Another jangler rides out of the Meritorio camp, bringing us new music from Alabama trio Slack Times. Following swiftly on their album Carried Away, the new cut appears on an upcoming EP,…
A second dose of garage grit, jazz-psych, and outer sounds slips out of the Bananagun camp today. “Gift of the Open Hand” soars on flutes, tangled strums, funk contortions, and a flurry…
A new single an EP are on the way from NYC’s Josephine Network this week. Josephine (Brower, Brontez Purnell Trio) has been a fixture around here, slipping from glam to country-simmered stunners.…
Over the past few years Italy’s one-man font of psychedelic swirl, Upupayāma has been on constant rotation around here. Three albums in, it feels like Alessio Ferrari is just getting started. His…
A lovely new single out of the Silver Current stable today finds Julie Beth Napolin (Citay, Meridians) embarking on a solo debut. The songwriter taps into the darker waters of psych folk,…
Really excited to see this one pop into the news this morning. RSTB faves Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears announce a second LP, continuing the Cosmic Country crusade that began on the band’s…
One of the highlights of Deep In The Valley 2022 was the captivating set by Ned Collette. Blue skies instantly turned overcast, the sun a pale dot blotted out by Collette’s veil…
I’ve alway had a soft spot for Philly’s 2nd Grade. Crafting home-grown power pop that’s soaked in jangle n’ strum, Peter Gill’s built up a formidable catalog of songs that swing through…
Some good news over the weekend, RSTB faves Gong Gong Gong 工工工 and Mong Tong issued a collaborative release last year that was a bit hard to come by in the States.…
Another solid sneak at the upcoming album from Gray/Smith. The duo found their way here on the debut, an album that began the bounds of their ambling, country-flecked sound. The pair have…
Dandy Boy offered up a first peek into their tribute to Cleaners From Venus, the soft sighs of Yea-Ming and The Gloomers taking on “Night Starvation.” Now, the label adds one more…
Three albums in and Italy’s Upupayāma has begun to build out a psychedelic landscape that’s dense enough for listeners to take up residence. The wonders of Mount Elephant were grown from the…
It’s a big day for South-Hemi favorites around here and following The Bures Band and Jim Nothing, Aussie/Baltimore band Smoke Bellow offer up their new (and sadly final) album, Structurally Sound. The…
Centripetal Force has been building up to an amazing autumn release schedule and they add another stunner with the announcement of a new album from Japanese collective Yaryu. Drenched in cool flutes…
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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