Thrilled to see this one crop up this morning. Ever since the band’s announcement of East Coast dates, including this year’s stacked Woosist Fest, there’s been hints at a new album and…
Good news from the Circles Around The Sun camp! The band celebrates both their origins, and the 60th anniversary of The Dead with a callback to their early days when they assembled…
It’s a good week for forlorn country songs. Following a heavy sigh from The Pink Stones yesterday, RSTB faves Alien Eyelid offer up the second single from their new album Vinegar Hill.…
Adding to the golden age of indie pop that’s been emanating from the SF/Oakland axis these days, 2025 sees a return from RSTB faves Galore. The band’s last album was a perfect…
A really beautiful piece from Joe Harvey-Whyte (The Hanging Stars) and Paul Cousins accompanies the announcement of a collaborative full length out this fall. Harvey-Whyte’s already been in heavy rotation around here…
Been a while since there was some proper folk and bluegrass on the site, but in the vein of favorites Magic Tuber Stringband or Black Twig Pickers, Ohio-based trio The Peel weave…
Danny Boy Records has been on a power pop tear this year, already offering up pumped up gems from Autos and The Wind-Ups. Now the label lifts up Bay Area burners The…
The first taste of their new album signaled a shift towards more trad country ties and as the second lands, The Pink Stones keep the twang out of the cosmos, but they…
I’ve had the pleasure of running this one on the speakers for a while now and every spin through gets better and better. The Ohio band taps into several tributaries running out…
A second single slips past the foam from Alex E.T., giving further shape to her upcoming new record for Curation. Less obfuscated than the first offering from Color of Strange, “Calico II”…
It’s been an indie pop heavy week, so I’m going to grab one more I missed on vacation. Danish band Josie send out another sweetly-stung single from their debut LP. “If You”…
It’s been quite a few years since the last album from Aussies Loose Tooth, but even after the better part of a decade, the band still brings a bit of bite to…
The third album from Cochemea is shaping up to be another gem, paring Gastellum’s soulful sax sojourns with his penchant for the kind of rhythm that penetrates to the marrow. The second…
Absolutely thrilled to wake up to the news that a new record is on the way from RSTB faves Massage. The band returns to follow up their 2021 double shot of Still…
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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