A late addition to the video roster from Monnone Alone gives good reason to dip back into their recent album, Here Comes The Afternoon. Midpoint melter, “St Mary’s Pass,” jangles easy, stuck…
A perfect companion piece to the recently released Silver Synthetic album from earlier in the year, this solo stint from the band’s Chris Lyons retains the Synthetics’ incomparable calm but scales back…
While the latter works of Popol Vuh can often overshadow their early entries, added to an intriguing run of soundtracks for Werner Herzog, the group’s beginnings offer just as much intrigue and…
One look around 2025 and the strummed strains of sunshine pop don’t immediately come to mind. Yet, as much as they call for confrontation, dark times call for the occasional escape too.…
Another smeared and stained sonic shiv out of Oakland’s Shoegaze scene this week as past faves Blue Zero return with a new EP ahead of an upcoming EU/UK tour. The title track…
There’s something both disarming and delightful about Tasmanian band 208L Containers’ new single, “Secret Servers.” Slicing low over post-punk, but not without a kind of discordant funk, the cut cribs from both…
This weekend brought a surprise tape from RSTB favorites Jantar. The Brooklyn psych outfit have bubbled under the radar, fusing a nocturnal concoction of psychedelics that leans into languid end of the…
Having long distinguished herself as more than just a vocal foil in Daniel Romano’s Outfit, songwriter Julianna Riolino stunned with her debut solo LP, All Blue, in 2022, a potent mix of…
Another Copenhagen favorite returns this week with the announcement of a new album from Papir. Following an excellent album from Nicklas Sørensen’s Edena Gardens earlier in the year, the guitarist reunites with…
I’m not always a sucker for a seasonally appropriate track, but this psych-pop swinger from Triptides feels like it it fits into the Halloween playlist and transcends it entirely. The song instantly…
An ambitious new solo album rises over the horizon from Matt Kivel (Princeton, Wine Country). The songwriter and Woodsist alum has been quietly crafting solo works for over a decade and his…
Coming just a year after their sublime debut, the sophomore record from The Cosmic Tones Research Trio furthers the band’s meditative vision. A blend of spiritual jazz, modern composition, and sound bath…
After bubbling under live for a few years, there’s finally some solid sonic evince of Vorhex Angel out in the wild this week. Ostensibly an extension of the universe of JEFF The…
I was elsewhere yesterday, but that’s no excuse to miss out on an essential new single from the always excellent Ben Cook. Tacking another stylistic shift to a name change, Cook shortens…
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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