Little Rock, Arkansas

Indie rock built on layered guitars, strong melodies, and songs meant to feel lived‑in.

Music

Raney tracking above the garage
Tracking · Little Rock · 2026

Nobody in this band plays in the same room. Every part of Healing was recorded on its own and assembled afterwards. This console takes the song apart. Why six separate parts exist →

Healing · six separate parts

Press play. The first time, the band builds itself one part at a time. Then the photographs are the mixer: tap one to turn that player off · tap twice to hear them alone · press and hold to audition a part without losing your mix.

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Live in Arkansas, 2026
Raney at the White Water Tavern, first show
White Water Tavern · June 2026 · first show
Raney playing Full Moon Fest in Conway, Arkansas
Full Moon Fest · Conway · July 2026
Raney on stage at The White Water Tavern
White Water Tavern · August 2026
Raney playing to a full room at The White Water Tavern
White Water Tavern · August 2026 · a full room

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About

Raney, six members, Little Rock Arkansas
Raney rehearsing in an empty room in 2023
2023. The first picture, before there was a band.

Raney is a six-piece indie rock band from Little Rock, Arkansas.

It started in March of 2023, in a room above a garage that was only ever meant to hold demos. Six friends who had played in other bands in their twenties sat down and asked each other what they actually wanted this to be. Nobody set a deadline. Everybody had a career and a family. As one of them put it later, it was easier to get studio time than practice time.

The songs still start in that room. Ideas get built there late at night, sent out to the group, and come back with melodies and words on them. There are more of them in the archive than the band has played.

Healing came first, in February of 2026, written after the loss of someone close. It picked up rotation on 104.9 The X and across the WNRN network, and a review in Obscure Sound that heard The War On Drugs in it. Go With You followed in May. The band is back in the studio now.

The first show sold out the White Water Tavern in June of 2026. Five originals, three of them never played in public before. Full Moon Fest in Conway followed in July, and White Water again in August with Local Brand and PETT. Most of the band has kids and day jobs. The songs get learned on weeknights, after bedtime.

Every wedding picture has a story. Ours are our parents, leaving in decorated cars at the beginning of the trip. We would like to believe the music adds something to where they went. The cars keep turning up. The songs come out sounding like the road, and nobody planned that either.

  • Cliff Hutchison Vocals
  • Dustin Raney Guitar
  • Chris Williams Guitar
  • Carson Seelinger Bass
  • Caleb Harris Drums
  • Jay Calhoun Keys

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