Record Crates United
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Middle Blue has returned with a jazz-funk record that is guaranteed to bring your Friday fun, vivacious vibes. Check out these slick grooves recordcratesunited.com/2026/08/21/m...
Middle Blue Weird Funk – Let’s Name a Star on Friday Night
It’s been a minute since we last heard from jazz guitarist Brad Farberman and his experimental jazz-funk band, Middle Blue, but as you’ll hear on this new Island House Recordings releas…
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BJ Cole & Secondson’s There Is Wonder Here is a mesmerizing blend of the dreamy, otherworldly sounds of the Cristal Baschet and pedal steel guitar that is unlike anything else you’ll hear this year. recordcratesunited.com/2026/08/20/b...
BJ Cole & Secondson – There is Wonder Here
If you’re a regular reader here, you’d know by now what I search for the most in new music is something that I’ve never heard before. BJ Cole and Secondson’s new pedal steel…
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Chicago’s Free Times tears up the cosmic choogle jams on their fierce new album, Of All Times. Check it out recordcratesunited.com/2026/08/18/f... #psychedelicrock #indiemusic #musicreview #musicblog #albumreview #indierock #indiebands
Free Times – Of All Times
Roaring straight out of Chicago, Free Times’ latest is a straight up party of a record. Available now on CD, tape and digital, Of All Times features the midwestern psych unit ripping up refri…
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Prairiewolf has matured into a keen and masterful beast. On Zone Poems, the trio blends ambient Americana, kosmische drift and minimalist spiritual jazz into something shadowy, hypnotic and entirely their own. This may be their strongest record yet. recordcratesunited.com/2026/08/14/p...
Prairiewolf – Zone Poems
Prairiewolf has been blending together the adjacent worlds of ambient country, kosmische musik and minimalist spiritual jazz for a handful of years now, yet on this, their third full-length LP, the…
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With the assistance of Tom Malach and Andy Cush of Garcia Peoples and drummer Ryan Jewell, Drew Gardner crafted a truly mind-bending Hendrixian cosmic rock LP that adds a new dimension to modern psychedelia. recordcratesunited.com/2026/08/13/d...
Drew Gardner – Rabbit Ears
The continuing solo adventures of Elkhorn’s Drew Gardner find the NY-based artist following the groove and exploring within it thoroughly with an expert crew of free improv players skilled in…
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Tune in to ElectroMagnetic Radio tonight to catch some eclectic sounds from the contemporary and classic underground on a brand new live episode of The Record Crates United Mixtape. Head to EM-Radio.com or find us on the Radio Cult app. 🔊: Rainflower, by Navā (Alec Ilyine & Poly Varghese)
Check out the latest episodes of my show that have made it to the archives: recordcratesunited.com/2026/08/02/t...
One of Denver’s top wizards of modern kosmische musik, Osmium House, invites you into a world of droning lo-fi ambient textures, hazy synthesizer soundscapes and 70s library record-like esoterica that all major heads could enjoy. Check it out: recordcratesunited.com/2026/07/29/o...
Osmium House – Dawn Club
This is an ultimate record for the record collecting heads. Denver’s Osmium House project always mixes together elements of the most far reaching and eclectic corners of the psychedelic music…
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Thank you to everyone who donated and bought tickets to our benefit show! A big thank you to all of our friends and family who came together in the rain to help make this benefit show happen. Check out our show recap: recordcratesunited.com/2026/06/29/r...
Tune in tonight for a new episode of vernal jams and sunny ambiance on The Record Crates United Mixtape on www.EM-Radio.com and on the Radio Cult app
This is next weekend, and I really hope you come down to help this good cause and to catch some incredible sets of good music in the comfort of our shady backyard.
Record Crates United@recordcratesunited.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe’re excited to announce our next garden party is set for 6/27, @ our backyard w/Julie Beth Napolin, the Jon Camp Band & Heathmonger. This year’s event will be a benefit for Cranford Family Care. Let’s come together in community for great music & a great cause recordcratesunited.com/2026/05/23/r...
With the help of saxophonist Tacuma Bradley and the great Christina Carter on vocals, acid jammers, Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders, reach new shroomy, scorching heights with their latest LP, Liquid Donnon. recordcratesunited.com/2026/06/19/j...
Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders – Liquid Donnon
Any new offering by acid rock jammers, Jeffrey Alexander and The Heavy Lidders, is a reason to celebrate, but Liquid Donnon is straight up a godsend (but sent by an olde god of ancient pagan myths)…
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Tune in for a heavy psych-centric episode of my show tonight on www.em-radio.com 7-9 EST
Dig into this week’s episode of The Record Crates United Mixtape in the archives: recordcratesunited.com/2026/06/07/t...
I’m still in the afterglow of Saturday’s thunderous night of noise, ambient music and avant-garde jazz at Prototype 237. Check out my recap post about the show, complete with extended videos of some of the performances. recordcratesunited.com/2026/06/02/a...
An Intimate Night of Noise
Folks, we had a blast at Prototype 237 on Saturday night. I’m pretty sure local seismographs picked up all of the heavy vibrations emanating from downtown Paterson as we rode the waves of dro…
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RIP Doug Shaw
Zachary Cale@zacharycale.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy thoughts are with Doug Shaw tonight. For those that know you know but I wish more ppl knew his amazing music. I always pressed him to get in the studio more as he had hundreds of tunes. Here’s a live tape of a pretty definitive Sleepy Doug gig. 💫 highlifehighlife.bandcamp.com/album/sleepy...
Come to our night of thunderous guitar, mutated jazz and other heady sounds @ Prototype 237 tomorrow with Emily Robb, The Early, Bent Light (Michael Slyne), amanmademadman and Big Acid. Doors are at 7, tickets are $20 or pay what you can and can be found at prototype237.com/events.
Josephine Foster’s Adormidera feels suspended somewhere between dream, folklore, and devotional song. I took a deep dive into one of the year’s most elegantly stunning records. recordcratesunited.com/2026/05/29/j...
Josephine Foster – Adormidera
The spectrally out-of-time singing of Josephine Foster has never sound more at home than when they’re accompanied by the gently nimble Spanish guitar playing of her frequent collaborator, com…
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check out episode 207 of my show in the archives: recordcratesunited.com/2026/05/24/t... 🔊: “A Man Needs a Maid,” by Orcutt Shelley Miller
We’re excited to announce our next garden party is set for 6/27, @ our backyard w/Julie Beth Napolin, the Jon Camp Band & Heathmonger. This year’s event will be a benefit for Cranford Family Care. Let’s come together in community for great music & a great cause recordcratesunited.com/2026/05/23/r...
Tonight on my show, I will be playing some of my favorite cuts from Astralwerk Records, a label that was extremely formative in my early days, and continues to inspire and release stellar records today. Tune in at em-radio.com or find Electromagnetic Radio on the Radio Cult app from 7/9 est.
Tune in tonight to catch me live spinning some heady, esoteric sounds from the eclectic underground and beyond. Head to EM-Radio.com or find ElectroMagnetic Radio on the Radio Cult app from 7-9 est.
Dig into episode 206 of The Record Crates United Mixtape in the archives: recordcratesunited.com/2026/05/09/t...
New Jersey’s Camino Sound have returned with one of their strongest jam records to date. Check out my post to read about this excellent slab of instrumental space rock, and be sure to add it to your Bandcamp Friday shopping cart today! recordcratesunited.com/2026/05/01/c...
Camino Sound – Remembers Everything
New Jersey’s Camino Sound have long been favorites in the RCU household, but Remembers Everything is one of their biggest crowning achievements as a band yet. The trio, made up of Van Kapeghi…
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The Early & Emily Rob w/ Michael Slyne, amanmademadman & Big Acid After Party
*No one turned away for lack of funds. Please email Prototype 237 if ticket cost is prohibitive. Emily Robb is a visionary composer, performer and studio musician based in Philadelphia. She’s been wo...
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Herb Lore’s Mysticism is a meditative and stoic album that combines solo pastoral ambient guitar with ritualistic psychedelic rock. recordcratesunited.com/2026/04/30/h...
Herb Lore – Mysticism
Inspired by the ideas of meditation and selflessness found in religious texts, like Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, and the quieter side of Brooklyn’s environment, Herb Lore’s Mysticism …
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Tune in tonight on www.EM-Radio.com to catch me live on the digital airwaves spinning some deep, brand new jams from the eclectic underground, like the pastoral cut by Herb Lore that you’re hearing right now. Come hang!
