It has been quite some time since Bill Orcutt released a solo acoustic album — a decade, in fact. In the interim he’s been on the header with everyone from longtime foil…
On their latest album, Principia, Parisian band En Attendant Ana swing towards a classic pop sound, culling rhythm and aesthetics from heroes Broadcast, Electralane, and Stereolab, while still keeping things tied to…
As I’ve been in a particularly heavy run of listening to Emitt Rhodes lately, this first single from Vanity Mirror hits pretty hard. The band, with members of L.A. psych-pop revivalists The…
Another stunner off of the upcoming Eric Silverman LP lands this week. The previous singles have skewed towards the prog and psych end of Silverman’s spectrum, but “Ride On” swerves square into…
I wasn’t expecting to hear from Edena Gardens so soon. After serving up one of last year’s favorite albums with their eponymous debut for El Paraiso, the band is back already with…
Yesterday was stuffed to the brim with jangle, but there’s always room for one more, right? With a new single included on the excellent 14 compilation from yesterday, San Francisco indie poppers…
Following up rather swiftly on their debut album, I, Bard’s Flying Vessel prep a mini-album for release this winter. The second single out of the gate finds the band in pure psych-pop…
After a few days of teasing, Jeffrey Silverstein announces his second album for Arrowhark with the excellent “Cowboy Grass.” With a darker countenance than he’d wielded on You Become The Mountain and…
A bit of a comedown after the jangle highs today. Nashville Ambient Ensemble announced their sophomore album this week, a continuation of the embryonic cocoon of 2021’s Cerulean. “Waveguide” floats onto the…
One of the most consistently exciting labels of the past few years has been UK hub Prefect. The label has brought about excellent records from Ex-Void, The Tubs, Mt. Misery, and French…
Every single out of this upcoming Whitney’s Playland album is a gem. The band, comprised of members of Blades of Joy, Grandma’s Boyfriend, and Modern Charm, have crafted an album that’s practically…
Another single slides out of this upcoming Billy Tibbals EP, Stay Teenage, and it grabs hold just as immediately as the last. Feeling like Sparks covering The Buzzcocks, with a good dollop…
After a hiatus from music to take care of family, Irish songwriter Cian Nugent returns this week with news of his first album in seven years. The first single captures a rippled…
Every single that’s wafted out of the upcoming Manzanita from Shana Cleveland has been better than the last. Cleveland springs off the mercurial darkness of her previous LP, finding the uncanny valley…
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.