How’re we gonna hold up in a year with three Elkhorn releases? The band expands the bounty that’s already been spilled, following on their collaborative album with Mike Gangloff, and springboarding off…
Wisconsin’s Whippets prep their debut LP and gear up for a Summer tour, but before they leave there’s one more single slicing out of the new album. “Uncrowned” pushes its paces, tumbling…
Rounding out a trilogy of singles, Aussies Clove are back today with “Came Around.” Recapturing some of the sunlit bliss from “Intro” and lacing in a sublime bit of flute as the…
Percussive luminary and RSTB mainstay Chris Corsano is another name that’s often synonymous with collaboration. He’s been on the dock with Thurston Moore, Ben Chasny, Mick Flower, Paul Flaherty, Evan Parker, Bill…
I’d be remiss not to mention this sweet cover that’s slipped out from Erin Rae. On her version of FJ McMahon’s “Early Blue,” Rae opens up the original’s private press pallor, but…
The years have seen many incarnations of Psychic Temple. The band, a kind of catch-all for the works of Chris Schlarb, has evolved from ephemeral post-rock ruminations to psychedelic jazz ensembles that…
A double dose of good news this week from RSTB faves Magik Markers. As the band emberrks on a run of West Coast dates this summer, they’ve also unearthed a lost remnant…
Got a new nugget from Southern troubadour Rowan Newby. On “Hurry Up and Wait” he shakes the ‘70s singer-songwriter tree, but never plays things straight. Like Glen Campbell stripped of rhinestones, or…
Oneida are back and ready to rumble through the Summer, including a stop at the Deep In the Valley weekend opener on August 9th. The band has long been a favorite around…
While it’s likely that Parish’s name may be familiar, especially if soli guitar plays any part of your musical repertoire, its also likely that it’s in concert with other names. The last…
Lau Ro has been a fixture of the site for years, though often behind the veil of Wax Machines, or in the producer’s chair for projects from Anona. They offer up a…
San Francisco indie pop’s been such a constant around the site it could hold its own drop down menu, but one of the city’s most exciting new offerings strays from the jangles…
The cool Pacific air wafting off of the Curation crew never ceases, and while their latest signing moves a bit further up the coast from the label’s usual California castaways, Steel Fringe…
Seems like MacKay’s always finding his way onto the site in the past few years, and thankfully 2024 is no different. A consummate collaborator, past releases have seen him opposite Nathan Bowles,…
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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