Foxy Digitalis
Brad Rose is a multi-disciplinary artist and dad based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He previously ran the Digitalis label from 2003 to 2015. He is the principal writer and editor-in-chief of Foxy Digitalis.
“Screen Test” hovers in the space between memory and illusion, part of the soundtrack for Ken Jacobs’ In the Depth of Illusion: A Soundtrack for Nervous Magic Lantern. Whirring electronics shift between whimsical and ominous, threading through a haze of cassette hiss and field-recorded fragments. Static acts as a tactile surface, a sonic web that […]
Catpurse is the collaborative project of Hulda Ragnhildur Hjálmarsdóttir and Sofia Zaiceva (aka sofi), two artists working at the edges of sound, code, and memory. Their new track “Fire-Eaters” plays like a transmission from a world only partially remembered. A repeating beep marks time like a warning, something in the distance getting closer with every […]
So many things and so many pieces are moving at different speeds and in different directions lately that I want to just let go of the ride and see where I land. This is not a complaint, at all, because most of these things are excellent, yet overwhelming nonetheless. Summer is upon us, though, so […]
Almost an Island is the new trio of Cynthia Bernard (marine eyes), James Bernard, and Kenneth James Gibson, and “What Got Us To Our Feet” is the first light from their debut. Everything unfolds with care. Guitar lines trace a path through shifting air, chord changes landing like signals sent from far away. There’s a […]
**This episode was originally published on November 7, 2023, and really, any time is a good time to revisit this hang with Patrick!** For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Patrick Shiroishi on the show. It would take a novel to list all the incredible things Patrick is doing these days, but […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Joy Guidry! I’ve admired Joy’s work for years, so it was a real pleasure to finally connect one-on-one. She’s consistently pushed the boundaries of what the bassoon can do, and her latest album, Five Prayers, is a beautifully distilled expression of that evolving vision. We talked […]
Some albums don’t just capture a moment in time—they signal a quiet return. On My Inner Rest, Briana Marela offers something unguarded and deeply felt: a portrait of creative reawakening shaped by grief, self-doubt, and the slow work of beginning again. These songs unfold with care. They hold space for uncertainty, for inner reckoning, for […]
There’s a steady heat running through Flowers for the Living. Not explosive, but simmering—thick with feeling, hard to shake. Mourning [A] BLKstar leans into space as a structural force, allowing each element to breathe. The songs stretch out and settle, built from grounding rhythms and deep, magnetic basslines that give everything else room to drift. […]
“Go North” moves like a breath half-remembered. Jesse Perlstein’s voice holds the center in soft focus while Laura Naukkarinen’s drifts just outside it, twisting around each phrase like vapor. Tape murmur, acoustic guitar, distant piano, and soft electronics ripple beneath, creating a surface that seems calm until small glitches begin to press against it. These […]