Jeffrey Alexander performing at Milwaukee Psych Fest, photo by Megan Menzer, right click for hi-res
#BIO
#MUSIC
#INTERVIEWS + FEATURES
#REVIEWS
#PRESS PHOTOS
#CONTACT
# BIO
”Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders is a refreshing take on familiar sounds. There are clear references to the hazy, glazey Crazy Horse days of Neil Young, as well as nods to the stylings of bands like the Meat Puppets and Dinosaur Jr. Alexander’s penchant for heady songwriting is pervasive yet subtle, a welcome shift that creates the kind of space necessary for the instrumentation to take focus and seep deep into the brain.” - Mike Mannix, Psych Out! WXNA, Nashville
Alexander has been frittering around the edges of the psychedelic underground for several decades, having played in a host of groups like Jackie-O Motherfucker, The Iditarod, and Black Forest/Black Sea. He has also been an arts venue programming director, booking agent, record label owner, FM radio disc jockey, tour manager, espresso bar cafe owner, and curator of several international music festivals such as Terrastock. He has worked in arts museums from Baltimore to Providence to Pittsburgh to San Francisco. Jeffrey also followed the Grateful Dead as a taper, coast to coast, for most of the 1980s. He is also a free-form radio DJ with current programs on both Camp Radio and NQRA.
His new group, The Heavy Lidders, distills many of these disparate interests into a vibrant balmy stew. Recent recordings have featured a slew of special musical guests including Marissa Nadler, Geologist/Animal Collective, Isaiah Collier, Kate Wright/Movietone, PG Six, Rosali Middleman, Chris Forsyth, and Jeff Tobias/Sunwatchers + Modern Nature. As well as artwork from Allison Filice, Brian Chippendale, Jake Blanchard and Spencer Hicks. Heavy Lidders have performed at several festivals including multiple appearances at both Deep In The Valley and Milwaukee Psych Fest.
"Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders return to Deep In The Valley! Bending psychedelics and space rock into new dimensions, the band evokes Träd, Gräs & Stenar launched into the cosmos." - Andy French, Raven Sings The Blues
Check out this live bootleg recording of Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders jamming Dark Star with three members of Sunburned Hand Of The Man on 8 August 2024
”And why the hell not? Keep that freak flag flyin’, fellas!” - JR Moores, The Quietus
# MUSIC
YOUTUBE Playlist: a selected mix of album tracks and LIVE snippets
Spotify: link
BANDCAMP Playlist: link
Liquid Donnon - all new Heavy Lidders studio LP to be released Summer 2026 on Riot Season (UK) and Feeding Tube (USA) - STAY TUNED !
Synchronous Orbit - link, LP release on Cardinal Fuzz in UK and Feeding Tube Records in USA
Planet Lidders - link, cassette release on
Worried Songs (UK) and vinyl LP on Pome Pome Tones (USA)
On many ALBUM-OF-THE-YEAR lists including Aquarium Drunkard, Raven Sings The Blues, Third Eye, Record Crates United, Timemachine, etc
New Earth Seed - link,
LP release on Arrowhawk Records, distributed by Redeye Worldwide
Appeared on a whole mess of BEST-OF year end lists including Raven Sings The Blues, New Commute, Merry Go Round,
Record Crates United, Third Eye Psych, Timemazine and more
Spacious Minds - link, cassette release
on Arrowhawk Records and 2xLP vinyl re-issue on
Cardinal Fuzz (UK) and Centripetal Force (USA)
Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders - link, LP release on Arrowhawk Records
On a bunch of BEST-OF-YEAR lists including Aquarium Drunkard, Raven Sings The Blues, John Mulvey/MOJO editor, New Commute,
Record Crates United, Petal Motel, and many others
Elixor Of Life - link, LP release on Cardinal Fuzz in UK and
Centripetal Force in US
# INTERVIEWS + FEATURES
Jeffrey Alexander interview in UNCUT - link
LAGNIAPPE SESSION for Aquarium Drunkard - link
and yet another LAGNIAPPE SESSION for AD - link
Heavy Lidders LIVE bootleg (Stoke-on-Trent UK, 10 May 2025) featured on Doom + Gloom From The Tomb - link
Jeffrey Alexander interview in Terrascopaedia issue 24 (UK, 2025) - link
Heavy Lidders feature in Relix Magazine - link
Heads Lifestyle interview and mixtape - link
Jeffrey Alexander round-up on NTS radio, hosted by Geologist (Animal Collective) - link
Merry Go Round Magazine interview - link
30 minute Heavy Lidders live video and interview on Aquarium Drunkard - link
Jeffrey Alexander interview in Self Portrait Gospel - link
Jeffrey Alexander primer in Record Crates United - link
Heavy Lidders live review + bootleg recording from Raven Sings The Blues' Deep In The Valley Festival, NYC Taper - link
selfie in my 1987 Westfalia campervan, photo by Jeffrey Alexander, right click for hi-res
# REVIEWS
“Immaculate sounding new psychedelia“ (Maggot Brain)
“Lazy, smoky, stretched out guitar psych a great, loose aggregation“ (The Wire)
“It’s Coltranian in both the Alice and John senses of the term“ (The Quietus)
