Foxy Digitalis
I’ve got a bit of a Baader-Meinhof thing going with James McKain. A couple of years ago, he wasn’t on my radar, and now he’s everywhere I look. That’s not a bad thing; he seems to be at the epicenter of a new movement of underground free jazz. There’s a ferocity and sui generis spirit […]
Foxy Digitalis Daily rolls on in week two (over on Patreon today, as always), and it continues to be a blast. It may be a bit wonky sometimes, but most things around here are. Otherwise, a luminous mountain of tunes to dig into this week – I hope you’ll pick some up. Robert Ffrench Wondering (333) All-time great tunes here. […]
While it does come under the icy umbrella of dark ambient, and while Derealization is certainly a record that will corrode a good mood, there’s nothing generically spooky or background about Driftloss’ latest. With granularly damaged audio objects phasing in and out of each other, the sense here is of a record that’s simultaneously both stalled at […]
The Capsule Garden now moves to Wednesdays (I swear this is the last change). It’s been quite a week with the launch of Foxy Digitalis Daily (I hope you’ll check it out!) and with Wednesday’s episodes of the podcast being exclusive to the Foxy Digitalis Patreon (it’s a great day to sign up to hear the show […]
Most of y’all probably didn’t see the announcement on Twitter earlier in the week, but starting Monday, I am launching the Foxy Digitalis Podcast. To start, it’ll be a daily episode, about 5-10 minutes long, featuring bits of news and an album of the day + review of said album. I’ve been doing it for […]
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 […]