Remember when SST records ruled the independent rock scene in the late ’80s, early ’90s and when those sounds created by the bands like The Meat Puppets, where everything sounded like it was going to fall apart any second, but never did, creating effervescent-sounding jams somewhere between elastic folk and spaced-out jazz?
If you do, rejoice, as Philadelphia’s Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders are back again with their latest (umpteenth) offering Liquid Donnon. If you are yet to get to such a sound, listening to this one, you will not only go for that sound, but will revive your Grateful Dead collection (if you have one, if not, make one) as well as the vast set of offerings Alexander and his crew have on offer. Here, Alexander and his Lidders go…