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.
Raffi Garabedian’s new album, The Crazy Dog, is a concept album adapted from his father and grandmother’s writings, weaving the tapestry of the Armenian journey overseas and the venture of immigrating to America. It’s also the saxophone player’s first time writing for voice, and on “A Mother’s Letter,” he infuses a vulnerability in the snaking melodies […]
I feel like I get bleak as hell in these intros a lot of the time, so I’m going to try and stop doing that. I know things are brutal (and something genuinely new and horrible seems to happen every day), but y’all can get that anywhere. So, I’m trying. First, this week’s Songs of Our […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Sarah Hennies on the show. We talk a bit about a couple of the many projects Sarah’s working on right now – performances of Michael Ranta pieces and her duo with Tristan Kasten-Krause. I’m not sure there are many people with more happening! Once we […]
Moldova-based DJ Errorless Bird soars beyond with his mix Ether Perturbations. This is more than a simple mix of songs, it recontextualizes this music as transitory pathways, full of endless destinations and unlimited possibilities. Narrative guideposts are dotted throughout this 53 minute ride, drawing enchanting patterns with aural silhouettes and tapping into a rich vein of emotional […]
Frayed imagery and blurred tones swirl into symbiotic shapes in the opening breaths of “Spectral Flux.” Immediately, we’re immersed in this gauzy soundworld, floating in grayscale ephemera, untethered from everything. Chris Herbert and Elias Merino tread into the black water, cutting sounds of rain with hollowed-out drone stretches that feign at a prismatic sparseness, but […]
Sometimes the light hits in just the right way, where it’s blinding, but still feels so good, makes us feel alive. Micah Dailey’s Flower Festival threads that needle with warm sonic textures and free-flowing, psych-infused melodies. Age is one for the bright spots, a beacon turning darkness into welcoming shade. Lithe chord progressions and loose feelings move […]
On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, Jessica Ackerley and Gahlord Dewald stop by to talk about all the interesting things happening music-wise out in Hawaii, and what makes it such a unique scene. I learned so much and just want to dig deeper! Plus, a beautiful new collaboration from Surya Botofasina, Carlos Niño, […]
Yama Uba harnesses an ageless fire with their cover of The Passions’ “I’m In Love With a German Film Star.” Akiko Sampson and Winter Zora shackle the effervescent melody with grinding, industrial beats, and emphatic bass grooves. This rhythmic spirit creates a foundational force for spiraling guitars and infectious vocals, Sampson’s voice cutting through all […]
I used to be pretty okay with winter – hell, I might even say I was into it, but after about five days of sub-freezing temperatures (today it’s supposed to get up to 40 for the first time since last Thursday – woohoo!), I am rethinking all of that. Anyway, The Jewel Garden has dropped its first […]