Foxy Digitalis
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s David Grubbs! I often ask myself, is there anything David can’t do? I’m pretty sure the answer is no. We talked a fair bit about his new record with Loren Connors, “Evening Air,” before going down all sorts of rabbit holes about Mayo Thompson and The […]
The gravity of time distills into skeletal reflections on “The Pacific School.” Loren Connors and David Grubbs celebrate fragmented echoes emanating from piano and guitar, turning simple threads into silver-lined spells. Each considered note progression moves us further from our cores. Grubbs etches quiet static bursts into the hanging resonance, leaving small, emotive wakes that […]
Dual, sharp melodies move at diverging angles as guitarists Liam Keenan and David Grubbs cut out messages in the clay Earth. Ephemeral growls stitch together sonic constellations with subtle screams and textural drones, an ever-shifting palette that pulls us closer to the core of this music with each passage. A world of steel-eyed contrasts emerges […]
Still trying to get my bearings this week, but there’s so many things going on it’s been near-impossible. It’s the new normal, I guess! Anyway, today’s pick is the latest from Foxy Digitalis favorite, Imka. Plus some news (and flowers) from Alan Courtis with David Grubbs, and a new one from the great Métron Records. […]
Some things simply make sense. A Tap On The Shoulder is the second collaborative effort from David Grubbs and Ryley Walker this year (the first being the excellent Fight or Flight Simulator on Cafe Oto’s Takuroku label) and it ravages the frame, causing this skeletal house of cards we’re juggling to fall to pieces. In the spaces left, Grubbs […]
Sprawling, cathartic, and adventurous, Instant Opaque Evening, is a tactile and immersive listening experience. The Underflow – the trio of Mats Gustafsson, David Grubbs, and Rob Mazurek – find new ways to mix disparate sounds into intricately woven, free moving pieces. None of these guys need any real introductions, but their combined prowess digs out […]