“digressive jams that meander through free-form jazz, bluesy kosmische and bulging psychedelia” (PROG)
“Heavy Lidders stretch into outer realms with fearless improvisation and a heavy communal vibe. Equal parts mind-melt and heart balm, lo-fi kosmische Americana with soul - an underground gem for heads seeking transcendence” (Time Machine, Greece)
“these cats can get further out than the backend of Pluto” (Record Collector)
"Jeffrey Alexander is, without a doubt, one of the most creative and experimental musicians working today” (Sleeping Shaman)
“the kind of 20-minute, sun-setting, far-out, transcendence-inducing jamathon that should be the norm at the average ”psych fest” (The Quietus)
“Alexander composes the kind of sunny, open field psychedelia that washes all your worries away. Listening to this is like having the sun kiss your face.” (Sun 13, Liverpool)
”super-chilled psych improvisation from underground collective” (UNCUT)
”languid strums and birdsong mutate into thrusting, full-on psych with bullhorn wails, underpinned by a deep sense of groove” (MOJO)
”the sound of seasoned cosmic travelers syncing up once more, transmitting psychic frequencies from orbit to earth. Whether you’re chasing bliss in your headphones or navigating strange new tripways, Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders offer a vessel worth boarding” (Psychedelic Scene)
”more superbly somnambulantjams from the psych-rock lifer and friends, here including jazz magus Isaiah ”The Black Emperor” Collier and Kate Wright of Movietone/Crescent” (UNCUT)
”a shaggy, Dead-oriented tumble through the ether” (Raven Sings The Blues)
“they set their controls for the heart of the sun, blending cosmic improvisation with studio-crafted warmth” (THIRD EYE)
”Heady underground explorations” (UNCUT)
“Flanked by members of Elkhorn and Sunwatchers, Jeffrey Alexander vibes-assisted swooners, freak out jams, and a long, exceedingly far out reading of CSNY's 'Almost Cut My Hair.' Alexander has been at it for decades with Dire Wolves, and while this LP drifts into similar zones, it's always nice to hear Alexander stretch out and let it flow. A heady one to play as the summer wears on.“ (Aquarium Drunkard, Best of 2024)
“The record finds the band expanding, collaborating, and coalescing their sound. Folk and fury play out over the rest of the album, with Drew bringing some Vibraphone action and the set capping off with a massive cover of “Almost Cut My Hair,” giving an elevated air to the CSNY classic.“ (Raven Sings The Blues, Best of 2024)
“Unquestionably one of the all time best records in the Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders discography. This is the kind of transportive sonic alchemy that can check off all of the right boxes for acid rock fans everywhere. Don’t miss out.” (Record Crates United)
“Alexander succeeds in capturing the post-psych grandeur that he’s aiming for while also creating one of his headiest offerings yet” (Raven Sings The Blues)
“Psych lifer in a bloozy Americana mode. The whole thing hangs loose like a frayed rope tied to a river tube… essentially, a choogler’s dream.” (Viking’s Choice / NPR Music)
“Plug in and space your face” (Aquarium Drunkard)
“Relocated from San Francisco to Philadelphia – and hooking up with fellow travellers like Elkhorn, Marissa Nadler and Pat Gubler – hasn’t radically changed Alexander’s MO: mostly, he still favours strung-out guitar jams that evoke Crazy Horse or Dinosaur Jr at their most languid and frazzled. But there’s greater songcraft, economy and relative polish here.“ (MOJO)
“A longtime citizen of the New Weird America, Jeffrey Alexander has gathered an impressive cast of underground collaborators for his new Heavy Lidders project. More heady than heavy, but that’s no complaint.“ (Uncut)
“Playing with a ridiculously talented band of guys-you-should-know, including some great special guests, Alexander finds a sweet stoner motherlode.” (Jambase)
“One listen of Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders self-titled new joint on Arrowhawk and I am swimming in a sea of psychedelic gold.” (Foxy Digitalis)
“These are languid, spectral grooves, anchored in folk and blues but allowed to spin off into the distance.” (Dusted)
“With the Lidders, Jeffrey’s brought together a potent, joyous, contemplative record that slides high on the list of highlights.” (Raven Sings The Blues)
“By the time it’s over, you might be wondering why no one bothered to fit your armchair with a seatbelt.” (Essential New Music, Magnet Magazine)
# PRESS PHOTOS
photos by Christopher Bruno, right click for hi-res
photos by Jesse Sheppard, right click for hi-res
photo by Jeffrey Alexander, right click for hi-res
# CONTACT
email for direct WhatsApp phone number/SMS
Jeffrey on BlueSky
UK Publicist: Silver PR
JeffreyAlexanderLovesYou.com
JeffreyAlexander.Bandcamp.com
2025 UK tour poster