A second single winds down from the new album out of Jersey’s The Natural. Kip Berman’s post Pains works have taken a decidedly ‘70s denim direction, feeling heir apparent to Petty, Springsteen,…
The stable at Third Eye Stimuli is deepening by the day and today they offer up an excellent new single from Hot Apple Band. An early version of this cut surfaced quite…
Venerable Aussie indie Chapter Music offers up an essential reissue this week, shining a welcome beacon on lost janglers The Particles. The band, taking inspiration from UK and US punk adopted the…
An insanely loose and limber brainworm from the new album by The Lentils hits the site today. The band grew out of the demise of the Happy Jawbone Family Band, following Luke…
I’ll give the hat tip to Jeff Conklin of the always excellent Trailhead program for this one. Jeff’s been in tune to the works of UK prog/psych unit Guranfoe for some time…
All things told, there are few bands that have paced Raven Sings the Blues as consistently as Wooden Wand. The Vanishing Voice records, along with concurrent works coming out of The Jewlled…
Philly’s rising country outfit Florry release a second single from their excellent new album, The Holey Bible. “Take My Heart,” offers a more reserved, but still engrossing view of their new LP.…
Slipping out early this summer, the new album from Dan Horne still feels criminally overlooked. Horne, more often known behind the boards (Mapache, Pacific Range) or as part of larger ensembles (Circles…
Aussie outfit Workhorse put out an excellent record last year, and if you’re not well acquainted with No Photographs, I recommend a listen. Harriet Fraser-Barbour digs into the sessions for the album…
Three years on from their last outing for Feeding Tube, Frank & The Hurricanes are back, and just in time to save summer nights and sunbaked afternoons. The band continues to refine…
A heady, thick offering from new Chicago group Traysh surfaced over the holiday, with a new album slated for release on Ryley Walker’s Husky Pants imprint. The band features Walker’s longtime collaborator…
2023’s American anniversary feels particularly fraught with ill ease — a cocktail shaker of shame and trepidation mixing with the roman candle smoke. Through the haze, Tobcacco City offer up an ode…
A different side of Goat surfaces this week, finding the band in decidedly more reserved environs that usual, at least from the first strains finding their way here today. The band has…
The country hits keep on coming today. Swinging the focus from cosmic covers to the rougher end of the ranch, the debut from Animal Piss, It’s Everywhere brings a heavy dose 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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