I’ve still got a soft spot for bands that wholeheartedly lean into the sound of bygone eras, hell so much so that I made an entire mixtape recently that was rife with…
The March installment of Crawl Out From The Fallout brings a big dose of new music. There were so many new announcements and releases over the last month it was a struggle…
While the premise might seem simple, its damn hard to make an untouchable indie pop record. It’s easy to fall into emulation, and fall even further into simply retreading the same pop…
Michael Collins is a chameleon of ‘70s sounds, weaving his way through Nilsson, Van Morrison, 10CC and The Dan, but he’s not really dabbled too heavily in power pop. Along with his…
When Anti-Fade and Upset The Rhythm come together for a release, you know its going to be good. The Toads sprung from tragedy, when Billy Gardner (Smarts, The Living Eyes) found himself…
As I mentioned with the first single out of the new Edena Gardens, it’s a real nice surprise to have this band pounce back so quickly into new works. The group’s eponymous…
Smote’s Genog works as an imaginary soundtrack to a lost mystical tome. In the same way that artists like Bo Hansson entwined themselves with the works of Tolkien in the ‘70s, it’s…
A second single from the upcoming Cindy makes a compelling case for the San Francisco band. More compact than the winding “A Trumpet On A Hillside,” the new single captures the methodical…
The last few years have been good for settling into the smoth end of the ‘70s — from Sylvie to John Andrews, Cool Ghouls and Bedouine, there are plenty of artists finding…
A catchy dose of fuzz pop hustles out of Manchester this week from Sumos. Following a self-recorded debut EP, the band readies their first album for Meritorio Records, thickening up their sound…
A real gem out of Aural Canyon’s stable today. Featuring the bulk of Joys Union Group, the record comes from improv sessions between Mike Sharp (Sungod, Remember Ecstatic Duo) and Neil Lord…
Another great new single from the upcoming Love For The Underdog, the new record from RSTB faves John Andrews & The Yawns. Over a low-swung snare and rolling piano, the song pulses…
Just starting to dive deep into this pair of releases from Feeding Tube and Cardinal Fuzz this year. Dutch artist Ajay Saggar, has let loose a few records under the Bhajan Bhoy…
Sort of a companion piece to the ‘70s pop album that I put together last month, Door Into Summer is glazed with a psych-pop shimmer. I’ve done a modern psych-pop mix in…
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.