If you’re already acquainted with Steve Gunn & David Moore’s collaboration from 2023, then it’s likely already an oasis, turned to again and again through chaotic times. Gunn, often known as much…
Here we are, three months into 2024 and I’m woefully shy on new Hidden Gems, but we’re getting back into it this week with an excellent new entry from site favorite David…
A familiar name rises out of the Aussie underground today with news of a new album from Velociraptor. Been a few years since I’ve heard from the band, but the expansive collective…
A second peek into Bill MacKay’s upcoming album lands this week, eschewing vocals for an instrumental tussle that finds Bill and co. on an even keel. The track has a soft percolation…
A softer side of the indie pop onslaught today as site favorite Jim Nothing stretches out with a sleepy but satisfying jangler. The second single since December finds the band exploring a…
This record has been a constant on the speakers ever since it showed up in my queue to review. Coleman is a consummate tinkerer with tradition, and much like yesterday’s dive into…
Gonna be an indie pop kinda day around here. A second single surges out of the new record from Rural France. The band’s pop bluster shows no signs of waning on album…
An unexpected delight this morning as one of my tops of 2021 fires back with an amazing new single and word of a new album on the way. The Canadian power trio…
Another delightful sigh from the Reds, Pinks, and Purples camp today. As Glenn works his way towards a seventh album, he’s perfected a balance of bittersweet and buoyant. The song tumbles somewhere…
This morning brings one of the most inspired new pickups for Thrill Jockey over the last couple of years, and a band that’s consistently been on my speakers. North Carolina’s Magic Tuber…
Been a good year for reissues already, and I’m always glad to see folks doing the good work to unearth the lost classics. Athens in particular has already had a gem brought…
Another single from the upcoming Billy Tibbals EP finds the West Coast crooner in full fawning grace. Tibbals has long been circling the power pop and glam stores of the ‘70s, but…
The new album on the way from Parsnip continues to shape up into a pop crusher. Wrapped in flower crowns and curlicues that reach back to ‘60s psych-pop, the Aussie outfit pair…
The chill hasn’t quite left the air just yet. The roots of Winter hold strong — just enough time left in the tumbler for the crisp-air scent of Daisy Rickman’s Howl to…
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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