Foxy Digitalis
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite JLIN on the show. Her new album, “Akoma,” is something else! After overcoming some technical difficulties and talking about working with the Arkansas Pine Bluff marching band, we get into it about Luther Vandross’s velvet voice, the places Earth, Wind, and Fire take you to, […]
On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, I chat with tilt aka the new trio of Kalia Vandever,,Isabel Crespo Pardo, and Carmen Quill. Their debut album, “something we once knew,” will be out on May 3 via Dear Life Records. We talked about how they became a band, the process of making the record, […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite claire rousay on the show! When I was developing this show last year, claire was one of the people I knew I wanted to have as a guest. With her excellent new album, “sentiment,” out on April 19 via Thrill Jockey, it was the perfect […]
On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, I chat with Domenica Diavoleria about her fantastic new album, “Orange Clearing.” We get into all sorts of weird zones – the creepiest baby in her music video, her love of horror and creepiness, Olympia chickens, Seattle, and so much more. This was an absolute blast! Go […]
Inside No. 9, Season 3, Episode #28: Questionable dogma The struggle to find peace in all its forms is rife and we’re only a few months into another turbulent orbit. The selection of nine songs for this month’s show are saferooms carved out of sound; affording me, and hopefully you dear listener, the luxury of […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Rosali on the show. Her new album, “Bite Down,” is out on March 22 via Merge and it’s absolutely wonderful. We talked a bit about that and its iconic cover before digging into the all-time greatness of Funkadelic, Ween’s sweeter side, Bob Seger raging, all […]
Andy Aquarius’s new album, Golla Gorruppa, is a dream, an exploration of our world – specifically inspired by his meditations on the Sardinian Gorropu mountain range – through an otherworldly lens. The Berlin-based harpist and singer crafts an ethereal landscape through emotive string passages adrift on gossamer, grey-hued melodies, celestial choirs, and electronic clouds. This music […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Matana Roberts on the show. This one was so much fun. Matana was at the airport waiting to fly out to Montreal, and something about the background airport noise adds to the vibrant mood. We dig into a lot of things like when we might […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite MIZU on the show. Her new album, “Forest Scenes,” is such an immersive and emotional listening experience. After talking a bit about that, MIZU gives me a crash course in classical music as well as chatting about the fun of soccer mom music, John Cage’s […]