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Loamer – Travelogue Aural Canyon is always dropping exquisite ambient tapes, but Loamer’s Travelogue may be one of the best releases of 2025 by the Austin-based label and also of the entire genre as a whole. How…

The new album by Loamer on @auralcanyon.bsky.social is a literal log of his experience traveling and making field recordings across Madeira. Often blurring the lines between folk, ambient and experimental rock, Travelogue is an immersive and soulful listen.
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Tune in and hang with the jams. www.em-radio.com

Hermitess – Death and the Fool Hermitess’ latest record, Death and The Fool, is a rich and complex volume of modern psych folk with a vast array of eclectic influences. This multifarious release is a collaged scrapbook of import…

Hermitess’ latest record is a sonic scrapbook of reinterpreted memories, dreams and past emotions, displayed through an array of different musical styles ranging from UK-inspired acid folk, harp-based ballads, experimental soundscapes and more. recordcratesunited.com/2025/10/06/h...

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Tune in to www.em-radio.com or find us on the Radio Cult app at 7 tonight for some good jams to take yourself far, far away.

Joy On Fire absolutely ripping it up at Prototype 237’s 5 Year anniversary show last night

Check out this year’s autumn mixtape recordcratesunited.com/2025/09/27/t...
🔊: “Champion Ivy” by @gweniferraymond

The Far Sound – “Let Warmth Turn Inward” The Far Sound has returned with a new record of dramatic and dreamy ambient country soundscapes and daring improvisation. The Far Sound is the solo project of Portland, Oregon-based multi-instrumen…

The Far Sound has returned with a new record of dramatic and dreamy ambient country soundscapes and daring improvisation. Check it out and more of its first single, “Let Warmth Turn Inward” here: recordcratesunited.com/2025/09/26/t... @centripetalforce.bsky.social

Tune in to www.em-radio.com or through the Radio Cult app from 7-9 to ring in the autumn season with my annual fall-themed episode. With a strong focus on British folk and other rustic sounds, it’ll get you into the right spirit, even if you’re still experiencing summer temperatures this week.

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RCU & Prototype 237 are proud to present A Psych Ambient Daydream, a festival of expressionistic instrumental and experimental sounds from the Tri-State area.

Join us for an immersive celebration of music, art and community. Head to RecordCratesUnited.com/psych-ambient-daydream-fest for more info.

Check out the latest episodes of my show in the archives: recordcratesunited.com/2025/09/19/t...

Tune in tonight to catch some good tunes and sweet vibes from the overlapping underground psych, ambient and folk worlds: www.em-radio.com.

Ingenue, by Time Wharp 2 track album

Synths and sax go together so well. Check out the opening track on this beautiful record for a great example of this winning combination: timewharp.bandcamp.com/album/ingenue

The Compleat Trancing Master, by DWLVS 17 track album

the original 3-hour long version of Compleat Trancing Master by the Dire Wolves Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band is now available as a subscriber-exclusive download. First released five years ago this week (!) and later re-issued on @centripetalforce.bsky.social as a shortened version on two tapes

20250911 Sloppy Heads, Geologist, Tom Carter and Pat Murano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZI8ymO4e8M

Buck Curran – Far Driven Sun Buck Curran’s latest LP is a total love letter to the magic and soul that can be found in the resonating and harmonic qualities of acoustic steel-stringed guitars. Recorded in Italy over the …

Buck Curran’s new full-length record is a dazzling display of fingerpicking wizardry that shows a total mastery of tone, harmony and atmosphere. All guitar soli fans need to deeply explore this album. recordcratesunited.com/2025/09/12/b...

Tune in to www.EM-Radio.com tonight to catch me live on the cybernetic airwaves, dishing out cosmic space music and earthy folk tunes, and everything in between. Bring your ears, it’ll be a chill time.

Rain Country, by John Swanke 9 track album

Floating away on the atmospheric guitar soundscapes of @johnswanke.bsky.social’s Rain Country is the perfect vibe for this rainy Sunday. Check it out on @eiderdownrecords.bsky.social eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rain-c...

Check out episode 184 of The Record Crates United Mixtape in the archives: recordcratesunited.com/2025/09/06/t...
🔊: “Pulse of Light,” by Danielle Nia

Greta Ruth – “The Back Room” Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter, Greta Ruth, channels the humanity and spirituality of unconditional love through the ethereal folk of her upcoming album, Isle of Ferns. Due to be released Octo…

Greta Ruth ruminates on the humanity and spirituality of unconditional love on her new single, “The Black Room,” from her upcoming album, Isle of Ferns. recordcratesunited.com/2025/09/05/g...

I’ll be back on the air tonight with some new favorite submissions and other great tracks I’ve been digging lately on ElectroMagnetic Radio at 7PM, including songs like this one, “Ingenue,” by Time Wharp. Tune in!

Dispatches from the Underground // August 2025 – Pt. 2 - I Heart Noise Dispatches from the Underground // August 2025 – Pt. 2

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Live At Fuzz Club Festival 2025, by Upupayāma 6 track album

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Duncan Park – Path to the Gallows Duncan Park’s latest effort is like an audio diary of the musical passages that slide through his mind, and out of whatever instrument is closest at hand. Throughout the album, you’re t…

Duncan Park’s Path to the Gallows is an intimate field recording of transient homemade folk fantasias and fingerpicked meditations. recordcratesunited.com/2025/08/30/d...

On Inside Energy, legendary drummer Tim Barnes is in top form blasting away on epic kosmische jams with the likes of Ryan Jewell, Tara Jane O’Neil and Doug McCombs. All motorik heads need to hear this one. recordcratesunited.com/2025/08/29/t... @islandhouserecs.bsky.social

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