Ernie Francestine is a PA-based multi-instrumentalist who crafts acoustic-based cosmic music that glows with a warm positivity that completely uplifts your soul. Be sure to catch his afternoon set at the Psych Ambient Daydream fest. 🎟️🎟️ TIX: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

Check out the last 3 episodes of my show in the archives: recordcratesunited.com/2025/11/08/t...

We’re kicking off our Psych Ambient Daydream artist spotlights with David Bales, an experimental guitarist whose stunning record, Ringing Fields, turns his cancer journey into transcendent fantasias. Tap the link to read more and catch him opening our fest! recordcratesunited.com/2025/11/07/d...

Want to help support our festival? Send me a message!

Rest peacefully, Donna

Thank you, @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social!

Check it this year’s Halloween mixtape on Mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/recordcrates...

Tune in tonight to catch this week’s eclectic mix of underground psych, folk rock , jazz and more on the one and only www.em-radio.com. 🔊: “Malleable Intangible,” by Chitinous Mandible

Get into spooky mode by tuning in to my annual Halloween mixtape live on www.em-radio.com tonight at 7.

A $4,000 donation was made to @pbs.org today in our stand to protect public media 🗣️ Thanks to everyone for supporting the Save the Waves compilation! After overhead costs were accounted for, 100% of the proceeds went directly to PBS 🙏 seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/save-t...

Tune in tonight 7-9 for more autumn vibes on this week’s episode of The Record Crates United Mixtape: www.em-radio.com (or find ElectroMagnetic Radio on the Radio Cult app)

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. recordcratesunited.com/2025/10/10/l...

Tune in and hang with the jams. www.em-radio.com

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...

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 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.

If you don’t have Venmo, you can also buy tickets via PayPal: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

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.

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 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’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.

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 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!

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This’ll properly melt your face upupayama.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

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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Check out the latest archived episode of my show 🎧 recordcratesunited.com/2025/08/25/t...

I have been digging the hell out of the excellent new trio album by Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley and Ethan Miller. It’s set to be released by @silvercurrent.bsky.social on 9/5, and you can (and should) preorder it now. orcuttshelleymiller.bandcamp.com/album/orcutt...

Announced today, Jon Camp’s new record, Proceed, is a warm, deeply pleasant folk journey into heritage, memory and familial love. Check it out and the first single, “Kerosene Goodbye.” recordcratesunited.com/2025/08/22/j...

Winged Wheel, Union Pool 08/23/25

Tune in tonight to EM-Radio.com tonight from 7-9 to catch my show live on the air, featuring songs like “Lunar Extension,” by Seventh Shadow of the Sun, as heard here.

A stunning record that I would recommend to everyone

“tell us about the yellow dog!” - some experienced head somewhere in the Woodstock audience during the Dead’s power outage archive.org/details/gd19... (around the 8:50 mark before Dark Star starts up)

Check out this week’s archived episode of my show: recordcratesunited.com/2025/08/16/t...

Chicago’s Junegrass has returned with gritty, opalescent boogies ripe with crunchy riffs and tasty grooves on their new track, “Big Time,” from their upcoming self-titled LP. recordcratesunited.com/2025/08/15/j...

Tune in for some relaxing vibes on tonight’s live episode of my show on www.em-radio.com or the Radio Cult app.

I’m absolutely nuts about the new Reverberations series by The Heads on cardinal fuzz/rooster/feeding tube records. Thunderous space rock jams that’ll send you straight into orbit? Yes please! theheads1.bandcamp.com/album/reverb...

The beautifully expanded reissue of PG Six’s 2004 foundational psych-folk classic, The Well of Memory, is out today on Amish Records, and it is a gorgeous and important listen. Check it out recordcratesunited.com/2025/08/08/p...