A real languid burner here that closes out the debut from Atlanta’s J. Lansdowne. Where the bulk of his new album chews on the root of blistered blues, “Smoking Mirrors” taps into…
A little while back I featured a cut from the upcoming debut from Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band. Acting as the natural extension of what Davis was working towards in State…
A bolt of Americana comes careening out of the UK via Norwich’s Brown Horse. The band embraces a roots-forward sound with an overcast outlook parrying with the band’s melancholy yet glowing fiddle…
It’s been a full day of great music, but one more couldn’t hurt us, especially if its a lovely new single from site favorite Sally Anne Morgan. The songwriter has been teasing…
Now a longtime fixture on the site, Colorado’s Stefan Beck has a growing collection of releases as Golden Brown, and has already hit the mid-year essentials list with the debut release from…
The second single out of RSTB faves Hooveriii finds the band shrouded in smoke, coiled and calm, with a liquid light levitating the song a few feet off the ground. The last…
This one snuck out a bit under the radar yesterday, but I’d be remiss to not mention a new Badge Époque Ensemble record on the way this winter. The band offers up…
Pretty excited for this news, as just a little while back I’d done a piece in my Necessary Repress series extolling the virtues of Acetone’s If You Only Knew, an album that’s…
Always a highlight of any year, Sunwatchers return with a scorching new album for Trouble In Mind this fall. The first cut out of the cradle is the triumphant “World People,” a…
Spanish quartet Melenas return with a new single and a shift in direction. Though the band’s past albums have been rooted in touches of post-punk and indie, the sound on “K2” lets…
Word of a new album from RSTB faves Wax Machine comes down today. The band’s Lau Ro has incorporated shades of his Brazilian heritage into the band’s works before, but new single…
One of the great moments of this year came when Weeping Bong Band reunited at Deep In The Valley to play for the first time in years, returning to their brand of…
Sydney’s The Brights return with a new single off of their upcoming debut Oyster Rock. “Everyone In Town” embraces a touch of indie and Americana, letting the guitars twang and tangle with…
Blame it on a move to Jersey perhaps, but The Natvral sees songwriter Kip Berman, known primarily for his work with The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, wrapped tightly in 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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