After delivering one of my absolute favorites of 2021, Joseph Allred is already back with the promise of a new record. The first taste skews away from some of the soaring, beautiful…
A new single from power pop gems The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness brings news of a new album on the way from Bobo Integral. Their third album finds them as comfortable…
Over the years Japanese psych outfit Kikagaku Moyo went from fringe import for the heads to bumping up to the legible text on psych fests worldwide. Rightfully so, as the band’s mix…
Meritorio Records continue cull the best indie pop going, from West Coast janglers to Swedish pop pickers. This time they take a tour through the American south with Birmingham-based Slack Times. The…
There’s been a nice ripple of ‘70s pop prominence running through the past few years, with the excellent new LP from Michael Rault already spawning two excellently lavish singles, his partner in…
While there’s plenty to absorb on this Bandcamp Friday, don’t let the gems pass you by in all the fuss and fluster. This new album from Jon Camp is one such gem.…
Brand new psychedelic shiver out of Minneapolis this week under the name The Living Sky. The duo is comprised of Jason Millard and Matthew Himes, both of whom have circled around the…
Taper’s Choice seem to be getting press in two distinct circles, pulling in higher profile praise from Relix and Rolling Stone while courting the JamBase crowd and haunting Archive with a few…
Its a good day for second singles, and this new one from Australian songwriter Andrew Tuttle is just the kind of rippling ease that I need on a hectic Wednesday. Peering through…
Can’t stress how much this one should be on your most anticipated list. Austin’s Chronophage have been working out excellent indie bound, post-punk scratched albums for a few years now, but with…
Four years on and it’s been a damn near perfect run from Aussie outfit The Stroppies. Less ragged and loose than many of their peers, the band taps into the kind of…
Following a pretty convincing argument to already have her new album on your radar in first single, “The Spur,” Joan Shelley brings a new single this today. Featuring fellow RSTB favorite Bill…
Every piece of the new Mapache that sneaks out into the world has been a delight. The band’s latest is a massive 2xLP that embraces the band’s pastoral country-folk. The late-afternoon lilt…
I can’t think of a time that the works of Stephen McBean weren’t shaping the site. RSTB first popped up just after Black Mountain’s eponymous debut and the subsequent flip from 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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