Raven Sings The Blues

Just catching up on this one, but it’s well worth a note.

A follow-up to a mix I did a little while back called (There Must Be) Some Alternative.

A couple of exciting new ones over at RSTB faves El Paraiso Records this week, but this one’s a pretty notable addition to the catalog.

Once relegated to the lost wilds of indie pop’s past, the last few years have given the catalog of Aussie indie pop group The Cat’s Miaow a new life.

Sitting easy at current country crossroads, Jeffrey Silverstein slips through the best shades of ambient country’s rising wave and the rippled revue of Cosmic Americana.

I’ve waxed on a bit about this upcoming Howlin Rain album, a collector’s trove of covers that finds the band exploring some of their favorites.

Following a clutch collection of digital singles and EP releases last year, Softjaw unleashes their debut proper and its more than makes good on the promises cast in their early works.

A live video ushers in a new single from BRIAR, the new folk collective from members of Daniel Romano’s Outfit.

After an early ‘26 album that landed them in the hearts of fans of brittle augts indie, Sunday Mourners return with a new EP that keeps them fresh in mind before the year fades out.

The latest edition of Crawl Out From The Fallout features a windfall of new music.

The Yummy Fur have come in waves over the years.

This record made its way into the ranks of my series Necessary Repress that focused on LPs that had dropped out of print but needed to find their way back to the presses.

A second single from Wayne Faler takes dreampop West, blending jangles with a blurred lens and a lick of pedal steel.

For the past few years, Dummy has been hammering a divide between reimagining the past and etching the future.

Though beloved Scottish indie poppers The Spook School officially called it quits back in 2018, sometimes there’s just no keeping a good band down.

All right, fair enough this is last week’s news, but it’s been busy around here and this one deserves the spotlight no matter what day it hits you.

It’s a pretty packed year for power pop with the bulk of the best leaning heavy on the soft touch and tender hearts of the first wave, before the bite of punk got its teeth into the genre.

While I know they have a warm spot in many aughts hearts, and despite a penchant for fuzz-crusted punk in the Blogspot days, I never hit deep on Lumpy and the Dumpers.

Dug up after 40 years adrift, the world finally gets a chance to tuck into a full and formal collection from Scottish band The Catburgers.

Got a fun new single today from Portland band Big Top.

The week always ends a bit better with a new single from Sylvie on the speakers.

I’ve had this one on the headphones for a little while, but it’s not the kind of record that can be absorbed easily.

A second single swings in from recent RSTB fave Tom Henry.

Rising RSTB favorites The Gnomes return with news of another EP and the band proves that the short format is a great medium for them.

A hell of a year already for Ethan Miller, who’s got a year-ender on his hands with the third album from The Odyssey Cult, and now opens up the second killer single from an upcoming Howlin’ Rain album.

Another ethereal release lands from Andy White under his Andy Boay banner.

Following a solid EP that caught hold of some cosmic country winds back in ’23, Canadian songwriter Emmett Morris has been stringing out some singles leading up to a new LP release, The Old Way.

Mountain Movers sprung this one with short notice just a couple of weeks ago, an instrumental follow-up to their massive undertaking, Walking After Dark.

Another sterling album keeps up the flawless run from Rich Ruth.

Some amazing Monday news, longtime RSTB favorites Whitney’s Playland are back with a new 12”!

An unexpected shift this week from site favorite Daniel Romano.

The latest single from Aussie indie outfit The Sprouts digs ever deeper into the band’s post-Velvets / Modern Lovers laconic jangle.

Among a newfound swell of shoegaze, long-running Northwest outfit Helen returns to ride their own particular currents in the torrent of haze.

Another beautifully smudged single from Aluminum.

Site favorite Ryley Walker returns with an abrasive turn that feels just right.

A few weeks back Hunter Watts released the first single off of a debut EP, the plaintive “I’m Lost Without You,” a misty country ballad of rudderless lament.

It’s been quite a stretch since Flowers Must Die have had a proper album out.

Though they’ve been together and kicking around EU indie spaces for years, this marks the debut from Amsterdam band The Klittens.

It’s been a damn good year for power pop, and the ball keeps rolling with a new record from Long Beach’s SOFTJAW.

Belbury Poly has often explored the realm of imaginary soundtracks.

It’s already been a pretty banner year for hypnotic, mathematical jazz.

It’s great to hear more from this highly anticipated debut from Yr Knives.

The good folks over at Chapter Music, the Australian enclave who’ve brought to light Dick Diver, Cool Sounds, Fabulous Diamonds, School Damage and more, have now dipped into the reissue circuit.

Another West Coast jangle gem, this time from L.A. rather than the breezing in off of the Bay.

The Goods have spent quite a bit of time on the speakers over here in 2026.

I’m always a sucker for whatever Curation is cooking up and this month they’ve got the sophomore album from Wayne Faler (Dream Boys).

The last couple years have proven prolific for UK outfit Space Jaguar.

Great news for Howlin’ Rain fans today.

The last few years have seen a few solid releases from Roman Norfleet, chiefly with The Cosmic Tones Research Trio and more recently with MerKaBa Brotherhood.

Woolen Kits is certainly a name I didn’t expect to hear on the dock for 2026.