A searing new single off of the upcoming It’s Yours by Canadian crushers Earth Ball hits today. The band expands its lineup for their new album, embracing the entropy of improvisation and…
Making good on promises left open on their first collaboration, Ghosted, Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werlin return to the trio format for a proper follow-up, aptly titled Ghosted II. Ambarchi’s…
A second single soars out from the upcoming Magic Fig record. Lead by Inna Showalter’s (Whitney’s Playland, Blades of Joy) gossamer vocals, and featuring members of other Bay Area indie-pop acolytes The…
Nice to wake up to a sonic treat from Centripetal Force this morning. The label announces a new collaborative record from Elijah McLaughlin & Caleb Willitz. The pair have been working together…
Alex Izenberg’s last album found the pop chameleon creeping around the edges of Nilsson and Newman, but as he expands his sound with a first foray into a full band format, the…
Oh, I suppose the nostalgia for the ‘90s is coming for us all, and as this generation becomes the predominant music running through the background of stores and every peer’s got a…
A melancholy new single surfaces today from perennial RSTB favorite Pearl Charles. Often draped in country comforts or squinting through the neon and silver glare of disco’s last dust up, this time…
Keeping the rock flame fully lit, Billy Tibbals has been a powerhouse of power pop over these past few years. With a history of brief, but bright releases, Tibbals sticks to the…
MA ambient country collective Old Saw returns this morning with a new dose of earthen atmospheres. The band threads the needle that binds SUSS and Daniel Bachman’s latter day works, finding a…
Following a pristine early string of albums, EPs and singles, Ohio’s The Laughing Chimes have settled nicely into their “ones to watch” digs. The band preps a new single for Slumberland this…
Six Organs have spent years in the Hexadic tangle, ambient sleep cycle, and electric flash of The Veiled Sea, but for Time Is Glass, Ben Chasny returns to the fogged shores that…
A new chunk of charred and scarred psych-pop is on the way from Honey Radar. The Philly band has been a perennial favorite around here and they’re prepping a new album for…
Can’t get enough of the debut LP from Lightheaded. The NJ janglers slipped onto the year-end list last year with their infectious EP and they aim to tighten their hold on the…
I have to admit, even I’m not immune to ‘90s nostalgia, but where the rest of the world seems to be searching through radio singles from the summer of ’94, I’ve 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.