Curation slips out a single today from Freeman Dejongh. He follows up last year’s LP with the twang and wanderlust of “Iowa.” Dejongh’s pedal steel seeps a bit of late afternoon sun…
From the first notes of Surrounded, Motorists had me hooked. The band’s debut was a taut n tight mixture of power pop and post-punk that felt like it might siphon the screws…
A sunrise mediation eases over the horizon today from West Of Roan. The new album from Annie Schermer and Channing Showalter, both members of enigmatic folk collective Doran, finds the pair digging…
Last week introduced the debut single from Aussie outfit Clove. As promised, the band is working towards three total by the end of the month, and this week they let loose “Hesitate.”…
Centripetal Force continues their stellar current run with a new collaborative release that brings together Agnes Martin, Laraaji, free-improv collective Music For Connection, and multimedia duo Hair and Space Museum. The album…
The folk docket for 2024 is getting thick and one more notable release slides up to the top today with the announcement of Nathan Bowles Trio. Formed with Bowles (Black Twig Pickers,…
Another longtime favorite with a new album on the way as news comes down from Rocket Recordings that Gnod are back in 2024. The band’s been leaning into the noise floor over…
Longtime RSTB favorites Causa Sui return with news of a new album today. The flagship band of the El Paraiso Records roundup has often set the tone for the rest of the…
Exploding into the room with a cacophonous blast, the first single from Asher White’s upcoming Home Constellation Study is a rapturous blend of noise, psych-pop, and indie. “Downstate Prairie” won’t sit still…
Aussie Heavies O.R.B. return with a new six-minute crusher that goes for the sternum, laying waste to their surroundings with a nice dose of amplifier fry and a pounding rhythm. Sludgy, yet…
New Haven’s favorite psych-summoners, Mountain Movers, have been a staple here at the site, and it’s great to see another lysergic vision rise over the horizon. The band has shifted focus over…
Color Green grace us with the title track to their upcoming “Fool’s Parade” this week. The new single finds the band deep in crystal caves of psych pop, letting some of the…
Meritorio pick up Paisley Shirt mainstay and labelhead Kevin Linn’s SF janglers Sad Eyed Beatniks for a new album on the way this Summer. The first single, “You Belong With Us,” is…
While rooted in the depths of the West Coat indie pop pool, the debut record from Magic Fig sounds like it catapulted out of the Canterbury collective mind in the late ‘60s.…
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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