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TOUR NEWS: Mitch Power & Tom Dockray Hit The Road

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Melbourne singer-songwriting, guitar-picking powerhouses Tom Dockray and Mitch Power come together for another co-headline tour, bringing their exciting brands of Country, Blues and Americana through NSW, QLD, ACT and VIC this June. Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Bob Dylan – Fallen Angels

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Bob Dylan hasn’t released an original song in four years. Instead, on last years Shadows In The Night and now Fallen Angels, he’s paid tribute to American standards made famous by Frank Sinatra. Though these dozen tracks continue the lush, stately and intimate treatment of Shadows In The Night, the album feels like a lesser … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Ryley Walker – The Halfwit In Me

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

We’re big fans of Ryley Walker here at PTW. He’s emerged over the last few years as part of the modern exploratory guitar movement that includes Steve Gunn, William Tyler, Cian Nugent, Chris Forsyth, Daniel Bachman and others. The common theme that runs through all of their music is a sense of freedom to follow … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Mary Chapin Carpenter – The Things That We Are Made Of

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Like a slow mist rolling down a valley or long evenings on the back porch, Carpenter’s 14th album is a slow-moving and introspective country affair. Confessional stories of heartache and emotional turbulence are presented and dissected on the Dave Cobb produced album yet across nearly an hour of restrained mood the effect is one of … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Nick Payne – Rising River

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Sydney’s Nick Payne continues to work on his nearly completed debut solo album and ahead of its release he’s shared the track Rising River, a song firmly in the murder ballad tradition of torment, attrition and struggle in an unforgiving environment. You can read more about the track over at his website with some fine … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Hussy Hicks – Lucky Joe’s Wine And Other Tales From Dog River

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Hussy Hicks’ Julz Parker and Leesa Gentz seem to have one of those wordless, symbiotic musical relationships. Everything sounds in harmony with perfect placement and interplay between Parker’s sublime guitar playing and Gentz’s soulful and often ecstatic singing on their fourth full-length album. The album opens with the over-wrought Flying that sounds like an overcooked … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Freya Josephine Hollick – My Sleepin’ Body

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Freya Josephine Hollick hails from Victoria and will be releasing her new LP The Unceremonious Junking Of Me, this October on Heart Of The Rat Records. It follows her 2014 album Beauty & Sorrow. My Sleepin’ Body the first taste of the album, showcasing her rich and ornate folk voice, in a clip that recalls the age of silent and … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Cash Savage & The Last Drinks – Rat-A-Tat-Tat

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Cash Savage has been relatively quiet since her excellent 2013 album The Hypnotizer. The good news is she’s back with her band The Last Drinks and a new full length LP One Of Us which is due for release late June, 2016. Trading in country and blues fuelled rock ‘n’ roll, Savage’s way with words … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Jemma Nicole – My Darkest Hour

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Australia has always excelled at producing dark and gothic-influenced music. Nick Cave is the obvious progenitor but many others have explored the darker corners of sin and salvation and Melbournian Jemma Nicole has done just that with her debut collection of folk and country noir songs. There’s a stately waltz and sway to many of … Continue reading →

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Henry Wagons, Leah Senior, Daphne Rawlings Band @ Newtown Social Club (13/05/16)

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

In the absence of active duty from Sydney band Little Bastard, the various members have pursued solo projects (they kind of already did anyway) and relatively new group The Daphne Rawling Band, led by Ross Tipper features a few members of the rag-tag LB collective, as well as a couple of Cruisin’ Deuces. The punk-ish … Continue reading →

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SIX STRINGS: Skyscraper Stan

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Stan Woodhouse is currently out on the road playing a comprehensive series of solo acoustic dates (see below) around Australia to celebrate and promote the release of his new solo live album Live At Some Velvet Morning. The nine track album showcases Stan’s brilliant lyricism, dry humour and ability to hang a well crafted story on perfect … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: M.E. Baird – Always Tuesday

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Despite being critically well-received, M.E. Baird’s very fine and emotionally raw album [Fall] deserves more attention. The record hits some deep, honest and personal places and was written during a period of great loss. Before, during and after recording [Fall] Baird endured the deaths of his Mother, Father, Sister and Nephew. He has a run of live shows coming … Continue reading →

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INTERVIEW: William Crighton

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • 1 Comment

THROUGH THE LENS OF WILLIAM CRIGHTON With his debut album drawing widespread accolades, William Crighton takes Chris Familton inside the themes and physical locations that inspired the self-titled collection of songs. 30 kilometres past Yass, in the South West Slopes region of NSW, there’s a sign to Burrinjuck and a road that snakes down the … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Hayes Carll – Lovers And Leavers

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

On his fifth album, country troubadour Hayes Carll has stripped back his songs to a place of contemplation with slow-burning tales of heartache. It’s a languid and casual affair where the songs drift by, conjuring up late humid nights on the back porch with a bottle for company and a head full of confessional and … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Daniel Champagne – The Heartland Hurricanes

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Daniel Champagne is a true troubadour, racking up countless live solo shows each year — both in Australia and internationally. Here he’s attempted to bottle the lightening that happens on stage yet, devoid of a live audience, there is often a sense of emptiness to the album making it something of a one-way musical street. Champagne’s virtuosity, … Continue reading →

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