The chill hasn’t quite left the air just yet. The roots of Winter hold strong — just enough time left in the tumbler for the crisp-air scent of Daisy Rickman’s Howl to…
The formula at the heart of Messthetics was already pretty damn near perfect — take the notoriously tight Fugazi rhythm section and pair them with the outre guitar explorations of Anthony Pirog.…
Check out the March installment of Crawl Out From The Fallout, RSTB’s monthly radio show over at WGXC. The show this month is packed with new music (as always) but has a…
On his third LP as Old Million Eye Brian Lucas (Dire Wolves, 43 Odes) conjures up a crystalline air that sits between psych-folk’s spiritual center and ambient’s warm embrace. The album is…
A second single slips quietly out from the new album by Cara Beth Satalino. The songwriter’s third solo work outside of her band Outer Spaces is a quiet, contemplative collection of folk…
Lovely to see that Thrill Jockey is continuing its partnership with Feeding Tube artists, giving them a wider stage. Following the already anticipated release from Magic Tuber Stringband, the label sets up…
Fresh off of one of my favorite releases of 2023, New Jersey’s Lightheaded get bumped out of the EP grotto and onto the album docket proper, prepping their debut for Slumberland this…
Must be a good day because New Haven’s long-running lysergic pop purveyors Mountain Movers are back with news of their ninth (9th!) album this spring. The band lets us into their heady…
The first peek into the debut from Bolivian-born songwriter Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and drummer Frank Rosaly is steeped in rhythm, run through with a jazz ripple, and clouded with a mercurial air.…
Following up on her harrowing last album, The Portrait You Painted Of Me, stood as no easy task for Alison Cotton. In the wake of her years with The Left Outsides, The…
Another swimming single out of the new R.E. Seraphin record. The Bay Area stalwart has been digging into indie pop for quite a few years, always leaving a smile on my face.…
From the opening baggy beat that slips out of the speakers until the fuzz bass hits, there’s something immediate and intangible about San Francisco’s Aluminum. The band’s sound is familiar, but slippery.…
I’m a sucker for a good, deep retrospective on a band that’s just missed the spotlight for years. The new compilation from 12xU, wrapping up the bulk of Love Child’s work, is…
James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg reconnect for a third album of duets and, among the originals and some traditional excavating, the pair scoops out an unlikely cover for their first introduction to…
Raven Sings the Blues started as an MP3 blog back in 2006, when such a thing existed. Eventually it evolved into a daily music review site focusing on garage, psych, county, experimental, indie and crucial reissues.
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