A tougher nug out of the Aussie camp today, the first single from Stepmother rolls the band’s punk in the ‘70s sweat of MC5 and the garage grit that followed down the…
I feel like enough dust hasn’t been kicked up about this, but today marks the start of pre-order for some official wax from Les Rallizes Dénudés. The Japanese legends, shrouded in mystery,…
The first single from the sophomore release by Estonian progressive psych quartet Centre El Muusa finds the band packing away their heady growl and motorik mayhem for a dose of dirt-dusted cosmic…
Still can’t get enough of the new record from NYC’s Jeanines. The record picks up a dozen jangle pop pieces, pulling the thread from ‘60s folk through C86 stalwarts, feeling like every…
The Tunaverse has been thick with releases over the past few years, with a collection of the band’s burnt-mind psychedelic covers from the Bandcamp free-for-all days having just been bound to vinyl…
So many good ones out today and this new vid/single from Joan Shelley hits the spot quite nicely. Shelley’s bittersweet, sundown country-folk is as potent as ever. For the honeyed ramble of…
Austin’s criminally underrated Chronophage are back with news of a new album on the way and I couldn’t be more excited. The band balances new wave nuances with the building blocks of…
It feels like I’ve been waiting for more from Michael Rault since the moment I got his last LP. I know that sounds greedy, but It’s A New Day Tonight was such…
Ned Collette’s excellent 2018 album Old Chestnut is an ambitious, evocative song cycle that was built on years of honing a nuanced and experimental vision of folk. Though it feels fully formed,…
Nance strikes again with a killer Bandcamp Friday tape that slides under the collective radar, but snags the right ears every time. A bump up from the backyard bliss of his last…
Also packed into a crowded day last Friday, the news broke that a new Simon Joyner album is on the way. I couldn’t rush this one along with the deluge of other…
Always keeping an eye on what’s coming from Steven R. Smith, whether its from one of his alters as Ulaan Khol, Markhor, Passerine, or Hala Strana. This time Smith is back under…
While not the first to take up the name Heavenly Bodies, the Philadelphia trio may be the ones who most completely embody the ideal of slowly colliding stars on their debut for…
Another favorite of mine from last year returns, the soft-hearted indie pop of The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness. The band’s sophomore LP hardly left my turntable, mixing power pop and indie…
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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