Somehow 2021 is a good year for teenage jangle pop, with the unearthing of the Tangled Shoelaces collection by Chapter Music and now a modern companion in this upcoming debut from The…
While there have been quite a few artists that have conjured up the kind of private press aura that drapes some of the best ‘70s releases, very few seem to be doing…
Very excited to see rootless back already with another stunner. Last year’s Docile Cobras was a high watermark from Jeremy Hurewitz and he follows it ably with the upcoming Places Remember Us.…
Got a new one from an RSTB fave, Bobby Hussy, today. Hussy’s new group Wristwatch finds its jagged sneer from the very first moments of their eponymous new LP. “Screwed” leaps onto…
If you follow instrumental guitar in any capacity, you’d have to be trying to miss out on Yasmin Williams’ excellent LP Urban Driftwood this year. The young guitarist adapted a lap-style finger…
Never a disappointment from the crew over at Ghost Box. This time Belbury Poly and Beautify Junkyards team up for a collaborative single that pairs a cover of The Incredible String Band’s…
Sarah Louise has long broken tradition with many of the folk enclaves she’s usually associated with. Having taken a more traditional, pastoral folk route with her duo House and Land, she reserves…
A spare and mossy folk cut heralds a new solo album from Blod, aka Gustaf Dicksson (Enhet För Fri Musik, Oroskällan). The Swedish songwriter has become integral to the Swedish underground, eking…
For her third album, Philly songwriter Rosali Middleman has buried her past and walked away with a charred changeling of an album. While her songwriting has in the past certainly carried weight,…
A brand new scorcher from Upper Wilds descends the week and its good to have Dan Friel’s (Parts & Labor) candy-coated chaos back between the speakers once more. As heavy as anything…
While the new class of instrumental guitarists is swelling these days, there are some that are born to break with traditions and stalk off into more ambitious territory. Such is the case…
Got another prime jangler off of the upcoming Telephone Numbers debut. The new record, spearheaded by San Francisco’s Thomas Rubenstein, features an assortment of indie and jangle-pop locals, including Glenn Donaldson, who…
John Andrews’ name pops up among a lot of RSTB faves, working as a member of Quilt and Woods, and playing on recordings from Widowspeak, EZTV, Kevin Morby, Olden Yolk, and Purple…
Man, nothing makes me feel like I’d wasted available time in my youth like listening to this collection of tracks from Australia’s Tangled Shoelaces. The band, who were all aged 10-14 at…
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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