
Raven Sings The Blues
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Raven Sings The Blues started in 2006 as a collaboration between three co-workers. RSTB is purely a labor of love that's spent almost a decade mining corners of indie, psych, garage and experimental music for those lost gems that seem to fall between the cracks.
Raven Sings The Blues
3d ago
I mentioned this one a little while back, but it’s time for a deeper exploration of the debut from MA/VT alt ‘ indie explorers Creative Writing. The band lays things bare with the title, True 90s, and the cassette serves as a nod to the decade with a bit of a hangover from the late ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
3d ago
Digital Regress bring another scorcher to the speakers. Though, in the case of Nowhere Flower, though the music melts the mind, but the aura is more humid and mossy than arid and dry. On her second album under the name Nowhere Flower, Lila Jarzombek (The Spatulas) wanders through wooden folk and wormwood rock that feels ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
3d ago
This one snuck out a few days ago and deceivers a proper spotlight in the run up to the excellent new album from The Rishis. If the group’s off the radar, you need to right that fast. The band boasts some E6 connections with members of Circulatory System, The Olivia Tremor Control, and Elf Power ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
5d ago
Spunflower sprouted in the woods and wilds of Humboldt County’s fertile free music scene, assembled from members of DDT and White Manna. The band locked themselves away in a 120 year-old church dubbed The Old Steeple, dosed the minds and let the session take them on through three nights and four days. Seeking to tap ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
5d ago
More music out of The Tubs this week and I couldn’t be happier to have a song on the speakers. “Chain Reaction” finds the band at their most boisterous, pounding through breathless frets and piano keys with a wild-eyed energy that draws the listener into their ode to self-destruction and deception. The pub crawl video ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
6d ago
I’ll be far from the first to sing the praises of Horsegirl this year. The band built expectations on their 2022 debut, labeled quite vociferously as “youth’s return to the guitar,” which isn’t a fair albatross to hang on any band. The trio had barely broken into the world, playing songs in their parents’ basements ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
6d ago
It’s nice to start the day off with news of a new album on the way from William Tyler. Following collaborations with Kieran Hebden and Marisa Anderson, film scores, and a more rock-oriented record with his band The Impossible Truth, Tyler returns to the solo setting this week. Not content to simply sit idle among ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
1w ago
Broadcast as a part of the celebration of the On The Wire radio program’s 40th anniversary, Bhoy On The Wire is a testament to the experimentation and sonic malleability that has become the core of Bhajan Bhoy over the years. Slung between dub, synthpop, psych, and noise, the set hurtles the listener deep into the ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
1w ago
“Very Berk Squad’ dips into the new record from James Elkington. The guitarist, songwriter, and producer has popped up here quite a bit lately, but his is the first solo release since 2023’s meditative Me Neither. With a loping rhythm as its backbone, the song pairs percussive palms on the instrument with deeply dreamlike playing ..read more
Raven Sings The Blues
1w ago
Another bout of elastic indie out of Brooklyn’s Consumables lands today. I enjoyed the band’s first single and the second, co-written and produced by Bodega’s Ben Hozie lands pretty prescient for these times. A song rooted in the unraveling sense of control, doused in alienation and an edge of hopelessness feels like just the mirror ..read more