Already riding high on my list of 2023 favorites, this week finally sees the release of Bobby Lee’s third record, Endless Skyways. The record returns Lee to the thrum n’ thrall of…
RSTB faves Axis: Sova are back on the scene today and sounding as scrubbed up on first single “Trend Sets.” The band continues to evolve, having crawled from the subterranean fallout of…
Some excellent news today of a new album from Philly alt-country crew Florry. The band’s takes a move from 12xU to local label Dear Life for the upcoming release of The Holey…
The summer just got a few cool breezes with a double single served up from Woods this week. The band preps their latest album, Perennial, for release this September, just in time…
It’s tough in ’23 to tap into grunge nostalgia without adopting an aura of pastiche. There have been countless bands that have painted their particular sound with the Big Muff blasé of…
Two RSTB faves find one another in the remix lane today as Spencer Cullum’s latest album gets a bit of a lush pop tweak from Frank Maston. Taking two pieces from the…
A constant favorite around here, Dutch four-piece Lewsberg have been slyly putting out pop gems for years now, straddling the line between VU austerity and indie pop’s softer side. Two new singles…
The Pink Stones let out a third single from the upcoming You Know Who and its as sweet as they come. Pinkston and the band set out to create a classic country…
The last few outings from Cole Pulice have been wrapped in a wondrous fog, navigating the mists of ambient, jazz, and kosmiche climates. For their latest, Pulice offers up an entry into…
Another gem in the ever-expanding stable of NY’s Island House Records. This time the label offers up a live recording of Kid Millions (Oneida, Man Forever) and Sarah Bernstein (VEER Quartet, Exolinger).…
Great to see the official announcement of Frankie and the Witch Fingers’ new album this fall. The band has been letting singles trickle out of the tap for the past year and…
Somehow its already June and its time to creep into the summer with a new edition of Crawl Out From The Fallout. This month on the radio show I packed in a…
More news out of the Allah-Las camp today. Following the announcement of their new album, the band’s Pedrum Siadatian returns with a new record under his alias as PAINT. The long running…
A bit of scorcher reaches the speakers this week from Montreal’s Private Lives. The Canadian quartet captures a match-lit plume of punk on the album’s opener “Trust In Me.” The song percolates…
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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