Interviews
Some things take longer than expected, but it often makes the payoff sweeter. Ziemba’s new album, The Braid, took over five years to write and record, but it lands with a sharp impact. Languid songscapes harness power in pulling listeners close, the songs striking like a biting whisper. These stories are deeply personal and ageless […]
Songs of Our Lives
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Kee Avil! I really love the novel approach she took to writing, recording, and releasing her new album, “Vapor,” and was excited to talk to her about it and learn about its pros and cons. We get through all of that before diving into This Heat, […]
Interviews
Sometimes a small moment will leave the darkest mark. With landtitles, those snippets get etched into my brain. Two recent releases, complete jazz box set on Home Normal and geographic beings, phosphorous mountains on Whitelabrecs, build intricate, fluid realms from these tiny sonic slivers. Old machines glean melodic detritus from the magic hour on the […]
Interviews
I first knew Brandon Locher as a visual artist, constantly floored by his drawings and the depth and detail he created with colored pencils. I don’t remember how we first connected, but earlier this year I was excited to take part in his Ongoing Solos project. When he shared his album, Rahu Ketu, over the […]
Each time I’ve listened to OHYUNG’s stunning “tucked in my stomach!” I feel like I’ve lived through another lifetime. Piercing sonic passages coalesce with waves of emotive chord changes and lilting tonal arrangements in ways that amplify the smallest moments. Burning memories are woven into the aural fabric of screeching strings, granulated synths, and wistful […]
When Past Inside the Present decided to venture into the realm of ambient techno, it makes sense that the first offering from this new series is from two label stalwarts. SYNE is Dennis Huddleston, best known for his work as 36 and Influx is James Bernard (side note: check out the fantastic new awakened souls […]
Crickets chirp the night’s song carried along by a soft, rhythmic wind. Adela Mede’s voice hovers above the millions of microscopic scenes happening in the Earth’s cracks like a full moon glowing with elemental spirit. Szabadság is an exploration of how leaning into our vulnerabilities can provoke a lasting inner strength. Mede’s vocals are the […]
Lay Llamas is the duo of Nicola Giunta and Gioele Valenti and they refuse to be held in by any singular dimension. On the Black Sweat released Goud, the group gets into some seriously psychedelic zones. Dub-infused rhythms hold hands with magnetic bass pulses, creating a dizzying journey backward through time. Mesmerizing vocal incantations invite the […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. Lots of big news sending shockwaves and ripples through the music community that Foxy Digitalis tends to focus a lot of space and energy on this week. The Bandcamp situation isn’t ideal, but I don’t find any of it particularly […]
Pete Nolan’s Spectre Folk/The Folk Spectre has gone through numerous evolutions in the past two decades and with his forthcoming record, Mountain Transmission, the shadows are getting longer and our vision is becoming blurred. “82 Ford Escort” is a slow crawl through the woods fueled by lysergic acoustic strums and searching leads. Nolan’s voice is a […]
Making a debut album comprised of country covers is a bold move, but Caleb Dailey’s Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings: Beside You Then finds its strength in the restraint and emotional depth it mines from a collection of solemn cowboy hymns. “If I Could Only Fly” finds Daily joined by The Notwist’s Markus Acher who brings a wistful […]
Hot on the heels of the announcement of Sontag Shogun’s collaborative album with Lau Nau, Jeremy Young veers into woozier territory with his new solo effort, August Tape Sketches. Created primarily with sine and square wave oscillators plus tape loops, the album glows in its restraint. On “Untilted For Toma,” Young twists guitar laments into a […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. Some artists have a knack for unlocking new channels in our heads in unexpected ways. Lighght has done that on more than one occasion for me, first with his fantastic Gore-Tex In The Club, Balenciaga Amongst The Shrubs, and the way it […]
Interviews
Some things take longer than expected, but it often makes the payoff sweeter. Ziemba’s new album, The Braid, took over five years to write and record, but it lands with a sharp impact. Languid songscapes harness power in pulling listeners close, the songs striking like a biting whisper. These stories are deeply personal and ageless […]
Interviews
Sometimes a small moment will leave the darkest mark. With landtitles, those snippets get etched into my brain. Two recent releases, complete jazz box set on Home Normal and geographic beings, phosphorous mountains on Whitelabrecs, build intricate, fluid realms from these tiny sonic slivers. Old machines glean melodic detritus from the magic hour on the […]
Interviews
I first knew Brandon Locher as a visual artist, constantly floored by his drawings and the depth and detail he created with colored pencils. I don’t remember how we first connected, but earlier this year I was excited to take part in his Ongoing Solos project. When he shared his album, Rahu Ketu, over the […]
Interviews
I love the Allotment Tapes. Perhaps that’s a bit simple, but Ben McElroy’s ongoing project to document, collaborate with, and share the world of St. Ann’s allotments in Nottingham is a small slice of magic. This is quietly important work. The size and maze-like quality to St. Ann’s are like a kind of score, each […]
Interviews
I love hearing an artist’s practice expand and evolve (and sometimes fold back in on itself) over long periods of time, and I’ve been lucky to have that experience with New Zealand composer Pat Kraus. His singular path continued with last month’s stellar Water Music on Artsy. Synths and electronics bleep out globular melodies as […]
