Typically Guerssen is a wellspring of reissues, but they have a handful of new artists that follow suit on their dedication to mapping the contours of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Case in…
After a short hiatus that found Dom Trimboli operating as Dom & The Wizards, the songwriter is back scratching at the blister of Wireheads this week. Where Dom offered up a more…
A steady slew of singles have been flowing out of this EP while the band cut across the US on tour, and now it’s all culled together for those looking for a…
There’s something intangible about Country Westerns vision of rock. It’s raw, frayed, like an abrasion that refuses to heal. Cover it up, cast it aside for a moment, but there’s always a…
Second single out of the upcoming Alien Eyelid LP today and it finds the Houston band pondering the shifting sands of time, wandering around the city and the cerebellum looking for familiar…
RSTB faves Aux Meadows return with a new EP for the always excellent label Perpetual Doom. The band’s blend of cosmic psychedelics and country converge once more for a track that’s chugs…
Following some bonus recordings from the sessions, out earlier this month, Matt Lajoie has announced his final piece in his elemental cycle, a representation of air entitled On Guardian Wing. A shortened…
Among the rampant flock of reissue labels it’s often hard to carve out a proper niche. Simply rifling through the forgotten debris of the past can only go so far. Unearthing a…
Triptides trawl through the past with an ear for the most coveted corners of pop. Their early years found them glazed and glued to the psych-pop ‘60s, traversing both sides of the…
Auckland’s Guardian Singles return with a new album and a biting new single this week. The band’s sound continues to look to the Northwest shores of the US rather than the distinct…
The upcoming album from James & The Giants finds itself exploring the full breadth of James Toth’s songwriting. With curatorial help from producer Jarvis Taveniere, Toth plucked songs new and old and…
Sunfruits’ debut has been long simmering, but its arrival comes just in time to tame 2023. The record is a packed bag of summertime psych-pop glazed with layered harmonies and dayglo charms.…
The opener off of the new record from South African band Seven Rivers of Fire only hints at the darkness that’s to come on new album Way of the Pilgrim. Steeped in…
Remembering back to the early works of Orcutt that found their way onto the site, there’s an immediate schism between those records and Bill’s latest, Jump On It, his first solo acoustic…
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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