A second single out of RSTB faves Aluminum. The band’s debut single brought forward fumes of Britpop’s baggy bobble, but the second song to slip out of the upcoming Fully Beat, is…
If your heart’s attuned to the Cosmic American breezes, your ears and eyes should be scanning the offerings from Curation Records. The West Coast Outpost has been a constant wellspring of the…
More excellent news (and some bittersweet) out of Big Ego today. Following last year’s expansive jazz explorations with synth luminary Lisa Bella Donna, Psychic Temple announce a new album on the way…
While he’s probably best known for his work with Sunfruits, Aussie songwriter Winter McQuinn has been making his way in solo circles for sometime now. His debut, A Rabble of Bees, found…
Some of Brooklyn’s finest purveyors of psychedelic jazz connect with Chris Schlarb and the Big Ego imprint. Emergency Group have been quietly and confidently building a reputation through live shows and tapes…
A steady hand drives the tiller on the debut from Farser, the new solo project from Fez Gielen (Maybel, Le Ren). Not quite as sparse as his work over the past few…
Hell of a thing to see this week as Beachwood Sparks announce a new album, their first in twelve years. The first cut out of the triumphant new album, Across The River…
Long simmering California collective Magic Fig lets out the first taste of their upcoming EP, out this Spring from Silver Current Records. The Bay Area band culls in members from quite a…
Just a fun one all around this morning, as Elf Power release a cover of The Olivia Tremor Control’s “The Princess Turns The Key To Cubist Castle (Curtain Call Part 1).” The…
Perennial favorites Island House are always digging through the best psych, synth, and jazz before anyone else has gotten to ‘em. They continue the streak this week with the announcement of a…
Another ripper out of the upcoming Writhing Squares punishes the public this week. The band, sounding as lacerating as ever, wastes no time biting to the bone on “LEM.” Fuzz envelops the…
A torn and tagged album of scuffed pop rises out of the Midwest this week from Chicago songwriter Aaron Osbourne under his DAR moniker. The band’s second album embraces the mantle of…
The third single out of the new GospelbeacH hits a bittersweet note, draping over the listener with a bleary-eyed bout of morning melancholy. Laced with the Beach’s country-pop lilt, the song finds…
Golden Brown returns this month with his most serene outing yet. There’s always been a kosmiche cool to Stefan Beck’s (Prairiewolf) work, but as he dips into the deep on Kindness, he…
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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