Foxy Digitalis
Working within and around the form of minimal electronics, the four tracks on The Wave Ahead are a form of ambulatory ambient. With gentle synthesized sounds and repeating melodic patterns, there’s obvious movement in the music – more progressive (in the momentum sense) than cyclical. The EP is more a series of journeys than an atmosphere. Overall, […]
It’s been a week of cold and ice in Tulsa, and we’re going on snow day number four. Everyone feels stir-crazy, so I’m surprised I pulled this column together this week. Still, with Bandcamp Friday looming, there was a pile of music I wanted to write about, so here we are. Speaking of Bandcamp Friday, The […]
First tape for this duo’s second outing, and it’s a pair of messily shifting black metal and noise-toned zone-the-fuck-out heaving coils of coal black doom. So, not too dissimilar from their debut, then. Cinematic only in its most grainy, found footage sense, A Wheel of Burning Eyes is a submersion. It’s like someone drowned The […]
It finally feels like I’m getting back into the swing of things, and my brain is less of a puddle of mush. Hopefully, that’s a good thing! One small plug for The Jewel Garden subscription – kicked off a new series of subscriber-only physical releases last week that I’m pretty excited about, and plan to […]
Glim In The Mire is a five-track stumble of elements harnessed together in an odd mood with some random audio cables. An under-the-radar digital-only transmission from Frank Baugh’s (aka Sparkling Wide Pressure) other face, it’s the sound of someone fucking around within the limits of a self-imposed limited palette. So with beats, guitar wreckage, snatches of […]
January is 2/3 finished, and I still feel like my brain is only half-functioning. I don’t know why the end-of-year break zonked me out so much, but getting back into the site’s rhythm has been a struggle. But I’m working on it! With that, The Capsule Garden is moving to Thursdays! I did 41 of […]
I used to write for a print magazine that covered a ton of Black Metal and harsh noise, and before deciding to review a demo or interviewing an artist, I’d (honestly, 90% of the time) have to search “[band name] Nazi.” Depressing times. So, it’s a complete breath of fresh air to come across a […]
There’s a decent chance this will be the final Capsule Garden for the year, but I’m not quite ready to call it and have hopes for one last installment next week. But if this is it, 41 of these columns in the space of a year is pretty incredible if I can pat myself on […]
Welcome to the first edition of Microforms, a shameless copy of The Capsule Garden but from someone raking through a different set of digital record bins. So, here are seven short takes of things of note that have been on repeat. As always, trying to do my Bechdel / Kinsey best. Carnivorous Plants Ruled by the […]