Nathan Bowles has found his way across the site countless times — with Bill Mackay, Black Twig Pickers, Setting, Pelt, and countless other iterations of progressive folk, bluegrass, roots, and drone. For…
Real excited to see RSTB faves HITS back with news of a new album today. The Bay Area band thickens up their indie-pop on the fuzzed and fizzed new cut “1-5-8.” Often…
One of my favorite releases from last year was the debut from Japanese trio Maya Ongaku. The band crafted natural environments rooted in folk, hovering between the ambient psych of the West,…
Glasgow’s Nightshift slip into the silken glow of their third LP, sanding down some of brittle corners of their sound. The band’s pushed past the boundaries of the post-punk that formed the…
The producer-packed power trio Terry Gross returns with the winkingly titled second album, Huge Improvement. First single “Sheepskin City” finds the band back in the fray, powering through growled guitars and hammered…
When he raised the solo signals a the better part of a decade ago, Cory Hanson seemed to siphon off the slower impulses for his own works, leaving the fire and fusion…
A gorgeous live release slips out from RSTB faves Future Museums via the always excellent crew at Hippie Scum. The tape is a live recording of an expanded version of the band,…
Another burbling gem rises out of Peel Dream Magazine’s upcoming LP. Aloft on organs and sweating through an aqueous beat, “Wish You Well,” is a gauzy vision of pop that conjures a…
A nice cool down from YAI today, lead by the crystalline flutes of David Lackner. The duo straddles the line between ambient and jazz, dousing the first cut form their upcoming album…
Missed this a couple of days back, but it’s certainly worth revisiting — a weary wonder from UK favorites Mt. Misery. The song’s packed with the melancholy moorings of workplace tensions, but…
The last couple of years have seen Oneida swing back towards the sweat and swelter of their most overt rock impulses. Where their sounds got stretched and singed over their last few…
A second single snakes out from Dummy’s upcoming new LP, Free Energy. Hooked on the band’s penchant for propulsion, “Nine Clean Nails,” keeps the body moving and pushes their sound away from…
A second single slides out today from RSTB favorites Seawind of Battery. Like previous single “New Moon,” the song is anchored by beat, letting go of some of the ambient country connotations…
There could probably be a few bands dubbed North Stars for RSTB, but I’d certainly say that Beachwood Sparks is among the top contenders. Having first heard the band in the early…
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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