Some excellent news down the pike from Drag City today as the label announces that long out of print early albums from Ghost are coming back to shelves in early 2024. In…
A second new single from RSTB faves The Hanging Stars brings with it official word of a new album on the way next year. “Let Me Dream of You” finds the band…
No stranger to the concept album, James Wallace returns this year with another winding journey, complete with UFOlogy, cosmic healing practices, and a psychic connection with a mythical doctor who helped inspire…
It’s been a great year for Cosmic Americana, but there’s always room for more. A late-year entry to the canon comes from James Matthew VII collaborator Emmett Morris. The Canadian country sounds…
This record has been haunting the speakers around her for a few months and finally hit the shelves last week. The duo of RSTB fave Ajay Saggar (Bhajan Bhoy) and Holly Habstritt…
A heavy dose of psychedelic scorch is handed down today from Japanese outfit Hibushibire. The Osaka band headed back to the studio along with Makoto Kawabata for their third album Magical Metamorphosis…
Culling from the fertile Canadian psych scene, The Royal Family brings together members of Possum, ROY, Hieronymus Harry, The John Denver Airport Conspiracy, and Wine Lips for an album that combines baroque…
A new single descends from the clouds today from Gerycz Powers Rolin, off their upcoming album Activator. With Jayson Gerycz as their rhythmic foil, Jen Powers and Matthew Rolin extend the impulses…
This comp was announced a bit earlier in the week, but I wanted to wait until the whole thing was available to stream, as its quite a collection to behold. Organized by…
No matter the moniker, Mike Donovan has held one consistent truth in sway over the years — he knows how to construct a pop song, and then to completely take the wheels…
The last few years have seen plenty of heights from Danish label El Paraiso, and one of the quickest rising has been new trio Edena Gardens. Where the label’s players have often…
The week keeps getting better with more music filtering down the mountain from the upcoming Umbrellas LP. The band’s debut was in constant rotation around here, and with the first single off…
The past few years have seen a wealth of ‘60s and ‘70s Japanese folk and rock albums make their way back to the shelves — from Chu Kosaka’s indispensable debut, the official…
A fascinating new record just out last week from composer Benjamin Tassie. A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time was composed using water powered instruments that Tassie designed and built…
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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