Sometimes the best records come when a band is broken and beat. While Christian DeRoeck’s Little Gold had rather robust run over the past few years, putting out records on Let’s Pretend,…
The lineups on Peacers records are often in flux, but at the core Mike Donovan (Sic Alps) is always digging into the bile and bone marrow of lonesome nights and desperate blues.…
The opener, “Worst Year on Record,” from the Hotels On Mars’ debut has only gotten more prescient since the time it was recorded. A farewell to 2020 set to be released just…
This one hits pretty hard and doesn’t let up, burrowing deep into the soul with a kind of molten creep that’s been dormant for at least a couple of decades or more.…
Fittingly named Brighter Then, the new EP from Minneapolis’ Real Numbers polishes the band’s sound into the rosy reflection of Sarah records’ best, bringing to mind East River Pipe, The Field Mice,…
Quite into this new single from Athens’ The Pink Stones. The band’s been slipping out a couple of solid singles through Bandcamp over the past year or so and now they make…
Got a new one that swings at the sunset pretty damn nicely. Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker has had a solid solo hustle over past few years — sometimes with The Freaks and…
Been a good year for the return of Farmer Dave Scher. The Beachwood Sparks / All Night Radio alum has never left the sphere for too long, playing with Kurt Vile, Jenny…
One of the LPs that snuck into the Raven rotation at the end of the year was from Eli Winter. His patient, paintely playing was a welcome source of solace in rough…
Seems like The Mickey Finn always surfaces on garage comps when the gaze switches to the UK. From Nuggets to Chocolate Soup For Diabetics, the band’s psych single “The Garden of My…
Still loving every thread of this upcoming New Bums LP and the band lets out another great track from its folds. With a cryptic video attached, Donovan and Ben set the backdrop…
Just catching this single and with it the rest of the upcoming LP from Yasmin Williams and its a lovely way to start off 2021. Williams’ playing, while rooted in a knotted,…
Brutal new kicker out this week from Writhing Squares. The duo announces their next album with the 11+ minute chug n’ skronk fever scream of “Roque Moon.” The Philly pair have hinted…
Last year was a banner year for live recordings (check out the list of favorites here) and it’s good to see that the folks over at Reverberation Appreciation Society are starting things…
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.