Silver Synthetic’s 2021 album was a favorite around here, locked on the turntable for a good part of the year and beyond. The New Orleans band’s cosmic country was rooted in clear…
Another cradle of calm emerges from North Americans. The duo of Patrick McDermott and Barry Walker Jr have been carving out a delicate niche for themselves somwhere between folk, ambient country, and…
Catskill faves Mikaela Davis & Southern Star announce their debut album for Kill Rock Stars, letting listeners into the fold with the gentle glide of “Far From You.” Davis has been playing…
I’m up for pretty much anything that comes down from the Guruguru Brain label. The outfit has been collecting some of the most essential nodes of Japanese psychedelia over the last few…
Mapache’s Sam Blasucci lets out another single from his upcoming solo record, Off My Stars. The album finds Sam fleshing out his sound, moving away from the double acoustic dip and country…
The Pink Stones’ debut found a lot of play on the the deck around here in the last couple of years, so the new that the band has a new one on…
The last record from Edena Gardens has barely left my turntable and the band’s already set with not one, but two releases for 2023. Accompanying an excellent live LP that captures the…
It’s been a little while since Anna St. Louis graced the speakers but from the sounds of “Phone” it’s been well worth the wait. In the intervening years St. Louis has relocated…
RSTB favorites Island House have been holding down the line among the tape set for a couple of years now, capturing a wide range of styles, while feeling delightfully cohesive in vision.…
Another sterling single out of the Sunfruits camp arrives today in anticipation of their upcoming debut LP, One Degree. Still steeped in the psych-pop that the Aussies have dug into on previous…
The third album from Canadians Bart expands on the ‘70s sway of their last. Today, Tomorrow, and the Next Day is doused in a luxurious, lounged vision of pop, fleshed out with…
In some dusted corner of a half-torn barn, in the darkest reaches of an over-parched field, on the median where the forest meets the fields, there exists Old Saw. The band follows…
Diving into the world of Sunburned Hand of the Man is a daunting task, especially if you head down the CD-r rabbit hole, but for the casual consumer the last few years…
Every work that emanates from Joseph Allred comes as a welcome brace against the darkness. With one gorgeous, collaborative record already under their belt for 2023, Joseph shows no signs of slowing…
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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