VIDEO PREMIERE: Mitch Dean – Holding Back The Levee

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Following the release of ‘In The Stream’, which was in the top ten of the AMRAP Metro Chart for three weeks and is on high rotation on ABC Country, Australian Americana songwriter Mitch Dean releases the third single and title-track from Holding Back The Levee. Featuring guest vocals by Kevin Bennett, from revered Australia country-rock group The Flood, ‘Holding Back The Levee’ is a stellar example … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / New Music / Videos

NEW MUSIC: Paper Jane – Tail Lights

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

‘Tail Lights’ is the recently released new single from Melbourne alt-country band Paper Jane, taken from their new album Across The Reservoir. It’s the looseness and lazy (in a good way) feel of this song that makes it hit the spot so sweetly. It’s dusty and forlorn, world weary and perfectly in-the-pocket. The album, available … Continue reading →

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Sunset Stranger – Verses Of Dirt

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Melbourne songwriter Sunset Stranger (Stephen E. Stanisic) has a brand new single, the final one ahead of the digital, CD and limited vinyl release of his new sophomore album Your Home Town on Friday September 4th. Previously recording under the name Eddie Nuardo, Stanisic has proven he’s a consummate songwriter and player, bringing an authentic … Continue reading →

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NEWS: Mitch Dean Releases New Album Holding Back The Levee

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Melbourne alt-country/Americana songwriter Mitch Dean released his debut solo album Holding Back The Levee last Friday. “I wanted to make something that sounded like all the albums I love to listen to. From Neil Young through to The Jayhawks.” Evocative storytelling, rich musicality and the heartfelt conveyance of human emotion. Those are some of the hallmarks … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Country / Folk / New Music / Videos

NEW MUSIC: Team Love – Running

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

Melbourne group Team Love are set to release their debut album in 2020 and ‘Running‘ is the first taste of the new record. The quartet have added a bass guitarist and drummer to their line-up on their most recent recordings and that’s fleshed out their sound and allowed them to draw more country and folk … Continue reading →

Americana / Country / Folk / New Music / premiere / Videos

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 →

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

ALBUM REVIEW: Dan Brodie – Funerária Do Vale

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

For a decade now, Dan Brodie has been a master at skirting around the edges of a number of musical genres. He’s taken from rock, blues, alt-country and rockabilly, combining them all into his own decidedly Australian take on rock ’n’ roll. It’s the sound of cold beer and back porches in the summertime, sweaty … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / New Music / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Riley Catherall – Pray That I Won’t Be Long

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Australian Riley Catherall recently released this new single, ‘Pray That I Won’t Be Long’. The balance of songwriting and production on this track is what drew us in. It flows and gets grittier when necessary – courtesy of some great electric guitar playing, but it also knows the power of a tight structure and melodies … Continue reading →

Americana / Blues / Folk / New Music / Soul / Stream / Swamp Rock

NEW MUSIC: Ben Mitchell – You Can’t Fight That

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

A swampy shimmer underlies acoustic guitar and the wonderful voice of Ben Mitchell as he sings of ignoring the things you can’t control in life and giving into the flow and destiny of existence. It’s a simple song musically – and I mean that in the best possible way. The elements are all there, reduced … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Lost Ragas – This Is Not A Dream

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Lost Ragas This Is Not A Dream Independent ★★★★½ On their their third album, Melbourne band Lost Ragas take their brand of psychedelic country music further out into the cosmos, though its title and various thematic references suggest the territory they’re exploring is our internal subconscious and its relationship with the realities of the modern … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: Sean McMahon – You Will Know When You’re There

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Sean McMahon You Will Know When You’re There Blind Date Records Melbournian Sean McMahon’s new album is a beguiling affair. It occupies a gently rolling middle ground where songs never explode into wild extremes. Instead, they nestle into a warm and gently rocking vibe. McMahon’s sound is bucolic and forlorn singer/songwriter alt-country, with a dash … Continue reading →

Americana / Country / Folk / New Music / Soul / Stream

NEW MUSIC: Teresa Duffy-Richards – Any Soul

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

An old-timey voice that blends and warm concoction of folk and country music on this single ‘Any Soul’, from her recently released debut self-titled album. Teresa Duffy-Richards hails originally from the Salt bush plains of Deniliquin NSW, Australia and is now based in Melbourne’s inner north where she’s been refining her classic, atmospheric sound. A dash … Continue reading →

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NEW MUSIC: Rich Webb – Stoner

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

This track caught our ear with its noir verses and power pop on codeine chorus. It’s lush and swooning in the way it glides and soars at different times. Rich Webb hails from Melbourne and Stoner’ comes from his album Le Rayon Vert which you can check out on Spotify and purchase via his website. … Continue reading →

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ALBUM REVIEW: James Ellis & The Jealous Guys – It Ain’t Texas (But It Ain’t Bad)

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

Australian country music can stay true to its American roots and also sound like a product of its antipodean environment. While the big names chase the sales figures and follow well-worn formats there others that carve out a sweet niche of inner city honky tonk and heartworn laneways. James Ellis’ imagination was captured on a … Continue reading →