Just catching up on this one, but it’s well worth a note. Charles Rumback is no stranger to the site. The drummer and bandleader has shown up with Ryley Walker, Black Duck,…
A follow-up to a mix I did a little while back called (There Must Be) Some Alternative. That mix took inspiration from some of the’90s best compilations, from soundtracks like Singles to…
A couple of exciting new ones over at RSTB faves El Paraiso Records this week, but this one’s a pretty notable addition to the catalog. Terramar brings together members of El Paraiso…
Once relegated to the lost wilds of indie pop’s past, the last few years have given the catalog of Aussie indie pop group The Cat’s Miaow a new life. The band’s early…
Sitting easy at current country crossroads, Jeffrey Silverstein slips through the best shades of ambient country’s rising wave and the rippled revue of Cosmic Americana. An unflappable traveler of the cosmos, no…
I’ve waxed on a bit about this upcoming Howlin Rain album, a collector’s trove of covers that finds the band exploring some of their favorites. This time they bring on fellow West…
Following a clutch collection of digital singles and EP releases last year, Softjaw unleashes their debut proper and its more than makes good on the promises cast in their early works. Self-recorded…
A live video ushers in a new single from BRIAR, the new folk collective from members of Daniel Romano’s Outfit. The second single solidifies the potent mix of influences on the new…
After an early ‘26 album that landed them in the hearts of fans of brittle augts indie, Sunday Mourners return with a new EP that keeps them fresh in mind before the…
The latest edition of Crawl Out From The Fallout features a windfall of new music. The show features new singles from. Allision de Groot and Rich Ruth, Yr Knives, new Daniel Romano…
The Yummy Fur have come in waves over the years. They existed as an underground specter in their first incarnation, twitching on the sidelines with a devilishly deep bookshelf and a bagful…
This record made its way into the ranks of my series Necessary Repress that focused on LPs that had dropped out of print but needed to find their way back to the…
A second single from Wayne Faler takes dreampop West, blending jangles with a blurred lens and a lick of pedal steel. “The Loon” reaches further into the fog bank than the first…
For the past few years, Dummy has been hammering a divide between reimagining the past and etching the future. Among a new crop of shoegaze acolytes, the band stands out for 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.
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