Before setting out on a UK tour, Pearl Charles has released a new single, “Figure Skater.” The song is a cover off of Charles Watson’s (Slow Club, The Surfing Magazines) most recent…
Nice to see a new EP crop up from Patrick McDermott’s North Americans today. Following the news earlier in the year that his 2018 LP Going Steady was reissued by Third Man,…
A new crop from Eiderdown today and its full of RSTB faves, including a new tape on the way from Golden Brown. With an already excellent release out this year on Inner…
This album snuck out in a digital and CD run in 2018 but gains a new life on LP in 2022. Capturing the spirit of the current Cosmic Country wave, Portland’s Tobias…
During the chaos of 2020 Ashtray Navigations let out a fairly extensive overview. Nearly 6 hours of cosmic sounds, plus 4 max-length CDs curated by AshNav connoisseurs Rob Hayler, Henry Rollins, Pete…
I called out another single from this excellent new EP from San Francisco’s Almond Joy, and the band return with a new video for a jaunty jangler that extols the virtues of…
Each new album from Drugealer comes together like a lost ‘70s soundtrack to a night that exists only in legends and murky memories. Collins has an uncanny ability to craft songs that…
I have to admit that my queues for reviews are stuffed and I’ve been meaning to get to Human Adult Band for some time now, but this new video for “Peace To…
Baltimore Sitar player and singer-songwriter Ami Dang returns with another deeply engrossing album for Leaving Records. The third single from the album, “A Muted Crime,” combines her sitar work with body shaking…
Didn’t even know how much I was missing King Tuff, but the arrival of a new single, “Smalltown Stardust,” today closes the wound of absence from the past few years. The title…
The Men have become something of an institution over the years. Now nine albums deep, the band has moved through noise bursts, post-punk darkness, and even moments of acoustic clarity and toasted…
It’s hard not to get sucked into Jeff Parker’s playing — marked by silken string runs and nimble phrasing. He lights up any recording he’s in involved in, from collaborations with Joshua…
Super excited to see a second single from French outfit EggS today. The band’s pitch perfect indie pop has been bubbling over on a few great singles from the last couple of…
Another heavy mind-scratcher from the upcoming Horse Lords hits today. Following on from the first two singles, “Zero Degree Machine” is another bout of crushed steel riffs and rhythmic somersaults. The song…
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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