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.
Adeline Hotel is never static. Dan Knishkowy is always in motion, searching for new places to explore, new pathways to wander. His latest, Whodunnit, is unlike anything Adeline Hotel has previously done, on the surface anyway. Within its tender framework, Knishkowy morphs familiar sonic realms into new forms, bringing a surprising, engaging album to life. […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Lia Kohl! How can you not love an album that finds beauty in refrigerator hums and ringtones? That’s what Lia Kohl’s new album, “Normal Sounds,” does (among many other things!). We talk about that a bit before getting into how much we love Sade, Mendelssohn bops, […]
Inside No. 9, Season 3, Episode #33: Bath Salts in the Wedding Punch After last month’s somewhat quiet release I wanted to step back into the world of noise, skewed industrial techno and tape loops. This mix sees tracks from Wolf Eyes, Black Hair Rolled in Dried Blood and Blood Stereo. Included are excursions from […]
The Capsule Garden returns, and on a different day than usual. I planned for this to go out on Wednesday but ran out of time on Tuesday and realized, hey – this is my website, I can put things up when I want to. Duh. So, The Capsule Garden gets a Friday shout this week. […]
Abbey Blackwell’s new album, Big Big Motion, sounds straightforward at first, but at some point, a few songs in, it begins constricting like a warm, enveloping sonic catharsis. She has played bass for loads of great artists, but now at the front of her own band (she worked with Ronan Delisle, Evan Woodle, Stephen Moore, […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s David Grubbs! I often ask myself, is there anything David can’t do? I’m pretty sure the answer is no. We talked a fair bit about his new record with Loren Connors, “Evening Air,” before going down all sorts of rabbit holes about Mayo Thompson and The […]
Track Premiere: Brian Baumbusch “Hex Tree” There’s an enchanting, otherworldly quality to the movements of “Hex Tree,” the spiritual center of Brian Baumbusch’s latest work, Polytempo Music. Variated sonic layers create kaleidoscopic rhythms, and on “Hex Tree” the effect is dizzying and whimsical. “I wrote the music to ‘Hex Tree’ while undergoing a 10-day quarantine […]
Slinky basslines and blooming rhythms sparkle before bursting into an enchanting sonic supernova. Toso Toso, a new group full of star power – isabel crespo pardo, Kabir Adhiya-Kumar, Rahul Carblerg, and Sky Hill – plots an intricate course through an aural, maze-like garden. Sharp whimsy cuts back the curtain with flickering electronics floating across the […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Nick Zanca! His new album, “Hindsight,” feels like Nick in record form in a lot of ways. It’s clearly a record he’s wanted to make all of his life. We dig into that and what it’s like to see that realized before diving into how many […]