Another solid sneak at the upcoming album from Gray/Smith. The duo found their way here on the debut, an album that began the bounds of their ambling, country-flecked sound. The pair have…
Dandy Boy offered up a first peek into their tribute to Cleaners From Venus, the soft sighs of Yea-Ming and The Gloomers taking on “Night Starvation.” Now, the label adds one more…
Three albums in and Italy’s Upupayāma has begun to build out a psychedelic landscape that’s dense enough for listeners to take up residence. The wonders of Mount Elephant were grown from the…
It’s a big day for South-Hemi favorites around here and following The Bures Band and Jim Nothing, Aussie/Baltimore band Smoke Bellow offer up their new (and sadly final) album, Structurally Sound. The…
Centripetal Force has been building up to an amazing autumn release schedule and they add another stunner with the announcement of a new album from Japanese collective Yaryu. Drenched in cool flutes…
Aussie favorites The Bures Band waste no time following up their excellent album from last year. This year has seen the band slipping out ace singles, “The Pilot,” and “Green Town,” and…
The new album from Jim Nothing has been a fount of amazing singles over the past few months. With the band letting loose the fifth single from their upcoming LP, and not…
Another side to folk this morning, this time a bit more uplifting, setting the listener aloft on the beautiful new single from Shovel Dance Collective. “The Rolling Wave” builds cinematic steam, augmenting…
It’s odd to read that the inspiration for the title to Smote’s new album, A Grand Stream, arises from peaceful moments in the sun. There are quite a few feelings dredged up…
The good folks over at Idée Fixe have brought together a massive collective of Canadian talent for their latest work, incorporating members of New Hermitage, Joyful Joyful, and producer and composer Michael…
The Hidden Gems series continues to dig into the depths of recorded music, and for the latest entry Tyler Wilcox examines a bootleg that has local connection to Prairiewolf, captured at a…
It’s getting to be the time of year when the convergence of horror and psychedelics seem like a good idea. The ‘70s produced a plethora of b-movie delights that found library composers…
A softer side of the upcoming debut from Anna Butterss lands today, smelting the jazz barbs from the first taste with a hazy aura. “Pokemans” slips their sound into a hallucinatory hollow,…
A long gestating album from L.A. staples Groop sees light this year. Following a 3-year residency at Zebulon, the band has been honing this one live as improvisations that take shape on…
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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