Man, these Bandcamp days are positively spoiling the lot of us with Chris Forsyth live releases. After packing out my list of live highlights from last year, Chris jumps off 2021 quick…
As Ryley’s Husky Pants label continues to bloom into a fertile ground for experimentation, here it becomes a necessary hub of documention some of the guitarist’s historical high water marks as well.…
Really great to see this one coming through today. It’s been since 2015 that we’ve had a release from the great Black Twig Pickers and the band have let loose the news…
A wash of relief floods the field with the first cut from the debut of the Nashville Ambient Ensemble. The record was brought together by composer Michael Hix, roping in some of…
Dewey Mahood has long been a fixture on the site, popping up in longtime favorites Eternal Tapestry, Gärden Söund, Edibles, and on his own as Plankton Wat. Its with the latter that…
Just the other day, Dwyer’s last hunk of free jazz shred came sailing through the doors, and I ended that review pondering if he would keep up this current tear, or if…
High on my ‘most anticipated’ list is the debut from Painted Shrines. The collaboration between Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards/ Reds, Pinks and Purples) and Jeremy Earl (Woods) finds a sun-swathed balance between…
The last outing from Rat Columns, the Aussie jangle-pop band anchored by David West (Rank/Xerox, Lace Curtain,Total Control) has been a perennial favorite around here and it comes as great news that…
Seems like a day to burrow deep into the psychedelic core and with the release of their debut, Seafarin’ and Backporchin’, Austrian duo Sky Burrow Tales seek to mine a nebulous fold…
Wasn’t expecting another burner out of Mythic Sunship this soon after their unstoppable Another Shape of Psychedelic Music and live set from Roadburn, Changing Shapes. The double shot established the band as…
2021 has been leaning into the psychedelic jazz vein hard, letting the cosmic cloud widen above us, coloring the skyline with a mixture of wonder and worry. The second album from Djinn…
As HHBTM notes, there seems to be a bit of an resurrection of prime period Athens indie going on. With reissues of Pylon and Love Tractor already scratching the surface of the…
I’d caught a hint of the earth Al Riggs was turning on their last album, Bile and Bone, but right from the first hints of the follow-up, I Got A Big Electric…
With the tags removed, there’s little reason to connect the weather-stripped rock of The Natvral with that of the jangle-pop persuasions of The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. Underneath the soaring…
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.