“Time Out” is the latest from Aussie songwriter Jordan Thompson (The Ocean Party, Pop Filter), part of a triptych of color-coded EPs that he’s released over the past couple of years. The…
When he released Guv III last year, Ben Cook promised that it was the first part of another double set, and today the first video from Guv IV surfaces. Continuing his collaboration…
Royal Oakie Records offers up another nice bout of sunset-diped alt-country. This time members of Slow Season take a break from the psych whirlpool for a bit of open valley dust. Daniel…
I was out last Friday, but this was an exciting one to see come through. Longtime RSTB fave Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn offers up an entry to the Sub Pop Singles club. After…
Got a corroded careen this morning from Ottawa’s Slow Dawn. The band’s grime barnacled post-punk crawls to life out of the shadows. Synths peer through the dark like beacons, but are refracted…
The first single from Abronia’s third LP is a slippery bit of psychedelia. Eastern-tinged guitars set the track along strange Ley Lines — working through the slinking sounds of Erkin Koray, the…
On their second EP for Meritorio, Swedish outfit Stephen’s Shore find comfort in the melancholy moments. Between linen covered jangles, the band captures a faded form of indie pop — not as…
Another great show for this month packed with new music, so much new music! It took all my efforts to pack it all in but there are great new songs from Joys…
Australian banjo player Andrew Tuttle elevates the instrument beyond mere accompaniment, bluegrass component, or country stereotype. With a refined pacing and delicate touch, Tuttle folds the banjo into the current wave of…
Despite the world collectively falling for Ringo as the hero and charmer behind the scenes this year in the Let It Be doc, George Harrison has long been the underdog of the…
A few more singles find their way out of the new Mapache record this week, following up on the band’s recently released album of covers. Roscoe’s Dream embraces the band’s warm evening…
Well this is a nice reissue facilitated by Chicago’s Eye Vybe Records. While the world absorbs the recent new of Les Rallizes Dénudés works appearing to the public, a much smaller release…
I missed this one on its first blush, but have been pouring back through some missed singles and dove right into this new track from Alison Cotton’s upcoming release The Portrait You…
This one looks like its flying a bit under the radar, but reveals a lot of charm on repeated listens. The debut from Austin’s Good Looks feels like a record from a…
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.