Lyn Avery & Cole Pulice follow up their 2022 album, To Live & Die In Space & Time with a new collaboration that finds the songwriters collaging their contributions, recording both in…
The singles continue to pour out of the upcoming new album from Jim Nothing. Starting late last year, the record became a steady source for indie comforts even before it was announced.…
Feeling every bit like a companion piece to Butterss’ work with SML this year, the songwriter/bassist’s debut for International Anthem is hung on their indomitable rhythm and a sense of exploration. This…
The last few years have seen excellent collaborations from Ava Mendoza, releasing music with Mendoza Hoff Revels, William Parker, Dave Sewelson, and Bill Orcutt, but for her latest Ava’s solo and wrestling…
Always a favorite around these parts, Simon Joyner returns with a new album rooted in grief. Following the loss of his son in 2022 Joyner sought an outlet for grief and a…
The second offering from Gray/Smith expands the duo’s prog-country amble into full bloom. Leaning a bit more into the latter this time around, Heels In The Aisle, pairs knotted pensive acoustics with…
A double dose of good news today as Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records announces a split 12” between Glasgow’s Dancer and Portland’s Whisper Hiss. Both bands offer up excellent singles today…
Surfacing with little early warning, the new album from Jeffrey Novak heralds a return to the solo psych boogie that broke him out of Cheap Time’s punk sweat n’ swagger. The last…
Nap Eyes cap off their recent run of singles with a propulsive new cut that captures the band’s keen ear for aesthetics. Smeared and smudged under a lightly frothy veneer, the single…
RSTB faves The Smashing Times let loose a third single from the upcoming new album Mrs. Ladyships and The Cleanerhouse Boys. The title track finds the band wrapping bleary hooks in soft…
The first single from the excellent debut by The Cosmic Tones Research Trio focused on the band’s spiritual jazz strains. They follow it with a cut that casts light on their more…
The second album from SF power trio Terry Gross, cheekily titled Huge Improvement, ducks the snark that the title implies by twisting the turbine of their debut enough to warrant the self-applied…
After a short stint as a Bandcamp-only LP release, the new album from Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders grabs wider audiences this week with new cassette and digital versions from Worried…
Another blast of post-punk pokes out of the new album from Naked Roommate today. The band grabs hold of the most propulsive elements of the genre, bleeding through the unraveled ends of…
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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