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Contrasts are irrepressible exorcisms on Christina Giannone’s “Iridescent Dust” from her upcoming album, The Opal Amulet. Phantom melodies blur into opaque visages, reflections of slow-moving trauma infused with potent memories. Grinding oscillations are the ever-present sparks firing at a constant hum like bedrock being eviscerated in the name of progress. “Iridescent Dust” is haunted at […]
Solo parent week rolls on as the heat in Tulsa gets worse and worse. At one point the thermometer on our porch read 112 today, so that’s great. There’s no let-up in sight, either, but hey that’s what we all have to look forward to, I guess. Woohoo! Look, I’m tired as all hell today, […]
Rorschach-like imagery bleeds into the hollowed-out, esoteric sound waves of “Reality Opposition” to form lasting impressions in our minds. Christina Giannone’s latest for Room 40 grinds through tactile darkness. Quiet crackles creep through our periphery, pointillist remnants from a spectral, unconscious stream. This feels like being encased in ice as the temperature keeps dropping, and […]
Allow me to preface that I am not one to do ‘favorite’ or ‘end of year’ best of’ lists, mainly because my list would be never-ending, and I don’t like ranking things, especially when it comes to music, an artist’s most personal and vulnerable representation of their self. What I have prepared is a set […]
Robert Takahashi Crouch’s 2021 album, Jubilee, is special. He upped the ante earlier this year with a collection of reworks from a host stellar artists of album opener (and standout), “A Ritual.” The world of Jubilee continues to grow and evolve and for listeners, the expansive scope is a gift. Crouch adds an additional orbit with this Ritual Variations […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. Setting out to make an album that explores the connections between music and photography isn’t a simple task, but on his new album, Burning House, that’s what Isaac Helsen set out to do. The cover image tells a story – not […]
There’s a feeling of arrival permeating the soft-focus, shapeshifting drones of Christina Giannone’s absorbing Glazed Vision. Subtle movements build on themselves to create walls of undulating sound, echoing in rhythm underneath a darkening sky. Giannone’s music is like a sheer veil surrounding a massive, intricate structure, flowing in enigmatic patterns, but still solid as a gleaming […]