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.
Emotional growth is slow and sometimes the process seems to move in reverse. There’s no real endpoint, either, but each forward movement is like another notch in the celestial plane and it holds a special kind of viscous magic. Taranoya captures this spirit beautifully on her debut album, Becoming, lacing minimal synth work around her towering, […]
On Greta Ruth’s lovely “At the Place,” dreams become tangible. When the lush, green video opens with her quietly lying in the grass asleep, it’s an invitation into this delicate world. Flittering guitar melodies scatter like seeds through the air. Tenderness laces the strings while her voice flickers across the song’s surface, timeless and haunted. […]
Water is the medium for a cleansing ritual in Devin Jane Febbroriello’s transcendent video for “Clearing” from Sage Fisher’s newest Dolphin Midwives album, Body of Water. Across three acts, Febbroriello’s filmmaking techniques enhance the emotional depth and impact of the song. Shining like a torch over the aqueous electronics and pulsing beat, Fisher’s voice is fractured […]
Intensity is a common theme that permeates Chicago saxophonist Mai Sugimoto’s work. Her debut solo album, Monologue, is one of the year’s most memorable sonic statements with its ferocious physicality and melodic sensibility. For music that might be difficult, I find it surprisingly approachable and engaging. Sugimoto’s skill is boundless as she can jump between different […]
Suspended between two black holes, feeling stretched to the breaking point but refusing to let go, a surprising harmony emerges. Orgone Donor’s dense Two Maps as Parallel Mirrors is an entrenched sonic cleansing pulled through sharp corridors and expansive landscapes. This trio of Keith Wecker, Riley Reason, and Dustin Williams used remote collaboration techniques to assemble this […]
I’m a longtime admirer of Chris Forsyth and all his various projects and last year’s live gem, First Flight, has been a late-night staple around here. Few guitarists can find that boogie like Forsyth whether it’s ripping through solo jaunts or in collaboration with groove giants Garcia Peoples. Whatever Chris Forsyth is putting out there, I’m […]
Out today via the legendary BlueSanct is a gorgeous live document from Chicago’s Pillars and Tongues shows the band at their peak. Recorded in 2009 after a lengthy tour with Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “Great / Most Secret” is a music with a primordial spirit as if these songs emerged from an ancient energy source beneath […]
TUSK Festival is a UK mainstay, offering some of the most unique programming around and generally bending minds and opening new avenues with their events. I feel a real kinship with TUSK’s mission to bring supposedly difficult music to more mainstream situations and audiences. Obviously the pandemic has thrown a wrench in their operations, but […]
Louisville has got to be, still, one of the most underappreciated hotspots for experimental music in the country. Equipment Pointed Ankh has been concocting a whole planet of sonic weirdness for a while now, but none of that prepared me for the kaleidoscopic acid carnival of Without Human Permission. This record is such an amazing trip. […]