Smudged with youthful infatuations with ‘60s strummers and lo-fi ‘90s Paisley Pop pickers, Kai Slater (Lifeguard, Dwaal Troupe) has a handle on the heartsick swoons that scratched off Nuggets singles and WEA…
The second album from Adelaide’s Joe Ziffer slips further into the suds of psych-pop. Like his 2023 debut, the record revels in a murkiness, but this there’s a connective tissue that runs…
UK janglers Tulpa return with a new single, following the ‘90s burn of their opening volley “Let’s Make A Tulpa.” The new cut, “Transfixed Gaze,” turns down the ‘90s nods just a…
Making good on the glam-grit promises of their last album, New Zealand’s Earth Tongue returns with a new single today, produced by Ty Segall. The band slings fuzz with the best of…
Continuing his journey towards pop transcendence, Jeff Tobias (Sunwatchers, Modern Nature) offers a beacon of hope on his latest solo album. Jumping in where he left off on Recurring Dream, Tobias moves…
The last time Agnes Martian were around these parts they had Laraaji, Music for Connection, and Hair and Space Museum in tow. After that detour into deep tissue collaboration, the duo returns…
A second single swims out from the sophomore LP from SML. The West Coast ensemble, culled from ETA standouts Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Josh Johnson, Booker Stardrum, and Gregory Uhlmann, stunned with…
Some of the best moments on Glyders last record found them turning down the fuzz and rumble for a richness that embraced country’s sweet caress. They return to the fold with “Moon…
A truly underrated record from the ranks of the 2010s, Possible Humans debut for Hobbies Galore / Trouble In Mind was a tangled indie treasure that tipped to the 80s/‘90s guitar axis…
A round up of the one’s I’ve missed this week, including a surprise new album from faves Possible Humans (more on that soon), new singles from Golden Brown, Muriel Grossman, Goat, Lorelle…
A record so sweet one label couldn’t contain it. The new album from longtime favorites Massage is out on a trifecta of trusted sources (Mt. St. Mtn, Bobo Integral, Prefect Records) and…
Just yesterday I was mentioning the power pop prowess of Billy Tibbals, and lo and behold here he is today with another candy-coated single. A double shot of slickened swagger, the new…
There’s definitely a dividing line between bands that find themselves lumped into the power pop tag by lazy journos, and those that embrace it with the kind of reverence and studied dedication…
A new single from Vanity Mirror finds them coasting from the ‘60s towards the early ‘70s, lobbing a lounged ballad that brings to mind Wings and Badfinger. “The Apple Tree” would fit…
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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