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.
It’s weird to me how indignant people get about ‘quarantine’ albums and all that. I get that it has/will become a tired narrative, but the truth is that a ton of incredible, moving, and innovative work has come out of the past year (just look at Boomkat’s unbelievable Documenting Sound series). Anyway, Prickly Pear Cactus […]
Subtext posted the 30+ minute video accompaniment to the entirety of Roly Porter’s Life Cycle of a Massive Star (my top album of 2013, no less) and I am so fucking here for it. Subtext forever.
What an utter delight this recording is – wow. Major kudos to David Menestres for turning me onto this live session featuring bassist Roberto Miranda, members of his family (his father, brother, and cousin), Horace Tapscott, John Carter, James Newton, and Bobby Bradford among others. It’s one hell of a line-up (and doubly so since […]
Something about Blue Magic Gentle Magic is imprinted on me, I think, because I am continually drawn back to these fragments and songs. Nabihah Iqbal released her debut album under her own name (she’d previously used the moniker Throwing Shade) on Ninja Tune back in 2017. In the past couple years, she’d been working on […]
JoAnn McNeil packs a lot into a short space with “entire.” It’s the sound of a supernova being born inside you, the slow unfolding as a million points of light illuminate one-by-one. Dense, heavy drones shift under the surface, each layer of veneer melting away under the weight and heat pushing outward. Static touches every […]
Evan Caminiti’s first narrative film soundtrack, Autoscopy, showcases his ability to create new worlds with sound. Evan Caminiti has been part of my musical journey in various ways over the past 15 years or so. We first met through his work with Barn Owl and formed a connection that sprouted many excellent works through the […]
An interview from 2009 with the (former?) Sunburned Hand of the Man mainstay as the band unleashes a new piece of hellfire… It seems fitting to post this a few days after Three Lobed released Sunburned Hand of the Man’s first proper album in ages, the stellar Pick A Day to Die. While I am hoping […]
The feeling and sound of desolate spaces and the dark magic they can conjure is a lifelong obsession of mine. Ripe with possibilities for renewal and rebirth, there’s a unique kind of hope in them. Shanna Sordah’s 28-minute saga explores those narratives in wrought and engaging ways, finding beauty in the dichotomy. Cello notes mournfully […]
I admittedly don’t know much about Tomin Perea-Chamblee, but am thankful to have found his work (via International Anthem’s twitter account!). My Great Predecessors, Vol. 1 is a captivating homage to his maternal grandmother that is filled with whimsy, sadness, joy, pain, confusion, and everything in between. Over 11 short pieces (the longest is just […]