One more confetti-pop grenade lobs out of the upcoming Kids on a Crime Spree LP. The band’s surprise upcoming debut LP proves that good things are worth the wait, packed full of…
This one was a surprise in many ways. After years entrenched as the kind of player who gives an experimental outfit a mark of quality Jeff Tobias (Sunwatchers, The Mothers Network, Modern…
This one’s been a while in the pipe around here but 2021 was packed with so many releases that this second offering from Durham’s Magic Tuber String Band got lost between the…
After a quiet runup and incredible physical release, it’s nice to get a bit of this Modern Nature LP to share this week. While I’ve said quite a bit about the album…
Stumbled on this nice collection of Cosmic Country from the West Coast and it slots right in with the last batch of faded valley sunsets that were rounded up on last year’s…
I’ve caught a few singles from Love Burns in the past and its great to see an album on the way with a number of favorite labels attached (K.U.S. Records, Jigsaw, Austin…
Another one that got swept away in the year-end wrap and long break for the holidays. Sheffield’s Sister Wives have been bubbling under with a haunted psych-scratched pop over the last year…
Hard to figure out where to classify the ‘lost’ release, but as a lost gem I’m letting this one bubble up under the re-released column. Though its likely due to their self-avowed…
Another one that snuck out on New Year’s Day and should find its way immediately into your arms. Weak Signal has quietly been releasing some of the heaviest hitters of the past…
Its always the case, I take a couple of weeks and all the good bits pile up in my absence, but that just gives good reason to go sifting through the emails…
Somehow while absorbing the excellent new Al Doum & The Faryds release at the end of last year, I’d missed this short-run one-off from their label Black Sweat. Offered up with few…
Love finding things as recommendations from artists I’m into and this one comes as the second high rec from Nashville’s Teddy and the Rough Riders. The Riders have played quite a few…
Couldn’t come back from the break with better news than a new collection of covers from RSTB fave Daniel Bachman. After gracing us all with a defining statement in last year’s Axacan,…
See this is one of those great arguments for year-end lists. The inbox here is overstuffed to say the least, and that means that sometimes the true gems fall through the cracks.…
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.
The site is written and maintained by Andy French.