There’s a kind of respectable indulgence behind the idea of Sylvie that I have to love. The band, conceived by Benjamin Schwab (Golden Daze, Drugdealer) alongside friends and fellow songwriters Marina Allen…
There’s just something so immediate about Chime School’s “It’s True.” Honestly the whole record is the kind of album that makes you sit bolt upright in a chair and rededicate yourself to…
A third single heralds the turbulent new record on the way from Circuit des Yeux and it might be the most affecting of the bunch. The song and video deal with the…
Got another nugget off of the upcoming Power Supply record today and the band cranks their VU rumble filter all the way up on this one. The band, which is largely comprised…
I teased this one a little while back, but the full record slides into the social consciousness this Friday. Ignatz & De Stervende Honden offer up their third LP, and with it…
Another serene peek into the upcoming Gold Dust LP is out today, coming quickly on the heels of the first offering, “Oh Well.” Stretching a bit more into the glint of sunlight…
Another essential out of the Feeding Tube camp, this reissue puts The Ididarod’s fourth album, the Ghost, the Elf, the Cat and the Angel, in its rightful place on vinyl for the…
I’m excited to see that Aussie songwriter Grace Cummings is back with a new record today. Her last, Refuge Cove, was a tumultuous bout of folk anchored by Cummings’ tempest of a…
One of the more intriguing comparisons offered up for the solo debut of Aaron M. Olson is that of Jack Nitzsche. The crew at Moone is quick to bring up the ‘60s…
Unfurling more psych-folk plumes for 2021, Rocket pairs their excellent Holy Family release from earlier in the year with an expanded issue of Smote’s Drommon. The Newcastle band had put out a…
I missed out on this one when it came around in May, but the endearing pop of Fred Thomas ensnares me every time. Offering up a record under his sparsely used moniker…
Been a little while since I had Yeasayer in mind, but I always had a soft spot for the psych-pop of the band and as the band has begun cultivating solo works…
More goodness out of Curation Records today as the label welcomes fellow California psych-pop purveyors Triptides. The band is just off an excellent album for Alive Naturalsound and as they ease into…
Just picking up the news of this sweet reissue on the way from Concentric Circles. Moonlove may not be the most prominent name on the lists of indie-pop heads hungry for reissues,…
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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