San Francisco’s Telephone Numbers have been bubbling under for quite a few years, releasing singles that dive straight into the heart of indie pop and stay lodged until they get absorbed forevermore.…
As I mentioned Friday was constrained chaos and things slipped through the cracks, but now that the dust has hit the floor there’s time to explore some vital rippers like this new…
Hell I’ll take any reason to shine a light on The Embarrassment, and with this low key reissue sneaking out via Brooklyn’s Almost Ready records. Formed in 1979 in Wichita on a…
Again, the blessing and the curse of Bandcamp Fridays is that so much music comes at once that it’s sometimes easy to miss something special. Friday brought news that Philly songwriter Rosali’s…
While this past year has seen lots of movement by her compatriot in House and Land, Sally Anne Morgan, Sarah Louise has been working her own particular magic in her Appalachian home.…
Perennial RSTB faves Cool Ghouls return, releasing their sound from the ‘60s psych-pop tethers that have bound them in the past and pushing on into the arms of ‘80s power pop, rough-tousled…
There was a ton going on Friday and this one didn’t make the round up of tracks I had up on the site. Perhaps that’s a blessing in disguise because today I…
This gem of a track dropped out of nowhere over the weekend from Keven Louis Lareau (Cut Worms, Hand Habits) and its winding down the Cosmic Americana, denim-dredged country that’s been prevalent…
The last year has seen an absolute windfall of cosmic and ambient country albums, pushing the pedal steel and whisper of strings to the forefront, but not letting go of any of…
This one’s for the nuggets freaks and bubblegum creeps out there. West Coast swingers GospelbeaH nail a cover of the ’73 Glam-rocked single from platform obscurities Chunky. A dash of Norman Greenbaum,…
This lovely Canadian country-folk album snuck out early in 2020 as a digital only release on Vain Mina, but I missed its charms until just now. Today the excellent label Idée Fixe…
This one comes in a bit bittersweet for me. Before the cavalcade of Covid hit us last year, Elkhorn’s Winter tour would have passed through Tubby’s in Kingston for an RSTB Presents…
The Fake Bookie saga continues, as is now becoming a Bandcamp Friday favorite around here. Wet Tuna return for a fourth installment of their series of extended jams and covers, this time…
The past year has seen the constant pushing of dates and with One Eleven Heavy that meant pushing not only a tour, but also the recording of a third album. Its been…
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.