Just starting to dive deep into this pair of releases from Feeding Tube and Cardinal Fuzz this year. Dutch artist Ajay Saggar, has let loose a few records under the Bhajan Bhoy…
Sort of a companion piece to the ‘70s pop album that I put together last month, Door Into Summer is glazed with a psych-pop shimmer. I’ve done a modern psych-pop mix in…
Shana Cleveland’s last solo outing, Night of the Worm Moon, established her post-surf nocturnal songbook as something far beyond what she’d been doing with La Luz. The album was a sourball surprise…
Any day’s a bit brighter with a new Rose City Band tune on the speakers. Ripley and co. let loose another choogler from the upcoming Garden Party and it’s all I can…
The music made by Josephine circles a smorgasbord of genres. 2020’s Music Is Easy had a playful glam pop to it, cut with a jangled bubblegum soul. In the interim Josephine has…
Indonesian band Crayola Eyes are hitting that psychedelic sweet spot that’s reserved for Spacemen 3, Loop, and early Black Angels. The band’s debut is out now and stirring up a hazed hurricane…
There’s a delightful lightness to Scree’s album Jasmine On A Night In July. The album carries a self-applied genre of Spiritual Lounge, and that might be the crux of what makes the…
Another great single slides out from the upcoming North Americans album this week. “The Last Rockabilly,” contrary to the connotations of its title, is a meditative circle around the drain of existence.…
I’m a bit excited to see that the loose collection of singles that have been coming out of the Sunfruits camp have coalesced into an album. The band releases the third single…
It still stymies me the quality reissues that remain to be dug up vs. some of the completely rote roster rock that finds its way back to the shelves each RSD cycle.…
Two RSTB favorites pairing up is pretty much always a good thing. Max Turnbull (Badge Époque Ensemble) and Michael Rault announce this week that they have formed the duo Symphony Orchestra. It’s…
Without a doubt one of my favorites from last year was Hollow Heart from The Hanging Stars. The record found the UK band folding more styles into their sound, long dominated by…
Friday was a bit packed in terms of announcements and new music, but it would be a shame to let this one slip through the cracks. The new album from Lauren Barth…
I mentioned earlier that Slumberland had a wealth of releases today and this new single from Chime School cozies up nicely next to the 7″ just released from labelmates The Laughing Chimes.…
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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