This record has been creeping into the RSTB consciousness piece by piece, an ambient country charmer that’s hung on quiet mornings and cradled in still moments. The Australian picker has long been…
Amid a constant stream of singles and some of the best albums of the last couple of years, Glenn Donaldson’s sneaking in a bonus album for the Bandcamp crowd this summer. The…
This one surfaced a bit ago and I’ve been slow to get through to it. Dunza is an alter ego of James Jackson Toth (Wooden Wand, One Eleven Heavy) though here he…
Getting the archive of this up a bit late because I was on vacation when the show aired, but there was lots of new music to be excited about in July. The…
This EP was an unexpected treat this week. After quitting music, selling his instruments, then borrowing a few back to record his excellent last album, Russell Hoke looks to be recommitting. His…
I’ve been talking up this record as long as I can remember and I won’t stop until the year is through. Sean Tompson’s EP and singles set the stage for the album,…
The first single off of this record was a charmer, but Juliana knocks it up one more notch with the huge sound of “You.” A touch of country lilt hangs over the…
The works of Joseph Allred have captivated me for some time now. Each new record unfurls with a timeless grace that’s etched with folk’s past, but swept with emotions and turbulence that’s…
Got a nice slice of indie from Jim Nothing, who hail from down in Christchurch. The NZ band is back with their new album for Melted Ice Cream / Meritorio and the…
This one’s been on top of the highly anticipated pile since the moment it was announced. The debut EP from Color Green only hinted as what was to come, a scruffy slice…
Not a lot of shouts this side of the world, but the February album from Aussies Doe St struck a chord over here. The band follows pretty quickly with a new single…
I feel like this one, as with the previous two Minami Deutsch albums, is flying a bit under the radar. Nestled squarely in the middle of the Guruguru Brain roster, the trio…
It’s hard not to love the works of Tuluum Shimmering, especially the request series that’s been stretching long simmering favorites into meditative bliss. I’ve long upheld the notion that I could listen…
Every track off the upcoming debut from Rich Ruth pushes further into the psychedelic unconsciousness. The composer’s album slaloms through jazz-psych sojourns, Library Music motifs, and ambient float. The scorched new single…
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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