This week’s snapshot wraps up a heavy run of singles and new releases. Check out new music from Steven R. Smith, Shrunken Elvis (feat Spencer Cullum, Rich Ruth, and Sean Thompson), Allah…
The proper follow-up to Barry Walker’s long overlooked, but highly essential Shoulda Zenith, one of the last records out of Holy Mountain (RIP John Witson), finds Walker joined by his bandmates from…
Breaking the heat with the July edition of Crawl Out From The Fallout. The latest episode gathers up new singles from Grateful Shred, Stonegrass, The Pink Stones, Julianna Riolino, Street Fruit, Düül…
Good Flying Birds have cropped up here before, most notably on a comp from St. Louis’ Inscrutable Records, but the band’s made some other notable appearances, with indie offerings for Rotten Apple…
If you’ve been hooked into the site over the past few weeks, the new record from Karl Frog has been a pretty heavy staple. The third in a trio of albums from…
It’s always a joy to have a new cut from Honey Radar emerge from the torn portal of tape hiss, and the band lines up a new EP with first single “Chelsea…
Longtime RSTB faves The Cowboys return with one of their most massive and ambitious albums yet. Recorded remote from the band members’ far flung locales and assembled into a 20-track torrent of…
After already dropping one of the best singles of the year, one that has yet to be tied to a physical release, perennial favorites Eddy Current Suppression Ring hit back hard yet…
Another great single soars out of the upcoming new Modern Nature record. Embracing smoother lines than their last few, the upcoming Heat Warps burns down the band’s past and reforms itself in…
It’s been more than a decade since Andy Boay’s had a new release. Not that Andy White’s been slacking. In the interim his band with brother Edwin has put out at least…
If there’s one thing that might dull the sting of 2025, it’s word of a new album from Sir Richard Bishop. The longtime RSTB fave, and Sun City Girls luminary returns with…
Second single from Midwest shoegaze flayers Forever★ takes the template and adds a heavier rhythm plate to the process. The Kansas City duo still serves up a heady dose of amp-fed fury,…
This one ought to be getting a few more shouts, a rhythmic wrecker that slices the seance auras of kosmiche with noise. Bringing together members of Animal Collective, GWAR, Alter-Natives, and Third…
Another return of an RSTB fave today as Cochemea Gastelum pops into the news with the third and final installment in his ancestral trilogy. Extending the work of his last two LPs,…
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.
The site is written and maintained by Andy French.