The impeccable crew over at RVNG, Intl have another great archival project on their hands. Shedding light on the works of composer, healer, and medium Pauline Anna Strom, the label have worked…
Got a double dose of Donaldson (Glenn) on the brain this week. Covering the pop side of the spectrum was the new single from Helpful People yesterday. Today’s release shifts the dial…
More great singles continue to careen ever so quietly out of the new Smashing Times album. The band pairs up their latest tumble through the runout reverie of Television Personalities, Jacobites, and…
Another essential single rides out of the upcoming Lewsberg LP, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. The Dutch four-piece embark on their latest LP for 12xU, further refining their stripped and…
Getting a bit of a slow start to this week after a rather busy weekend, but I’m just in time to catch an excellent new single from new RSTB faves Helpful People.…
Despite their laconic air, Mapache certainly don’t waste any time between albums. After last year’s double disc outing, Roscoe’s Dream, they retreated to Panoramic House to bask in the beauty of the…
Following on the ambitious, expansive Island of Noise from last year, Jack Cooper returns again to Modern Nature. He’s assembled a cadre of collaborators who share his vision of “rhythms and instrumentation…
The second single out of Mike Donovan (Sic Alps) new solo album finds the songwriter in a wistful mood. “Whistledown” is a swollen-heart ode, draped in delicate touches. With sweetly swung strums,…
The records of Aussie songwriter Leah Senior have picked at the curled edges of the current folk wave that culls from the Canyon Country years. She, more than many of her peers,…
A second single slips easy and low out of the upcoming Hot Apple Band debut, and details on that record get a bit clearer today with the announcement of So Long, Noodle…
Bill MacKay connects with labelmate Cooper Crain (CAVE, Bitchin’ Bajas) for a new project of deep inner journeys and cosmic creep. As BCMC, the pair explores rivulets of eerie calm, disquieting temperaments,…
Last week saw the surprise release of a proper debut from West Coast collective Taper’s Choice. The band, long a live favorite, and unabashed adopters of the jam band moniker, have been…
Black Editions is still going strong to document the works of the great P.S.F. label through carefully executed reissues. The label, admittedly, wouldn’t have been what it was had it not been…
Got a second single sliding out of the debut from The Small Intestines today. The Melbourne group features members of Chook Race, and while they share a bit of the band’s jangles,…
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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