Foxy Digitalis
The heart is a hushed bonfire on Little Mazarin’s stunning, intimate “Lightning in the Water.” Lindsey Verrill’s music is borne of place; it is timeless and ontological, always inviting anyone in earshot to take a seat and breathe it in. In the glowing Texas sun, joined by Jeff Johnston and Carolina Chauffe, “Lightning in the […]
Angular shadows intersect with stray shards of light on the enigmatic “Raijin,” the latest single from Akiko Haruna + Bon. Teaming up with a shared concept, the duo’s forthcoming EP, First Sight, is a futuristic glimmer with riveting sound design and a haunting atmosphere. Haruna and Bon use electronic sound as a jumping-off point to explore […]
Greeted by sheets of warm, fuzzy guitar chord progressions, Allison Lorenzen’s “Vale” is a tight embrace during the darkest moments before dawn breaks. Repeating melodies swirl like passing ghosts as her voice slithers between emotive, coalescing arrangements. Archaic rituals trickle through the aural stones and grow into a gravitational aura of countless phantoms. The video […]
Estel Luz’s 2021 album cycles was eye-opening in its familiar roots covered with hypnotic diamond soil and an existential shimmer. Luz, an Italo-Colombian singer, is a captivating performer whose voice commands attention. In this recent session at Nomad Studio in Turin, she performs a combination of new and old songs for Foxy Digitalis. There’s such a potent yet relaxed […]
On the latest single from AUTORHYTHM, multifaceted rhythms and hypnotic melodies beam in from another plane. Building slowly, the eccentric angled repetitions become a dizzying array of lucid tones. Synths buzz and whirr into oblivion states. Transfixed by a distant glow, the timbral shapes are lithe, polyrhythmic spellcasters intent on hypnotizing anyone within earshot. It’s […]
I am a sucker for an unexpected anthem. Monogamy’s “Never Seen You Dance” may not be the fist-pumping stadium firewall of my youth, but this song ticks all the boxes. The Chicago-via-Michigan indie pop trio narrates late-night hijinx with hook after hook, including one of my favorite lyrics of the year, “Never seen you dance, […]
Princess Diana of Wales’s self-titled album is one of my favorite albums of recent memory. I’ve already written extensively about it, but there’s so much more that could be said. It’s an album with extraordinary depth masked by this accessible facade. As much as I’ve admired Laila Sakini’s work prior, this album cemented her as […]
Amidst the heaviest heartbreak, a detached poignancy can grow. Briana Marela’s spellbinding “Uncertainty and the Unknown” was written a week after discovering her father’s death. The lyrics are vulnerable, raw to the point of stillness. “Your heart couldn’t hold all the love you built,” she sings, her voice hanging on by the thinnest, most fragile […]
Kudos to The Tapeworm for pairing LA power couple Yann Novak and Robert Takahashi Crouch on this new split tape, Giving Water to the Dead. Novak and Crouch create some of the most engaging, emotionally-dense music around. They started with the same source material for this split but went on their own sonic treks. Each side […]