I’m not gonna lie, this song has been stuck in my head since the moment it crept into my life. Melding a classic riff that evokes “Over The Hills And Far Away,”…
Another great month of songs boiled down to two hours of listening for Crawl Out From The Fallout. This month found plenty of dust to kickup in the Cosmic Country corner and…
I’ve got a soft spot for the kind of AM ‘70s smoothness that’s snuck its way into a certain subset of indie in the past few years. There may be no better…
Another perennial fave makes a return to RSTB today with a new single from Portland’s Lithics. The band has always been able to capture the best vision of brittle, stark post-punk. Teetering…
Aussie outfit Cool Sounds continue to evolve into a firmer pop band and on their latest single they inject an off-kilter funk that dips into the New Wave vat to great effect.…
A new vid lands today from Evolfo, off the band’s recently released Site Out Of Mind. In anticipation of a Northeast run of dates, the band sets up the slowly simmering psychedelia…
The connections that come to mind in a Hiss Golden Messenger side project don’t usually skirt through soul-jazz, dub, and Alice Coltrane territory, but here we are on the precipice of Revelators…
A new single from Berlin based, Turkish singer and multi-instrumentalist Derya Yıldırım heralds her band Grup Şimşek’s new album in November. With shades of Selda’s ‘70s work and fellow Anatolian rock updaters…
Following up on last year’s debut from his new outfit, Wizards of West, Cosmic American legend Farmer Dave Scher readies a new single and a new album for Curation Records. Echoing his…
There’s a relatable weariness to the psych-blues quiver of Dimples. The band, the duo of Greg Hartunian and Colby Nathan, has existed for a few albums but the latest finds them pairing…
After a slimmed down version under just the Badge Epoch moniker, the full Badge Époque Ensemble returns today with a new single and a new album on the way. Featuring constant collaborator…
I’ll admit, I’ve been lax in getting some Hidden Gems to the site, but there are still plenty of excellent recommendations in the works. On Zachary Cale’s latest LP, Cale lays out…
While the label often keeps the press and fanfare around their yearly singles series low-key, I’ve always found Sub Pop’s choices in this ongoing venture to be some of their most inspired.…
I feel like I’ve been waiting for a new album from Michael Rault ever since the moment A New Day Tonight hit the turntable. That album was constantly stuck in rotation for…
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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