RSTB faves Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders return with a new take on an old favorite. The original version of “Star Power” crops up on The Lidders’ album New Earth Seed.…
It’s always a treat to see a new entry from Gunn-Truscinski Duo. The long-running collaboration has been a wellspring of creativity and a counterpoint to Gunn’s more pop-oriented works. Their latest finds…
The undying experiment of Milkweed returns, this time expanded to a full length and using a far larger source material than pamphlets, journals, and myths. The band feeds 400 pages of Thomas…
There have been a host of excellent tributes over the past few years, vital explorations of the works of artists that deserve a brighter light. Family Vineyard and Feeding Tube team up…
It’s been a few years since we’ve had a proper solo stint from Northeastern luminary Willie Lane. The guitarist has been a fixture in the New England psych scene, working with MV…
A new work from an old favorite around here. Eli Winter’s last couple of albums have only further embedded the artist as one of the best of the new fingerpicked frontline. His…
Aussies Bananagun let out one of my favorites from last year, an album draped in lysergic contours. They follow fairly quickly with a one-off single. Recorded just shortly before the album, the…
I missed out on this one when it popped up a few days back, but I’d be remiss not to mention this excellent new single from Jerry David Decicca. The Texas troubadour…
I think this one cropped up a few years back on the ol’ Blogspot, back when this was reissued on CD by Yoga Records. A fresh reissue brings a fresh re-evaluation, as…
Another sweetly strung single wafts out from Cactus Lee’s upcoming, eponymous new album. The album opener eases the listener in, buffeted on summer breeze and a bucolic air that’s largely provided by…
Cali’s own fever dream denizens, Hooveriii, follow up one of their most meticulous albums, 2023’s prog-stacked stunner Pointe, with one of their most immediate. Trading layered psych-pop sundries for the cathartic crunch…
This one’s been haunting the speakers around here for a few months, finally flooding out into the world this week. Built on a bedrock of Nashville studio heads, including RSTB fave Spencer…
It’s few and far between these days that a true slice of the Elephant 6 slips out. Aside from the much-appreciated posthumous Olivia Tremor Control tracks, the best peek behind the Athens…
In the lead up to a EU/UK tour, RSTB favorite Charles Moothart breaks ranks with his fuzzed brethren for a soft and sweetly dreamed bout of pop. “The Path (I’d Like To…
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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