DASHVILLE ANNOUNCE THE FIRST BATCH OF BANDS FOR SKYLINE IN OCTOBER

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Dashville Skyline have announced the first batch of artists appearing at their annual festival in Wonnarua Country, Hunter Valley, NSW. The alt/cosmic country and folk festival runs over three days and nights, Friday 30th September, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd October 2022. Read our review of the February instalment of the festival, postponed from 2021. Joining The Black Sorrows as … Continue reading →

Americana / Australia / Gig Reviews / Photos

DASHVILLE SKYLINE REVIEWED: THE FIRST OF TWO SKYLINES IN 2022!

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

As you hit the top of a steep rise on a Lower Belford road in in the NSW Hunter Valley, you’re suddenly greeted by large letters spelling out ‘Dashville’, the home of Gum Ball, Thrashville and for the next three days, Dashville Skyline. After the last two years of festival cancellations and postponements, the stars … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Cosmic Country / Country / New Music / Stream / Videos

WEEKLY SINGLES ROUNDUP – Sept 25th, 2020

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

As usual, a great county of new singles hitting the airwaves and digital universe this week. First up is this lovely duet between Kurt Vile and John Prine, recorded late in 2019. “Probably the single most special musical moment in my life,” says Vile. It’s part of a new KV EP called Speed, Sound, Lonely KV, out … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Cosmic Country / Country / Gig Reviews / Photos

LIVE REVIEW: Dashville Skyline 2019

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Dashville Skyline Dashville, Lower Bedford, NSW 4-6 October Arriving at the Dashville property instantly feels like the perfect respite from the city and a healthy disconnect from the digital world. After campsites are established it quickly becomes apparent how easy it is to move around and access all the onsite amenities. From the bar to … Continue reading →

Alt-Country / Americana / Blues / Country / Gig Reviews / Rock / Soul

LIVE REVIEW: Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, Sydney

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real + William Crighton Factory Theatre, Marrickville NSW April 18th, 2019 Bluesfest is nearly upon us for another year and so are the associated sideshows that roll through Sydney. If you’re a fan of Americana and country rock then Lukas Nelson and band Promise Of The Real should have … Continue reading →

Americana / Interviews / Psychedelic / Rock / Stream

INTERVIEW: William Crighton

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

NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM WAR On his new album, Empire, William Crighton widens his sound and the subject matter of his songs. He talks with Chris Familton about his creative process, Astral Weeks and parlour guitars. The best songwriters are the ones who treat their craft like a journey where life experiences, awareness and self-education … Continue reading →

Album Artwork / Album Reviews / Alt-Country / Americana / Psychedelic / Rock / Video

ALBUM REVIEW: William Crighton – Empire

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

William Crighton’s debut album had him pegged as an Americana/gothic rock songwriter – all fire and brimstone and heart on sleeve emotion. Now, on his sophomore album, he’s expanded his stylistic palette into a whole range of sonic shades and textures. The intense and impassioned preacher is still railing from the pulpit but now you … Continue reading →

Americana / Blues / Jazz / New Music / Videos

NEW MUSIC: William Crighton – Jesus Blues

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

Here’s the latest single from William Crighton’s excellent self-titled album that came out earlier this year. It’s one of the highlights of his live set too with its emotive Tim Buckley LA vibe and humid, rolling rhythm section. Continue reading →

alt.country / Americana / News / Videos

VIDEO: William Crighton – 2000 Clicks

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

‘2000 Clicks’ is the second single from William Crighton’s brilliant self-titled debut record. ‘2000 Clicks’ illustrates Crighton’s literary approach to lyricism. The stirring track explores ideas of fate and free will, the ways in which we navigate the everyday chaos of life and evade the challenges it throws at us. These ideas are framed through the … Continue reading →

alt.country / Americana / Country / Gig Reviews / Photos

LIVE REVIEW:Willian Crighton, Magpie Diaries, Amber Rae Slade & The Mighty Big Noise @ The Vanguard, Sydney (29/04/16)

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

William Crighton’s debut album has been receiving plenty of glowing reviews since its release and this was a night to celebrate the new record – for both fans and Crighton and his band. Partners in life and partners in music – Amber Rae Slade and producer Matt Fell kicked up a fine and impressive storm … Continue reading →

Americana / Blues / Interviews / News

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 →

Album Artwork / Album Reviews / Alt-Country / Americana / Blues / Country / Videos

ALBUM REVIEW: William Crighton – William Crighton

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Doubtful Sounds • 1 Comment

For the last few years William Crighton has been building a strong buzz around his songs and live performances – both solo and with his band. Finally we see the fruition of his songwriting and recording with this mesmerising debut album. There’s a dark weight to Crighton’s music, both in subject matter and delivery, with … Continue reading →

Album Artwork / alt.country / Country / Folk / Rock / Stream

NEW MUSIC: William Crighton – Priest

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

William Crighton has been gaining a reputation over the last couple of years for his solo and band performances that trade on intensity, honest songwriting and passionate delivery. There are country and folk influences at work in his music but it really boils down to the songs and the brooding yet melodic sounds he shrouds them in. … Continue reading →

New Music / News

THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP: October 23rd, 2015

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

If you’re in Sydney you might have been starting to get excited about a great day out in Western Sydney today at the Out On The Weekend festival. Of course that isn’t going to happen now that the festival sadly got cancelled earlier this week. It’s a sad state of affairs that a city this size can’t … Continue reading →

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THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP: September 4th, 2015

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Doubtful Sounds • Leave a comment

More announcements this week of new gigs, forthcoming albums and the arrival of some highly anticipated ones. Fanny Lumsden has been working tirelessly over the last few years playing shows in all manner of venue, city, houses and country halls. The culmination of that to date is her debut album Small Town Big Shot which … Continue reading →