Been missing the grit of Country Westerns since their 2020 debut, an album that carved crusted tattoo of alt-country on the year. The band is back today with a new single, again…
An unexpected offering in the mails today. Longtime RSTB fave Grace Cummings has straddled the line between scarred folk and pop for a while, with her first album still standing as a…
Now I know I’m biased, but I have to say this is one of my favorite radio shows of the year. A ton of new tracks in there as always, and the…
The UK serves up one of the most acerbic and amusing albums of the year. Bounced about on post-punk principals that are brittle in one breath and rubberized the next, the band…
Seems a new album is on the way from Circles Around The Sun, which always stands as a reason to celebrate. The West Coast collective trades in slippery psychedelics, splitting their sound…
One more charmer out of the gate before the release of the debut from Model Shop. The band, featuring former members of Math & Physics Club, has crafted an album of indie…
Might as well roll on with some great Aussie indie this week and the debut from Delivery is one of the best out of the South Hemi this year. The band has…
Following the glam crunch of “Made To Love,” Melbourne’s Sunfruits return with the psych-pop splendor of “Believe It All.” Letting quite a bit of sunshine into the band’s sound, the song finds…
The second single swings into view from Los Angeles outfit Smirk. “Hopeless” is an infectious bit of jangle-punk that finds songwriter Nick Vicario skirting the line between hardscrabble indie and the faded…
For those that were scouring the right corners of psychedelia last year, the debut from Upupayāma came as something of a welcome surprise. A solo outing from Italian songwriter Alessio Ferrari, the…
A nice little surprise from Lewsberg today. The band’s been consistently offering up some of the best stripped down pop these past few years, with their most recent album, In Your Hands,…
Thrilled to see The Laughing Chimes announcing new EP on Slumberland. The Ohio young’uns released an excellent album last year on Pretty Olivia and this new short form follow-up captures the same…
I certainly haven’t been quiet about this record, but now that the release is upon us, it’s worth a full force shout about the essential debut from French janglers EggS. The record…
After a few years, an ongoing pandemic, and a false start, One Eleven Heavy is back on the shelves this week with their third album. The band was poised to record the…
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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