One more bout of prismatic pop for the day. UK outfit Bramwell have let loose a few indispensable singles over the past year and now they tee up a new one for…
This one’s a psych scorcher from yesterday getting the good bump today. NY kiln-cured heavies Prison return with “Sunrise Highway.” This shortened version gives just a taste of the long and limber…
This one has been such a long time coming around here. Peaking interest with her early EP as Lady Apple Tree, Haylie Davis finally soars into a debut under her own name.…
Always a treat with a new Real Numbers single on the screen and in the speakers, and the band offers up the first taste of a new album this morning. The Midwest…
Another sweet, wistful wobble out of The Hobknobs today. The band brings together Lewsberg’s Arie van Vilet with Yaël Dekker of The Klittens. A lighter touch than either of their anchors, The…
Another longtime site favorite tackles the Hidden Gems series today. Kevin Dehan has been rounding up country calm with classic charms under the name Cactus Lee for years now and his latest…
Finding its footing somewhere between the slack end of the indie pop pool that’s been rising among SF and Oakland and an equally itchy ‘90s vibe, the new single from DUM1 saunters…
If 2023’s Stay In It was Eric Silverman’s desert psychosis album, a hero’s journey through the heat and hallucinogenics threading from California to the cosmos, then Bitter Honey sets him up with…
One more sweet ‘60s ode from RSTB favorites The Mellons before the band’s new album descends next month. Album closer “Say Goodbye” layers harmonies on harmonies, topping up an orchestra of strums,…
Hell of a year for surprise albums. This week’s already got the short-notice Boards of Canada on deck and then the Aussie punk pantheon has to go right ahead and double the…
International Anthem are stacking essentials this year as they bring another live curio to the table for 2026. An effective companion piece both to Jeff Parker’s recently released live-born LP, Happy Today,…
There’s plenty of ‘90s noise excavators, shoegaze diviners, and punk plunderers out there these days but when a band unravels the threads between nostalgia and nuance it’s always fun to watch. Mopar…
There’s never been much noise on this trio Stateside, but UK outfit Formal Sppeedwear have been blistering the post punk palette for the past few years in all the right ways. The…
An album built on tradition and destruction of folk forms, RSTB favorites Magic Tuber Stringband return to Thrill Jockey for a new record with deep roots in their South Carolina community. The…
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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