A new track and video today from RSTB fave Doug Tuttle also comes with news of an album on the way this Spring. “A-Lo Urras” is a strident strummer, finding Doug ditching…
The new class of Aussie Indie has had a ramshackle scruff to it that’s always been it’s greatest charm. The loose-knit, member-swapping nature of many of the bands lends a hand, but…
Another gentle jangler from the Aussie shores lands today and it’s been slowly working its way into my head all morning. The Sprouts feature members of a few familiar names around these…
A new single from Curation falls outside of the label’s usual purview. Instead of the outlet’s typical air of country, psych, and folk, the first single from Blone Noble is a cold…
Typically just one person tackles the task of Hidden Gems. It’s hard to find an album that’s been a key player in the lives of an entire band, but En Attendant Ana…
On her first record under her own name Marlene Ribeiro steps away from the shadows of her work with Gnod and previous solo outings as Negra Branca. In fact, the works on…
Late last year Bristol outfit Langkamer released a solid EP that mixed nods to Wowee Zowee-era Pavement, Spaklehorse, and The Replacements. The band’s second album is announced today along with a video…
There are plenty of facets of Japan’s rich pop past that I’ve found myself immersed in, but so far the post-punk landscape is one in which I’ve barely scratched the surface. While…
This comp has been brewing a bit in the back of my mind for some time. It’s a round up of newer artists that lean towards ‘70s aesthetics in some capacity, though…
The second album from Montreal songwriter Rachel Leblanc arrives this month, a gorgeously fragile collection of folk smeared with soft-focus touches of dream pop. As Vanille, Rachel’s songs hover in the air…
Good news out of the Tony Molina camp today. If last year’s In The Fade wasn’t enough to keep you satisfied, Tony’s paired up for a new album with Sarah Rose Janko…
A similar vibe to the John Andrews single from earlier in the morning, this new cut from Sam Burton finds the songwriter reaching back to the past for inspiration. Where his debut…
The first single from the upcoming John Andrews & The Yawns record finds the songwriter reclining further into the plush orchestrations that began to crop up on Cookbook. Couched in strings and…
Following the excellently skewed Rehearsal Park on Ryley Walker’s head-friendly hangout Husky Pants, guitarist Jake Acosta (ADT, Famous Laughs) proves that there’s no pinning down his sound on Genius or Not his…
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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