Foxy Digitalis
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Matana Roberts on the show. This one was so much fun. Matana was at the airport waiting to fly out to Montreal, and something about the background airport noise adds to the vibrant mood. We dig into a lot of things like when we might […]
Well, we made it. Sort of. I mean, it’s not like this arbitrary changing of the year is going to change, well, anything, but it still feels like we’ve crawled over some kind of finish line. As I say just about every year, what an incredible year of music. This list will be incomplete every […]
On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, I don’t really talk about the new Andre 3000 album, but I know a lot of people are excited about (myself included!), so maybe next time. The morning before I recorded this, I woke up early, got lost in the fog, and ended up writing a new […]
Kee Avil’s debut, Crease, is seared into the furthest recesses of my mind. Her music tempts us with a surface fragility that is a mirage, the unbound force of its complex, engrossing sonic landscape an overwhelming triumph. For the Crease Remixed EP, Avil enlisted four artists – Ami Dang, Pelada, Cecile Believe, and, here, claire rousay – to […]
I am over the moon about today’s pick – it’s life-affirming music from the great Roman Norfleet, this time joined by the stellar Be Present Art Group. Plus, some excellent news from Matana Roberts (speaking of greats!) and Souled American (again!) – a lovely day all around. Keep putting good things into this hellworld y’all. […]
The opening rattles and lilting repetitions foreshadow the emotional gravity Ky releases on “All The Sad And Loving People.” Auto-tuned vocals flicker from all directions over repeating synth phrases and spacious, atmospheric loops. Wistful memories bleed in from the periphery, covered in a vaporous hiss, obscuring details so only the most powerful feelings make it […]
Inside No. 9, Episode #13: Time is of no importance (everyone) I thought I’d welcome the new year with a long and deep mix into the outer realms of sound. Why not start with three hours of blissful outsider thinking, beginning with a tiger purring and an orgasm and ending with the sinking of history’s […]
Just because a world is haunted doesn’t mean it’s not beautiful and inviting. The legendary Black Ox Orkestar’s return in 2022 is an unexpected gift. Few groups can hold so many disparate feelings and ideas together in the same breath, but the stunning “Viderkol (Echo)” occupies this impossible space. Black Ox Orkestar’s boundary-pushing exploration of […]
Kee Avil’s debut album Crease is a force. On the second single, “saf,” the Montreal-based project led by producer and guitarist Vicky Mettler, fractured dreams morph into real-world anxiety. A hypnotic furor takes hold as Kee Avil slinks along splintering rhythms while phantom layers of Mettler’s voice swirl like black smoke promising the ominous fire to come. […]