RSTB faves Magic Tuber Stringband return today, headlining “a compilation of songs by artists from the Southeast in protest of the proposed Cop City development in the Weelaunee Forest, DeKalb County, GA…
Finding her footing on her new album, Northwest songwriter Kassi Valazza pairs with friends from TK & The Holy Know Nothings to plumb country, Canyon Folk, and British Folk alike. With an…
Another great single from Aussie outfit The Toads. The band features members of RSTB faves The Living Eyes, Smarts, Parsnip, and The Shifters. While there’s a certain ragged thread that can be…
Another edition of Crawl Out From the Fallout hits the airwaves this month with a wealth of new music and a few older favorites sprinkled in the set. New singles from Aux…
Mikaela Davis and Southern Star release what might be my favorite single off of their upcoming LP. “Promise” leans into the weathered denim aesthetics that have become the hallmark of her new…
The new Sam Blasucci solo album pushes away from the quieter confines of his folk with Mapache, letting in a dose of disco, ‘70s pop, and AOR goodness. Following on the opalescent…
A second single floats into view from Maya Ongaku. Their new album on Guruguru Brain is enveloped in a cocoon of hazed sunlight and “Something In Morning Rain,” embraces that aesthetic even…
I’ve spent no small amount of time singing praises on Eric Silverman’s new LP, and chances are I won’t stop before the end of the year, where this will certainly hold a…
Drew Gardner’s on a hell of a run over the past couple of years, with two Elkhorn releases finding light, and an archival collaboration with John Tchicai, Marco Eneidi, Roberto De Haven,…
A convergence of two of psych-folk’s most long running heralds surfaces today. Boasting two of the most distinctive names of the genre – Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Rick…
A second strummer out of the Meritorio camp this week introduces Swedish duo Fort Not. The first single off the band’s upcoming Depressed For Success is a self-deprecating slice of ‘90s indie,…
This is quite possibly one of my favorite albums from the ‘70s. Chu Kosaka helped to define several eras of Japanese pop, from the seminal ‘60s group Apryl Fool, whose lone album…
A new double-A single out this week from RSTB faves Emily Rose & the Rounders finds the songwriter digging into the darker side of her sound. “The Drifter” channels a weather-beaten soul…
A third single sidles out of the debut from Manchester four-piece Sumos this week. The song’s strung on a sizable jangle, coming in as clear and catchy as anything in the band’s…
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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