In an acrobatic leap over their debut, Swedish duo Djinn explore the boundaries of psych-jazz on their latest LP Transmission. Formed from members of Hills and Goat, the pair scrape the foam…
Bit of a fun one this morning out of Australia from Winter McQuinn. The Sunfruits front man has a solo jaunt coming out on Third Eye Stimuli and the first single is…
This one pairs up two of the past few years’ most interesting guitarists for a conversation in string that’s as dizzying as it is delightful. While Noyes already has a stunner under…
I’ve been enjoying the worn-in aura of Silver Synthetic since their EP hit last year and as they slide into an album proper, they continue to carve out a casual niche in…
A couple of months back I featured the first single from Supreme Joy, the new band from Ryan Wong of Cool Ghouls. The songs were faded pop Polaroids, rife with jangles, slides…
One of the unsung gems of 2018 was Oh Boy, the debut from Los Angeles’ Massage. The band blended indie pop touchstones into a bittersweet quilt that scooped up nods to The…
As the year has progressed, it’s become obvious that 2021 is a banner year for folk and bluegrass, and one of the crown jewels in the first half of the year is…
The Three Lobed 20th anniversary series just continues to open up into one of the greatest gifts of 2021. The latest has Six Organs of Admittance exploring the mirror image of the…
This year has been a productive one for Glenn Donaldson. The latest from The Reds Pinks and Purples comes on the heels of his Painted Shrines album with Jeremy Earl and just…
Missed out on this one in the crush of Friday, but Rosali has let out another great single from her upcoming LP, No Medium. A harder hit than the first, the song…
If you’ve spent any time trawling around here the name Howlin’ Rain is going to come up pretty often, so its exciting news that the original demos that Ethan Miller cut and…
With the announcement of their debut LP, Music For Living Spaces, Green-House releases another excellent ray of calm to ionize your afternoon. Alongside the flute-soaked first cut “Sunflower Dance,” the percolating “Royal…
Another new bout of psych-scratched madness from Canadian enclave Idée Fixe. Possum crosses over membership with recent faves Roy, and they’re aiming for some of the same era of brainfry, albeit with…
If you’d have drawn a direct line between the C86 lilt of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the headspun hugeness of the last days of Britpop, and ‘70s deep cuts…
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.