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FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2023
Another massive year of listening to new albums in this 15th year of Doubtful Sounds. As always, it’s been a pretty amazing 12 months for new albums. A deluge of sorts, from a myriad of genres and a noticeable proclivity for many artists to expand their sound and explore other genres, often within a song. Read on to check out our favourite indie, alt-country, psych, … Continue reading FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2023
PREMIERE: Aether + Vassallo release new hypnotic and atmospheric ambient single
Sydney duo Aether + Vassallo are set to release their debut collaborative album Unbroken next month on vinyl/digital and today we are pleased to present the second single from the album, ‘Desire‘. The song is another chapter in the ambient drone and drift of Unbroken, an album built on the slide guitar of Paul Vassallo and Bronwyn Eather‘s vocals, field recordings and composed soundscapes. ‘Desire’ … Continue reading PREMIERE: Aether + Vassallo release new hypnotic and atmospheric ambient single
JESSICA RELEASES HAUNTING AND ETHEREAL NEW SINGLE/VIDEO
Sydney songwriter, singer and pianist Jessica has released her (self-recorded and produced) new single ‘And In The Quiet There Is Desire‘, her first new music since her beautiful 2021 album With Reverie. The song comes from a forthcoming album, her third since embarking on a solo career after initially establishing herself as one half of folk noir duo Jep and Dep. Haunting and ethereal, there’s … Continue reading JESSICA RELEASES HAUNTING AND ETHEREAL NEW SINGLE/VIDEO
DIRTY THREE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND AUSTRALIAN TOUR
The Australian instrumental post-rock trio Dirty Three have announced their long-awaited return, with a new album, Love Changes Everything, set for release physically on June 14th and digitally on June 28th. “What joy to kick off the tour for our new album “Love Changes Everything “ in Melbourne Australia for the Rising Festival. Recorded in 5 days. Mixed in a year. Nothing has changed. Older … Continue reading DIRTY THREE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND AUSTRALIAN TOUR
AOTEAROA’S FAMILY BAND RELEASE POST PUNK/NOISE ROCK SINGLE AHEAD OF NEW EP
Formed in 2023 while all three members were flatting together in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Aotearoa/NZ, Family Band take influence from Chicago noise rock and late 00’s Trans-Tasman post-punk. Today they share ‘Large Dirt Piles’, the first single from their debut EP The Dog Box (out digitally on April 30 via Sunreturn). It’s a minimal, repetitive and visceral slab of post punk, rock deconstruction that brings to mind Big Black, Die! Die! Die!, METZ and some of the … Continue reading AOTEAROA’S FAMILY BAND RELEASE POST PUNK/NOISE ROCK SINGLE AHEAD OF NEW EP
DUMB THINGS RELEASE A REWARDING HIT OF ‘INSTANT COFFEE’
Brisbane band Dumb Things have a new single out called ‘Instant Coffee‘ and it certainly has an immediacy in terms of bittersweet hooks, jangly guitars and a gentle surge of energy that effortlessly lifts this way above generic indie fare. Once it hits the chorus the guitar notes spiral off like chemtrails as the rhythm section takes a free range approach. Lovely stuff! Singer, songwriter … Continue reading DUMB THINGS RELEASE A REWARDING HIT OF ‘INSTANT COFFEE’
BEN FROST RELEASES VISCERAL NEW SINGLE ‘CHIMERA’
Ben Frost today releases his third studio single in seven years, ‘Chimera‘, setting the stage for his much-anticipated album, Scope Neglect, due via Mute on March 1, 2024. As one would expect from Frost, it’s a brutalist and unsettling composition that injects heavy power metal chords (courtesy of Greg Kubacki of Car Bomb) into screes of digital static, synths and detonating beats. “There is always a shape and a sense of … Continue reading BEN FROST RELEASES VISCERAL NEW SINGLE ‘CHIMERA’
NSW GROUP JUNO POINT RELEASE HYPNOTIC NEW SINGLE ‘SKIMMING’
All the members of Juno Point have spent countless hours and years with other bands on the Australian indie music scene. Listeners may be familiar with names such as Ukiyo-e, The Cannanes, El Mopa and Tweezer – all bands to tread the boards of bars, clubs and venues across Australia at various times. Now the quartet of Steve Foster, Nik Devenish, Matt Grant and Bon King have come together as Juno Point, exploring the sonic … Continue reading NSW GROUP JUNO POINT RELEASE HYPNOTIC NEW SINGLE ‘SKIMMING’
78 SAAB ANNOUNCE CROSSED LINES ANNIVERSARY TOUR & VINYL REISSUE
Sydney group 78 Saab were one of the leading lights of the Sydney (and national scene) through the 2000s, with their blend of melodically rich indie rock and jangly, chiming, guitar power pop. Their sophomore Tim Whitten-produced album Crossed Lines turns 20 this year and to celebrate, Ben Nash (vocals, guitar), Nicholai Danko (drums), Garth Tregillgas (bass) and Jake Andrews (guitar), joined on stage by … Continue reading 78 SAAB ANNOUNCE CROSSED LINES ANNIVERSARY TOUR & VINYL REISSUE
JULIA HOLTER RELEASES VIDEO CLIP FOR NEW SINGLE ‘SUN GIRL’
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and composer Julia Holter releases her new single “Sun Girl” today. Fragments of flute, field recordings, Yamaha CS-60, bagpipes, mellotron, drums, and fretless bass are interwoven to delirious and balmy effect, infusing the ludic drum programing and production style of Holter’s earliest recordings with a fresh vibrancy. The song’s lyrics – “Place me, drag me, move me, Sun Girl”—evoke the spirit of a childlike game, … Continue reading JULIA HOLTER RELEASES VIDEO CLIP FOR NEW SINGLE ‘SUN GIRL’
OMNI RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘EXACTO’
On February 16th, 2024, Atlanta trio Omni will release Souvenir, their fourth album and second for Sub Pop, available worldwide on CD/LP/DSP. Souvenir finds Guitarist Frankie Broyles, singer/bassist Philip Frobos, and drummer Chris Yonker converting their creative fuel into sharp, driving songs that land immediately, sporting chopping riffs, staccato beats, and wiry melodies. Each track is a compact unit that stands on its own, reflecting the time … Continue reading OMNI RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘EXACTO’
Brisbane’s Dumb Things release new single ‘Self Help’
Dumb Things first made a marker on the wider Australian indie-pop scene with their 2019 album Time Again and now the Brisbane/Meanjin group are back with the first single and title-track from their forthcoming 2024 LP Self Help (Coolin’ By Sound). The song’s wonderful laidback shuffle and strum harks back to the heyday of Flying Nun guitar pop and their trans-Tasman contemporaries such as The … Continue reading Brisbane’s Dumb Things release new single ‘Self Help’
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