This episode intermingles daring contemporary jazz with cosmic ambient dreamscapes and a bit of folk rock to give you a little taste of autumn. Check it out below: If you like what you’re reading, please help keep RCU thriving. You can show your support by becoming a patron at our Patreon account or you can make aContinue reading “The Record Crates United Mixtape – Episode 75”
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Elkhorn – Distances
On Distances, Elkhorn proves just how far they’ve evolved by soaring to daring new heights on robust and agile wings. Across the record’s four epic tracks, guitarists Drew Gardner (electric) and Jesse Sheppard (acoustic) take their twisting double-helix interplay down gnarled and heavily forested footpaths, snaking along the seismic rhythms of duo drummers, Ian McColmContinue reading “Elkhorn – Distances”
Elkhorn’s Roots of Distances Mix
On September 16th, Elkhorn will be setting loose their next LP, Distances, on Feeding Tube Records. It’s a primal force of nature that tangles thunderous riffs with whirlwind melodies and torrential solos. Jesse Sheppard and Drew Gardner teamed up with two different drummers, Nate Scheible and Ian McColm, for this joint, and the added percussionContinue reading “Elkhorn’s Roots of Distances Mix”
Boogie in Red Hook – A Day at the Deep In The Valley Festival
“Are you leaving for the country?You say the city brings you downLeave the iron cloud behindAnd feel the circus moving on” Karen Dalton’s memorable words echoed through my mind as we crested the golden hill that overlooked the From The Ground Brewery. In this pastoral spread that lay before us was where Andy French, ofContinue reading “Boogie in Red Hook – A Day at the Deep In The Valley Festival”
RCU Presents: Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders, Rootless and Seawind of Battery
Record Crates United proudly presents Philadelphia’s Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders, a heavy supergroup of Grateful Dead-inspired psychedelic rockers, the cosmic folk stylings of Rootless, and a special appearance by one of New Jersey’s finest ambient guitar prodigies, Seawind of Battery. If you’re a fan of the Dead, Six Organs of Admittance, Grouper, Julianna Barwick, Krautrock,Continue reading “RCU Presents: Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders, Rootless and Seawind of Battery”
Elkhorn – Sounds from the Bardo Vol. IV
For the Psychedelic Sangha spiritual collective’s fourth entry in their Sounds from the Bardo series, the organization teamed up with Elkhorn to release an extended acoustic improvisation for deep meditation. The release includes both a single hour-long cut of the piece with a guided meditation spoken by Kathy Cherry, and an instrumental version segmented intoContinue reading “Elkhorn – Sounds from the Bardo Vol. IV”
Blues Ambush – self-titled
When thunder ripples through the sky, the sea begins to froth and boil and all of the local kids stop dead in their tracks and boogie in a trance-like state, you know somebody near by is playing the new Blues Ambush album. For those that are unfamiliar, Blues Ambush is a monstrous power-trio from Philadelphia,Continue reading “Blues Ambush – self-titled”
Ringwear Rock: An Interview with Jeffrey Alexander of The Heavy Lidders
If you’ve been a fan of modern underground psychedelic music within the last 20 or so years, chances are you’ve come across at least one band or project Jeffrey Alexander had a hand in. Whether it be the kosmische jams of Dire Wolves Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band, or the elemental freak folk of BlackContinue reading “Ringwear Rock: An Interview with Jeffrey Alexander of The Heavy Lidders”
Drew Gardner – s/t
Drew Gardner is releasing his first solo album today on Eiderdown Records, and it is every bit as strong and essential as anything he had ever released in his duo, Elkhorn. Recorded at Black Dirt Studios by the enormously talented Jason Meagher, this album of tight improvisations features Gardner on electric guitar, Garcia Peoples’ AndyContinue reading “Drew Gardner – s/t”
Elkhorn – The Acoustic Sessions Interview
Last winter, Elkhorn, which is comprised of childhood friends, Jesse Sheppard and Drew Gardner, were supposed to turn up for a gig with fellow guitarist, Turner Williams Jr. (Ramble Tamble, Guardian Alien). The night of, a blizzard struck and the concert was cancelled. So the group retreated to Gardner’s home studio, grabbed some acoustics andContinue reading “Elkhorn – The Acoustic Sessions Interview”
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