A second LP from Boston’s Lupo Città crashes the gates with an acerbic growl. The band’s first was corroded with a post-grunge grit and they retain the rusted presence on their sophomore…
A growing favorite of the site, Nashville (via California) country crooner Mac Cornish has been steadily entrenching herself in the Tennessee heat following a long stint in Portland. She followed up her…
Not tiptoeing into their first year lightly, new reissue label Dust and Memory has already packed the months between December and February with vital reissues. The label launched with reissues of The…
Another Friday find that’s bound to start the week off right; this one is a b-side from Cochemea, recorded along with the Ancestros Futuros sessions, but left off the final version of…
Been sitting on this one since Friday, having been away for the day, but there’s probably no better way to crack into the week than this new single from Beefheart & McQuinn.…
Must be slipping these days because I missed the second single from the new Daniel Romano. No worries, though, because punctual or procrastinated, the band’s new album is gonna grab you when…
Forever fave, and two-time entry on the recent power pop comp I put together, Josephine Network is back with a new single and news of a new album. Josephine’s long been the…
It’s always lovely to see something out of the consistently fertile Island House stable, and the label follows quickly on an excellent EP from Philly improvisers The Early with the band’s latest…
Three Lobed doubles down on their excellent start to the year, following up a new record from perennial faves Wet Tuna with the debut from North Carolina’s Object Hours. The band has…
Swinging the opposite direction from the first post of the day, the new single from Dog Chocolate is anything but smooth. The UK band have had a quiet period over the past…
Another smooth as silk single out of Aussie outfit Chet Sounds. Chet Tucker’s been kicking around these parts for years as part of The Uplifting Bellends, but his solo stint swung into…
It’s an absolute wealth of folk today and I’m excited to seen new work from one of the past few years’ rising faves. Magic Tuber Stringband dig through the twisted roots of…
Just on the tail of his excellent solo album, and still in the shadow of last year’s essential issue of Grass’ lost LP, Greg Weeks returns to the news around here with…
Big news for local fave Mikaela Davis today as she announces her new album for Kill Rock Stars. The Catskill songwriter’s spent the last few years vaulting to fame far afield, cutting…
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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