Seems crazy that it’s been six years since Purling Hiss released a record. Though, to be fair, Mike Polizze didn’t leave us bone dry during that spell — two EPs a solo…
If you’re not already watching the rolls at Scissor Tail, especially their reissue work, then you damn well should be. After breathing new life into the indispensable Hired Hand Soundtrack and last…
Following the tease “Money On The Table,” Nashville’s Country Westerns announce their new album Forgive The City, produced by Matt Sweeney. The first official single from the album “It’s A Livin,” is…
Just off a year-end list slot, Colorado’s Golden Brown is back with a new album at his now consistent home of Inner Islands. Weird Choices wanders further afield from Stephen Beck’s guitar…
I’m still playing catchup on 2022 as we slide through the gloom of January, but there are many that got lost in my review pile along the way. The year saw a…
A second single wafts off the upcoming En Attendant Ana record and it’s pushing some new territory for the band. With a Bossa beat and a quicksilver soul, the song shifts and…
As one Wolf People side project (Large Plants) already cements itself as a new favorite, the band’s ranks offer up yet another, finding guitarist Joe Hollick in good company with motorik psych…
There’s an affecting weight to Gene Tripp’s works, an edge that hangs on the songs like rain clinging to the air in the moments before a deluge. Tripp is a figment, a…
This one’s been heating up the speakers today. Pennsylvania six piece Ma’aM throws a dose of outlaw country and an equal swig of garage rock into the blender, juicing up a heavy,…
This is starting to become a bit of a yearly tradition and as long as the constant stream of excellent Cosmic Country, Americana, and Alt-Country keeps steady then I’ll keep doing the…
I’m still mopping up some of the best bits from the tailwind of 2022, and if you missed this album from Seattle’s Reverse Death, it’s an argument to never stop listening through…
A hypnotic new solo record surfaces this week from Marlene Ribeiro (GNOD). The songwriter has collaborated in the past with Thurston Moore and Valentina Magaletti, but Toquei no Sol stands as something…
This one definitely got away from me during the year, and its a damn shame I aim to correct this week. Nashville’s Ornament took a step towards the ‘70s on the album’s…
After a string of excellent EPs, including outings for Melters and Slumberland, the Bay Area burners Smiles finally have an album on the way. The band’s Manny Chocano has woven himself among…
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.