If Sunburned Hand of the Man are known for anything, its unpredictability. Sunburned shows are seance, ritual, divination, call it what you will. They will into existence a set that will never…
More jangled goodness out of Meritorio comes in the form of a video for Slack Times’ single “I’m Trying.” The song is a lived-in lurker with hooks buried under the laconic lope…
Love Interest is the second of two perfect pop tributaries that split from Seattle’s Math and Physics Club this year. The debut from Model Shop is an excellent companion to their former…
I was out of commission on Friday, but as the world kept churning out excellent music, the South Hemi let slip another excellent single. RSTB fave and former Twerps songwriter Martin Frawley…
If ever there was a spirit of the West Coast, it might well be Farmer Dave Scher. Toss a stone during any moment of psych, country, Americana, or pop set in the…
While it’s been an excellent home for new guitar excursions and post-wook nodules from Walker himself, Ryley’s Husky Pants label has now shifted into preserving the past he’s so adamantly avowed over…
Earlier in the year a great psych-pop single slipped out from UK outfit Hollow Hand with no album in tow, but now details on it’s home have surfaces and it looks like…
There’s a long shadow of the ‘90s guitar ghosts that crop up in the works of Ohio outfit Connections and with a history rooted Midwest indie outposts like Rockathon and Columbus Discount…
2022 has been packed with albums, so its easy to overlook a gem or two in the constant stream of news, noise, and general chaos of the year. The end of the…
Always happy to get something new in from the Woodsist Fam. The first single from new signing Bobbie Lovesong pushes further afield than the label’s psychedelic folk frontline. On her new album,…
El Paraiso offers up a perfect end to a chaotic week. The second installment from London Odense Ensemble is officially announced, following a peek into the workings of Jaiyede Sessions vol. 2…
Multi-state meetup, Spiral Wave Nomads have been on a tear with over last few albums. Starting with an eponymous LP in 2019, the duo of Eric Hardiman (Burnt Hills, Sky Furrows) and…
Formed without longevity in mind, the members of Spice World convened for a one off performance that blossomed into an album of homespun Aussie indie. Recorded at home, live to tape in…
On Almanac Behind, Daniel Bachman trades ancestral folk forms for a modern day folktale of ravaged climate, mapping the physical decline of rural America in real time. Recorded in and around 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.
The site is written and maintained by Andy French.