to smashing on the keys of typewriters and the … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Emma Miller – Merry Go Round

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

UK singer/songwriter Emma Miller has released the first single from her debut EP due out in the new year. ‘Merry Go Round’ is a rich swoon of a song that showcases her wonderful voice. It has hints of someone like Courtney Marie Andrews in its tone but it’s placed in more of an English folk … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Jim Clements – Not A Lot Of Blood

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Jim Clements is set to release his new album A Failure next Friday (Oct 26th) and here’s a first taste of it with the track ‘Not A Lot Of Blood’, a beautiful, poignant song that is light of touch but heavy in emotional weight. To these ears he sounds like a blend of Cohen, Cave … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Ayleen O’Hanlon – Good As Gold

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Melbourne musician Ayleen O’Hanlon has a brand new single out now via the good folk at Blind Date Records. ‘Good As Gold’ is a change-up for Ayleen, more country rock than her previous folk leanings. It works brilliantly too. It’s tough and tender at the same time with an ebb and flow, a glorious … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Riley Catherall – Robin

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Riley Catherall hails from Canberra but is now a resident of Melbourne. He’s got an EP on the way, featuring Bill and Kasey Chambers and Kasey joins him on this beautiful track, ‘Robin’ – an ode to a red-breasted bird. He cites James Taylor, Neil Young and Jason Isbell as influences and you can certainly hear … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Freddy & Francine – Half A Mind

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

I came across this beautiful slice of soulful Americana, the single from Freddy & Francine, a duo out of Nashville (previously based in L.A). The song comes from their recently released EP Moonless Night, produced by Dan Knobler (Lake Street Dive). Check out the amusing clip for ‘Half A Mind’ below and you can listen to the full … Continue reading →

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LIVE REVIEW: Dashville Skyline 2018

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Dashville Skyline, held on the same picturesque family property as The Gum Ball, Pigsty In July and Thrashville, returned for its 4th year with its largest festival line-up to date, comprised of 100% Australian acts, spread over three days. The weather gods had threatened through the week but blue skies prevailed for yet another superb … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: James Houlahan – California

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, James Houlahan released his new LP The Wheel Still In Spin. You can check it via the usual streaming services or hit the link to Bandcamp below to stream and if you dig it, buy a digital copy. Here’s the closing track from the album, ‘California’, a lonesome and wistful song … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Beard Bates – Joyous Season (ft. The Icarus Line)

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Beard Bates has a new album on the way called The World Is Blown (November 9, 2018) and here’s the latest video clip from it for the track ‘Joyous Season’. The song features the late The Icarus Line providing the dark Americana psych rock atmosphere while Bates delivers a haunting vocal that manages to channel 90s alt-rock and … Continue reading →

Americana / Folk / New Music

NEW MUSIC: Devon Church – We Are Inextricable

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Today’s new music find comes from Winnipeg-born, Brooklyn-based musician Devon Church of Exitmusic. He has a solo album called We Are Inextricable coming out on October 25th and right now you can listen to two of the tracks, ‘Chamomile’ and the title track, via Bandcamp and also over on Spotify and Apple Music. Both are … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Micah P. Hinson – The Sleep Of The Damned

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Micah P. Hinson has a new album on the way, due out on October 26th. When I Shoot At You With Arrows, I Will Shoot To Destroy You includes this fine song, ‘The Sleep Of The Damned’, a ramshackle slice of loose limbed rock ‘n’ roll with a backwoods vibe and reference points in the region of Smog … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Michigan Rattlers – Evergreen

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Michigan Rattlers released their album Evergreen last week (Sept 28th) and two songs in particular have caught our attention. ‘Didn’t You Know’, with it’s Ryan Adams melancholic sway and nostalgic ache. It tumbles along gently, on a warm yet troubled wind. ‘Evergreen’ has a similar feel, comparing long highways and lonely travels with the … Continue reading →