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SIX STRINGS: Peasant Moon

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Sydney duo Peasant Moon (Harvey Russell & Josie Rothwell) have been crafting their music and playing live together over the last 18 months and now they have a debut EP Fading in the Light ready for release in late May. Theirs is an Alt. country sound interlaced with flashes of folk music; always high on … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / New Music / News / Stream

The Weekly Round-Up: May 15th, 2015

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

International news has been high on our radar at the end of this week with the announcement of the nominees for the Americana Honors and Awards to be held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in September. many of the expected nominees are there – Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell and Lucinda Williams whose album of … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / New Music / Videos

NEW MUSIC: Giant Sand ~ Transponder

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Taken from the new Giant Sand LP Heartbreak Pass, here’s a trippy video clip for the track Transponder featuring Jason Lytle of Grandaddy. Continue reading →

Americana / Country / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Sara Syms ~ Way Back Home

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Nashville’s Sara Syms has a new album called Way Back Home due for release this September and she has been kind enough to share the title track with us. The song has just the right balance of shimmer and solid rhythm section beneath Syms’ rich ache of a voice. Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Country / Videos

ALBUM REVIEW: Catherine Britt ~ Boneshaker

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Drawing on a range of country styles from Americana to traditional, pop to rock, Catherine Britt has produced a strong collection of songs on her sixth album. The opening title track gets things off to a rollicking and raw start before the beautiful ache of the string-laden ‘Good To Be Bad’ slows things down. From there … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Videos

VIDEO: Ruby Boots ~ Wrap Me In A Fever

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

With her debut LP Solitude fresh on the shelves Ruby Boots has also just released the video clip for the single ‘Wrap Me In A Fever’. To celebrate and promote the new album she is about to play a run of dates across WA, VIC, NSW and QLD starting this week in her home state of WA. … Continue reading →

Album Reviews / Americana / News

THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP: May 8th, 2015

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

This week has mainly been about looking back at our favourite Americana albums (click on the image below) that have been released so far in 2015 plus reviews of recently released new albums (all 8/10) from Australian artists Liam Gale & The Ponytails, Raised By Eagles and Ruby Boots. We’d love to hear which albums have … Continue reading →

Album Artwork / Album Reviews / Alt-Country / Americana / Folk

Our Favourite Albums: Jan – Apr 2015

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Yep, we’re a third of the way through the year already so we thought we’d have a look back at our ten favourite albums that have been released in 2015. In no particular these are the records that have regularly been on the stereo and provided many of the musical highlights of our year so far. You can hit … Continue reading →

Album Artwork / Album Reviews / Alt-Country / Rock / Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Raised By Eagles ~ Diamonds In The Bloodstream

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • 3 Comments

On their second album Raised By Eagles eschew some of the ragged country rock moves of their debut and head for classic songwriting territory with excursions into power pop and acoustic balladry. The intimate and explicitly emotional storytelling of ‘Sugar Cane’ and the warm breezy sway of ‘Honey’ act as counterpoints to Window Seat’s Ryan … Continue reading →

Album Artwork / Album Reviews / Alt-Country / Country / Stream

ALBUM REVIEW: Ruby Boots ~ Solitude

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • 3 Comments

Ruby Boots is the nom de plume for Perth’s Bex Chilcott and though this is wholly a solo album in terms of songwriting and musical personality she has corralled the talents of a number of accomplished individuals on her spellbinding debut full length release. Co-starring roles go to Vicki Thorn (The Waifs), Jordie Lane, Davey … Continue reading →

Album Artwork / Album Reviews / Blues / Folk / Psychedelic

ALBUM REVIEW: Liam Gale & The Ponytails ~ The Lonely Throne

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Over the last few years Liam Gale’s sound has evolved into a darker and more hypnotic form of psychedelic folk and blues music, culminating in the majestic and hypnotic The Lonely Throne. There are shades of Devendra Barnhart and Tim Buckley in Gale’s explorations in building trance-like mantras around songs via a range of instrumentation … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Jason Isbell ~ 24 Frames

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Jason Isbell has huge expectations on his shoulders ahead of the release of the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Southeastern album. On the evidence of this first song to emerge from Something More Than Free he’s continued his great songwriting and lyrical deftness. Continue reading →

New Music / News / Stream / Videos

THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP: May 1st, 2015

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

The weather has been fairly chaotic of late here in Sydney and one victim of it’s wrath was the Petersham Bowling Club, one of the finest supporters of roots music with live shows, craft beer and a family friendly environment. They suffered water damage and had to reschedule some shows while they cleaned up the … Continue reading →

Country / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell ~ You Can’t Say We Didn’t Try

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Here’s the first taste of the new Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell duet album due for release via Nonesuch Records on May 12th. The Traveling Kind follows their successful 2013 LP Old Yellow Moon. ‘You Can’t Say Were Didn’t Try’ is another sweet heartstring duet from the pair. Australia Tour Dates June 21, Perth, Concert Hall … Continue reading →

Album Artwork / Album Reviews / Country

ALBUM REVIEW: Brad Butcher ~ Jamestown

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Queensland songwriter Brad Butcher certainly doesn’t take too many risks, nor does he hit too many emotional highs on Jamestown. His style is a calm and measured approach to his music but too often that is a recipe for songs blending together without enough dynamism across the eleven tracks. Occasionally his songs do excel, particularly … Continue reading →

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ESSENTIAL AMERICANA ALBUMS: Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

ALBUM REVIEW: Adam McGrath – Dear Companions

ESSENTIAL AMERICANA ALBUMS: Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998)

ESSENTIAL AMERICANA ALBUMS: Gillian Welch – (Time The Revelator) (2001)

ALBUM REVIEW: Watty Thompson – S/T

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EXPLORING THE NEIL YOUNG ARCHIVES

ALBUM REVIEW: The Delines – The Sea Drift