So this is a column that I started and abandoned a while back. Not out of lack of interest, but more of out time I think. However, as the glut of albums…
Been eyeing this release for a while now, with a nod to the excellent single “Nine Herbs Charm” featured a while back on the site. Now, in the wake of the holidays,…
Really digging the energy of this one. Batry Powr is the alter ego of Hundred Waters frontwoman Nicole Miglis, shifting her focus to longform ambient compositions. The cassette slipped out in December…
Erin Rae’s Putting On Airs had an affecting comfort about it. A country folk record that’s immediate and familiar. It’s the kind of album that’s a bit daunting in an artist’s catalog…
Big news today as RSTB faves Wet Tuna announce a new album on the way from the mighty Three Lobed. If your ears were perked you may have caught a track this…
Seattle’s Star Party follow up their solid debut cassette Demo 2020 with the announcement of an LP split between Feel It and Tough Love. The first single out of the gate is…
This one’s been on the list for a while, but 2021 proved packed beyond means. So, as we ease into 2022 Norway’s answer to the current wave of Cosmic Americana comes in…
Friday was positively stuffed with new music, so, naturally, some slipped through the cracks. If you missed out on this new single from Idle Ray, it’s not too late to nab it…
Haven’t heard too much about this album, but that seems a damn shame given the depth and drive of the Western aura emanating from Shulman Smith’s debut. The Los Angeles via Colorado…
A third album is on the way from Caroline No, the constantly evolving ensemble around Caroline Kennedy (Deadstar, The Plums, The Tulips). This time Kennedy enlists Jim White (Dirty Three, Xylouris White)…
If you’ve been following the steady stream out of Flower Room these days, anchored by the works of Matt Lajoie (Herbcraft, Starbirthed) and Ash Brooks (Ash & Herb, Tonal Cosmology) there’s no…
Been psyched to see more of these Color Green singles seeping out, hopefully leading to a debut on ORG later on in the year. Following the excellent “So Far Behind” from December,…
Got a nice ease into the morning from RSTB Pete Nolan (Magik Markers, GHQ, The Vanishing Voice). Much like the tessalations of Steven R. Smith’s Ulaan operations, Pete’s long been operating under…
To mark what would have been Michael Chapman’s 81st birthday, Tompkins Square released a posthumous follow-up to his 2015 LP of instrumental meditations for the label, Fish. Titled Another Fish (fittingly) the…
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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