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INTERVIEW: Pokey LaFarge (2013)

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

LOOKING TO THE PAST Folk singer, country troubadour and roots aficionado Pokey LaFarge had a bumper year in 2013 that included a new album on Jack White’s record label and a calendar overflowing with live shows and TV appearances. On the eve of his first Australian tour LaFarge talks with Chris Familton about his formative … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: August Knight – Arizona Rain

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

August Knight gets bare and desolate on this stripped back take on his song ‘Arizona Rain’. Though minimal in its musical dressage, it still sounds lush within its high and lonesome pedal-steel draped sound. Over all of that, Knight hits the sweet spot between heartache and simple lyrical impact. “Arizona rain bring me an angel, … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Country / Honky Tonk / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Secret Emchy Society – Everything Was Fine

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

The enigmatically named Secret Emchy Society from Oakland has a new track out which races along on a quick-shuffle, honky tonk heartbeat as Cindy Emch barrels out the song with high spirits and playful verve. Emch has been named by the Huffington Post as the ‘First Lady of Queer Country’ and No Depression christened her “Equal … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Vickers Lee Cunningham – Odds

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Vickers Lee Cunningham is coming your way from Houston, TX with his sweet, swingin’ honky tonk sound. Smooth pedal steel and a healthy dose of twang are the backdrop for his laidback drawl as he sings about making your own luck in the game of love and life. Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Article / Country

Waitin’ Around To Die Column: Between The Pages

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

BETWEEN THE PAGES As any righteous fan and music nerd will attest, biographies and autobiographies of their favourite artists and albums are an invaluable insight into the life and creative journey of a songwriter. Even in this day and age of smorgasbord information access via the internet, an in-depth and well-researched book by a writer … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: River Tramps – Mare And The Maiden

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

River Tramps are a Floridian and Texan duo based in Nashville who have recently released their debut single ‘Mare And The Maiden’. Adam Cohen and Nikole Martine have a fine way with country folk phrasing, both old-timey in its western feel but also contemporary in the production sheen. The allowance of space in the song … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Late Cambrian – It’s Just Me (Quarantine Edition)

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Simple exquisite melodies are the winning hand on this song from Brooklyn’s Late Cambrian. There’s a touch of George Harrison, the tenets of power-pop in a stripped-back setting and a psychedelic country-tinged wander through psych pop. All in all it’s a wonderful track that buried itself in our short term memory when we first heard … Continue reading →

Country / Honky Tonk / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: The Golden Lancers – Tired Of Saying Goodbye

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

This song caught our ear the other day, the new single from The Golden Lancers out of South Carolina. It’s a stripped back sound, capturing the honky tonk essence of the song that has one of those classic country lines in “I’m tired of saying sorry, so I’ll say goodbye.” We’re looking forward to hearing … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Roscoe Parker Band – Hurt Me One More Time

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Roscoe Parker Band were founded in 2018 by Rickard Beurling and his friend Joakim Paulsson. The two met as teenagers living in (in their words) the “shittiest city of Sweden” Mjölby. Rounding out the band are pedal steel player Roger Gustafsson, bass player Lars Söderberg and David Pärsson on keys. The single ‘Hurt Me One … Continue reading →

Folk / New Music / Psychedelic / Videos

NEW MUSIC: Dan Croll – Actor With A Loaded Gun

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

We’ve posted about Dan Croll in the past and yet again he’s caught our ear with this wonderful, kaleidoscopic slice of folk-pop. Musical colours are thrown about generously and with great precision on this track that takes in power pop melodies and a psych-folk West Coast vibe. “’Actor’ is about my first step in to … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC PREMIERE: Sunset Stranger – 60 Mile Yonder

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

A few years ago we posted a track by Melbourne singer-songwriter Eddie Nuardo that really caught our ear with its lilting country sound. Now he’s back under the name Sunset Stranger, with this great track, ’60 Mile Yonder’, from his forthcoming new album. Over a soft freight train shuffle, the guitars and fiddle lead the … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Nikki & The Phantom Callers – Blue Moonlight

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Atlanta, GA’s Nikki & the Phantom Callers have a new album coming out on April 3rd called Everybody’s Going to Hell (But You and Me) and ‘Blue Moonlight’ is one of the early singles from it. The song has a wonderful swing to it – a countrified indie, garage-rock sound with its melodic back-and-forth, distorted guitar … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Cave Flowers – Upper Hand

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Yeah I know we’ve posted a couple of Cave Flowers‘ songs from their new self-titled album already, but damn it’s a cracker of a record and this track, the most recent single, is maybe our favourite. ‘Upper Hand’ has that windswept, slacker country vibe, perfectly enhanced by singer Andy McAllister’s gravelly voice and the way … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Christy Lynn Band – Checkin’ In

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Asheville, NC’s Christy Lynn Band is the project of Christy Lynn and Ryan Schilling who hooked up musically back in 2011. Their full-length album, the cleverly titled, Sweetheart of the Radio, will be released on vinyl digital, CD and streaming platforms on April 3rd. Lynn describes the album as tales of heartbreak and leaving, an outlaw’s last … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Thomas Bryan Eaton – Keep Us Free

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Promises is the name of (Nashville, TN) Thomas Bryan Eaton‘s new EP and ‘Keep Us Free’ in particular highlights his strengths as a singer-songwriter. This track hustles along with vim and verve, bursting with guitars, pedal steel, fiddle and piano as he sings vividly of optimism and moving forward. It looks like Eaton has been treading the … Continue reading →

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