Portland, Oregon’s perennially groovy Ten Dollar Recording Company label boasts a swelling roster shot right through with homegrown Cascadian psych, lush neo-soul, organic dub, late-night closet rock, freak-folk, soundscapist collage, and other musical experiments. TDRCo is still plowing full steam ahead after over a decade's worth of kaleidoscopic releases, with not a single damn given about what's currently hot or in season on the charts. And with so much variety and talent on their bench, there's almost definitely something here for anyone with ears enough to hear. An obvious strain of melodic experimentation seems to have gotten the better of many of TDRCo’s artists, and there’s a host of elements here that stem from a bygone era, mined at this present juncture to solidly backward-looking yet forward-leaning pyschedelic effect.

Featuring a close-knit roster of independent artists who deftly swap instruments, genres, and headspaces, the TDRCo crew keeps on keeping on, through a hip deep blur of well executed, homemade funk, soul, and psychedelia that manages to keep itself firmly in the garage rather than polishing the goods until they no longer shine. This is the real deal, y'all, go ahead and get you some of it. (Reed Burnam)