Continuing in a run of guest mix tapes, this latest is set up as a primer to often overlooked territory. Like Jeffrey Alexander’s recent mix exploring the boundaries of the Raccoon Records…
I’m excited to announce the new Elkhorn album today, a marked departure from the band’s catalog. The album sees the group return to a duo, but it’s far from familiar territory for…
In all honesty, if the impetus for your band includes an obsession with the first three Bill Fox LPs, I’m already in line for the result. Add to the formula a commitment…
This one feels like it would have caught my attention somewhere around the early ‘00s and I applaud Fire for picking up something this steeped in psych folk and drama at this…
Another year hurtling through space and time with The Reds, Pinks and Purples on the speakers and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Glenn leaves behind some of the gauzy bliss…
Bristol’s Langkamer let out another corker of a single. The band’s embrace of of the ‘90s indie arsenal has long been their strong suit and they continue to let the winking charms…
Following the snarl of first single “Nothing Ever Changes,” Melbourne’s RVG don’t look to be lightening the mood any as they slice into “Squid.” The tale of body horror is bathed in…
A couple of years back I put on a show Upstate NY that found Elkhorn’s Jesse Sheppard sparring with Turner Williams Jr. Williams was just off the collaborative jaunt he and Elkhorn…
Another RSTB fave pulling back the curtain on a single today. The new album from Spencer Cullum has been trickling out a steady stream of necessities over the past few months, from…
The last two Triptides records were so guitar heavy that it takes a moment to recognize them as they ease into the new robes of Starlight. Draped in a ‘70s velvet sheen,…
The second single from the upcoming new Cory Hanson album shifts away from the heft of the first and back towards the more contemplative country that’s been a hallmark of his solo…
Like his last record, Doug Paisley’s Say What You Like is threaded with a weathered quality — cracked and oiled like leather, rutted deep like bar wood, worn through like flannel that’s…
I’ve still got a soft spot for bands that wholeheartedly lean into the sound of bygone eras, hell so much so that I made an entire mixtape recently that was rife with…
The March installment of Crawl Out From The Fallout brings a big dose of new music. There were so many new announcements and releases over the last month it was a struggle…
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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