Another gem out of the gazed and glazed enclave at Cherub Dream Records (Figure Eight, Welcome Straberry, Pocket Full of Crumbs). The label turns to Modesto, CA’s hazy Sloome for a new…
Another favorite returns for a well-needed run in 2026. Kevin Dehan’s Cactus Lee has traversed the indie country landscape, from raucous bar-burndown sets on the stage to homespun albums that wrap their…
This one’s a lovely surprise this morning, a new collaboration between Tanya Donnelly (Belly, Throwing Muses) and Chris Brokaw (Come, Codeine). The pair explore the hushed aura of medieval music, given a…
Sneaking out last week, a new single from RSTB favorites The Thorn embraces the damp dredge of winter. The band, essentially a shuffled lineup of Large Plants, the post Wolf People band…
The a-side from this has cropped up a couple of times on the site already, making its way into the recent power pop mixtape and this month’s radio show, but today marks…
A timely release from The Olympians hits this week. The band’s new album finds them exploring a bouquet of swoonworthy orchestral soul. Toby Pazner, along with the assembled Olympians, turns Greco-Roman myth…
The February edition of Crawl Out From The Fallout includes new singles from GUV, Natural Magic, Wet Tuna, King Tuff, Uni Boys, Haylie Davis, Spencer Cullum, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Hannah…
A good year for the return of longtime faves, 2026 now sees the first new album from Gun Outfit. The West Coast band decamped to an 80-acre ranch in Pine Flat, CA,…
Coming from the Aussie Americana connection that wraps up Hot Apple Band, Winter McQuinn, and The Bures Band, Chet Tucker’s Uplifting Bell Ends tributary Chet Sounds returns with a new album for…
The brew’s been bubblin’ over the past few months, but it finally spills today… a new LP from RSTB faves Wet Tuna is upon us! Set to simmer since 2022’s Warping All…
Another excellently cloistered single from Spencer Cullum wraps around the listener like a warm blanket. The new single features fellow Nashville alum Erin Rae on vocals, sparring softly spun phrases over the…
Plenty to get to already this morning, but it’s nice to start things off with a jangled gem from K Recs. New signing, Touch Girl Apple Blossom release their first single off…
SML guitarist Gregory Uhlmann keeps the pace up this year, following a release with the band and his trio with Josh Johnson and Sam Wilkes last year. In the solo sphere, Gregory…
A noise-pop banquet from Cardiff-based quintet Midding finds the band embracing both ends of that spectrum. Where the term often just ropes in indie pop upstarts who want to sprinkle a little…
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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