It’s been too long a gap since there was a Hidden Gems in this space, so let’s crack the lid on fall features with a new one from Emergency Group’s Dave Mandl.…
Over the past few albums Jack Cooper has been steadily sliding away from the pop world that forged him. As Modern Nature took shape, it anchored itself cleanly at the crossroads of…
Picking up this monster new track from Emily Robb that slipped out a little while back. Robb has a new LP on the way for Petty Bunco and it showcases the indelible…
A new single sneaks out from Austin’s Shinglers, riding solo for the moment but dragging behind it a promise of more music on the way. “Bayou Queens” finds the band as comfortable…
More proof that the pop just hits different in San Francisco as The Bay Area’s Seablite offer up their sophomore record, Lemon Lights, this week. The band hurdles over the highs of…
A new double shot from Farmer Dave & The Wizards of West finds the band exploring both their most intimate and more exuberant sides. The AA single dips into mid-life reassessments and…
Got a really fun slice of pop-dipped ennui today, letting music and memory co-mingle between an excellent cover of The Human Expression’s “Following Me” from The Garment District and Peter Speer’s accompanying…
The latest from Sally Anne Morgan (House and Land, Black Twig Pickers) finds the songwriter still scratching at the spare and sonorous folk that’s been at the core of her solo and…
A nice little surprise out of the Feeding Tube stable last week snuck in just under the bar on Friday. Village of Spaces returns with a new album for November. Dan Beckman-Moon’s…
New singles continue to roll out of the Ty Segall camp, this time turning down the prog dial for something a bit more raw. On “Eggman” Ty lets acoustic strums bandy with…
Big Ego’s had some excellent releases this year, with more on the way, including a new album from pedal steel luminary Dave Easley. Following on his excellent and essential outing for the…
Longtime RSTB staple Rat Columns returns with a new album for Tough Love, shaking off a bit of the more pristine pop that had seeped into their last LP, Pacific Kiss. “Life…
Very nice to hear some new music from Yasmin Williams this morning. The guitarist’s last outing was met with near universal acclaim, and with good reason as it helped usher in a…
2021 saw the debut(s) from Jeffrey Alexander’s Heavy Lidders, the PA crushers that he’s been heading for the past few years with members of Elkhorn and Kohoutek. The band last hit the…
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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