Up to Auckland

The Doubtfuls are playing two Auckland shows this week - the Indie Club at the Dog's Bollix on Thursday, and then UFO in deep suburbia on Friday.

Doubtful Sounds & The Scones

The Doubtful Sounds played a support set for a wonderful gig by The Scones at the Wine Cellar last month.
A great time was had by all!

Powertool Records First Christmas Compilation

To celebrate the end of the year, or commiserate, or something, Powertool records have put out a Christmas compilation this year - and we're on it! Matt's track "All the Angels Sang" is track 4 on the compilation disc (how old fashioned!) or download.

The Doubtful Sounds are supporting Gold Medal Famous on Thursday 6 Nov at Meow in Wellington, and Saturday 8 Nov at Space Monster in Whanganui.

Hope you can make it!

Doubtfuls playing Auckland and Wellington

The Doubtful Sounds are playing in Wellington on Thursday 13th, support by Vorn and Little Miss Nomer.

(We played at the Lucha Lounge in Auckland last Friday (7th), supported by Superturtle and Winston)

Band Names

A list of band names or album names, some from earlier in the blog, some from elsewhere:

• The Eiderdowns — for a cover band (unfortunately already taken)
• The Whitecliffe poets — folk band?
• Selective Yellow — techno?
• The Blind Guides — blues / depressive
• The Lilburn Quartet — scurrilous academic e-music 
• Chain Home, Chain Home Low, Chain Home Extra Low — ?
• Hatred of Capitalism!
• Music for Retail
• St Mary's Curve
• The Analogue Delays
• The Art of Forgetting
• The Better Angels
• Howlin' Mouse
• Noisy as Fuck (or alternatively/acoustically, Noisy as Folk)
• Young people have friends
• 8-bit Wizard
• (リニアモーターカー, rinia mōtā kā)

It's all too easy for me to write up a band name, and a list of tracks for the first album.  Making even a single?  A lot more effort!

Doubtful Dog's Bollix

So there's been some Doubtful action in the last couple of months I forgot to catalogue here.

Last month, I was up in Auckland and able to practice with the rest of the band (who are now practicing regularly, lucky them), and also was photographed trying to sing "50 Million Elvis Fans" in the middle of the city.

Then a week or so ago, we played at the Dogs Bollix. Interesting because I hadn't had much of a chance to practice, and we weren't sure who was doing what. But fun nonetheless.