The Soundcarriers have always been a band for the deep divers of the ‘60s, the kind of heads who slip down the rabbit hole far past the Nuggets and the shadows of…
A steady stream of singles has been trickling out of NZ’s Jim Nothing over the past few months and they finally all have a home as the band announces a new record…
The always excellent Weak Signal follows up on their searing first single from Fine with an even heavier hit to the ‘90s pipeline. Soaked in grease and levying a sweaty leer at…
This month’s radio was packed full of new singles, a good omen for the coming fall release season. Among a sea of returning favorites, there were also new singles from YAI, BASIC,…
Kings of the midnight ramble, Western purveyors of twilight slink, Prairiewolf are back with a follow-up to their incredible debut. The last record established the trio as keystone players in the new…
The LA jazz offerings just keep getting better this year. After an already incredible release with SML, bassist Anna Butterss queues up their solo debut for International Anthem. The album features SML…
RSTB faves Upupayāma let out another single from the upcoming Mount Elephant. Swirled in scented smoke, “Fil Daği” curls out of the speakers in psychedelic plumes. The drums gallop under the chime…
I have not covered a King Gizz album in quite some time. Looks like it’s been since 2019 since I took a crack at ‘em, and in the interim the band has…
Slumberland will never steer you wrong, and the label shines a light on the debut record from Humdrum today. The band, formed by Loren Vanderbilt ni the wake of the dissolution of…
Soundcarriers have long been a favorite around here — swirling psych-pop artisans with a beating Radiophonic heart. Somewhere between Joe Byrd and Broadcast, the band finds a sound that’s instantly engaging —…
Mo Dotti band has been corralling the haze over the last couple of years on a series of EPs and singles, and the band teases their debut LP with a new single,…
Still catching up a bit from a crazy week last week, but this one caught my ear on Friday. Carson McHone has been around these parts plenty before, usually as a vital…
Some albums are a place you arrive rather than a destination, and so it was with The Red Valley. Drew and I didn’t so much as set out to make this record,…
Just what the summer swamp called for, a refreshing country cooler from Teddy and the Rough Riders! The band announces a new album, Down Home, this week and they lead off with…
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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