This one’s shaping up into a real powerhouse for 2025, a new solo album from Winter McQuinn that’s much less solitary than that designation would let on. The record finds McQuinn pairing…
Busy schedules have kept the first couple of singles from Kyle Hamlett on the site, but it’s high time to put some focus on his upcoming new album, The Way Out Inn.…
This one came as as surprise when it was announced. While she’s had a few latter day backing groups, I’d hardly expected Canadian folk singer Bonnie Dobson to connect with The Hanging…
Fonal has been a consistent font of Finnish music for as long as RSTB has existed. Often adrift on psych-folk and experimental winds, the label occasionally scoops up a few harder strains…
It’s already a banner year over at Slumberland, and I’m still playing catch-up from just the last couple of weeks alone. The label lifts up excellent UK indie-pop outfit Autocamper for their…
RSTB faves Chronophage let loose an excellent new EP at the end of last week, a fitting follow-up to their 2022 album for PPM and a nice companion piece to songwriter Donna…
Been a little while since I’ve heard from Florida garage-slingers Jacuzzi Boys, but the bunch are back with a loose-limbed new single and news of a new album on the way. The…
This week’s snapshot wraps up a heavy run of singles and new releases. Check out new music from Steven R. Smith, Shrunken Elvis (feat Spencer Cullum, Rich Ruth, and Sean Thompson), Allah…
The proper follow-up to Barry Walker’s long overlooked, but highly essential Shoulda Zenith, one of the last records out of Holy Mountain (RIP John Witson), finds Walker joined by his bandmates from…
Breaking the heat with the July edition of Crawl Out From The Fallout. The latest episode gathers up new singles from Grateful Shred, Stonegrass, The Pink Stones, Julianna Riolino, Street Fruit, Düül…
Good Flying Birds have cropped up here before, most notably on a comp from St. Louis’ Inscrutable Records, but the band’s made some other notable appearances, with indie offerings for Rotten Apple…
If you’ve been hooked into the site over the past few weeks, the new record from Karl Frog has been a pretty heavy staple. The third in a trio of albums from…
It’s always a joy to have a new cut from Honey Radar emerge from the torn portal of tape hiss, and the band lines up a new EP with first single “Chelsea…
Longtime RSTB faves The Cowboys return with one of their most massive and ambitious albums yet. Recorded remote from the band members’ far flung locales and assembled into a 20-track torrent of…
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.