Song People // Grex (Oakland, CA) // Vatic Folk

Grex is an experimental music duo based out of Oakland, California. In biological terms, a “grex” is an entity composed of several smaller organisms. Grex (the band) explores the meeting point between surreal songcraft and the dark outer reaches of free jazz, industrial hip-hop, and art rock. The group has been called an “otherworldly experience” (Eugene Weekly) and “true genre warping music” (KFJC), recalling at turns the ecstatic energy of John Coltrane, the electronic squall of Death Grips, and the lilting songwriting of Mitski. https://www.grexsounds.com

Song People emerged from over 15 years of omnidirectional collaboration within Philadelphia experimental music collective Edible Onion. Ballad singer and armchair ethnomusicologist Shaina Kapeluck on vox, Darian Scatton of Hallowed Bells on guitar, Ben Schurr of Ruah on bass, Alfie Rosenbluth of Strawberry Hands on drums. Stripped-down jangly folk rock with an emphasis on polyrhythms and songs about animals and the weather. https://songpeople.bandcamp.com/

Vatic Folk is the duo of Jesse (Elkhorn/Heavy Lidders) and Jeffrey (Dire Wolves/Heavy Lidders). Spacey free-form instrumental sounds with a 12 string acoustic and an electric hollow body. When Jeffrey used to play in Jackie-O M, literally every song was in open C, as the twig is bent. https://jerkfree.wixsite.com/website