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…
A new live release from Ash & Herb gives a peek into the workings for an upcoming album, Dome Cookbook. The latest in their In Now Time series (vol. 4) presents the…
The sophomore LP from L.A.’s Grave Flowers Bongo Band tracks the same kind of Marc Bolan progression from ‘flowers in your hair’ psych-pop to the amphetamine glam that would follow. His last…
This lovely country album from Aussie group Family Jordan snuck out last month and it’s been popping up on my speakers now and again, particularly this slouched and sunburned strummer “Stillness.” The…
This one’s been rolling around for a little bit, but at the rate Romano kicks out albums I’m keeping up just fine. The Canadian songwriter knocked out a good ten albums last…
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.