Jed Smith is out here doing double duty for 2022. With a Jeanines album already on the way, his solo outing as Mick Trouble lines up a volley into the jangle-pop party…
I really love the relaxed air on this upcoming Levitation session from The Babe Rainbow. After some large scale sessions that included Ty Segall Band in a Greek amphitheater in the hills…
After releasing one of my favorites from last year, Colorado’s Golden Brown is back with a new album out soon on Inner Islands. The songs here dive further into his poles of…
There’s a muffled comfort about To Live & Die In Space & Time, the new album from Lynn Avery and Cole Pulice. The Moon Glyph alums (Cole solo and Lynn with Iceblink)…
A smudged and smeared signal rises out of L.A. today with the reveal of the first cut from an upcoming EP by locals Mo Dotti. With a tank full of early MBV,…
Another single from the excellent upcoming debut from Ex-Vöid lands today. “No Other Way” eases into itelf a bit slower than “Churchyard,” letting the strums come easy before the crunch of guitars…
This bodes as some good news for those that missed out on a Numero obscurity the first time around. Back in 2015, the label started up a subscription series that culled from…
Very excited to see this one roll down the feeds this morning. The Stroppies haven’t had a miss yet, and with the announcement of their second full length for Tough Love, they…
A nice, compact record out of Australia landed last week and it’s as fun as it is brief. The band, featuring members of Bleach and Stiff Richards, melds slackened Aussie jangle with…
Really been digging the first couple of singles from the upcoming Papercuts album, with Quever embracing a ‘60s pop sound that feels like sun peeking through the clouds. “Lodger” gets lost in…
I dipped into this one the other day, but its time to give the whole album a proper listen as it releases this week. Emily Rose Epstein has popped up in quite…
A waft of pastoral folk floats in on the breeze from RSTB fave Andrew Tuttle today. Tuttle’s ambient country leanings are bolstered here with the addition of Chuck Johnson on pedal steel…
ML Wah has always been the moniker that gave Matt LaJoie the most stretch. While he’s maintained a fairly robust catalog to say the least, it’s well to assume that releases under…
Good news out of the Slumberland camp today. One of my favorite jangle-pop outfits of the last few years has been Jeanines, the duo of Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith (Mick Trouble,…
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.
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