Foxy Digitalis
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 […]
I’ve been pretty floored by a lot of the music coming out of Beirut over the last few years – and I realize I’m a bit late to the party here – but the city’s scene has produced a handful of my absolute favorite albums in recent memory. One thing many of those records have […]
A thing that has grated on my nerves the past few weeks, but this week especially is artists using fake locations in their Bandcamp profiles/tags. Something I do every week-ish is surf Bandcamp tags, particularly by location, to learn about interesting sounds being made in places outside of the usual coverage zones. It’s one of […]
I’m honestly unsure what else to say about Mayssa Jallad’s brilliant Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels. I have written and talked about it and told everyone within earshot to listen. It’s an album with everything; vital history, experimental melodicism, inventive structures, mountains of emotion, and Jallad’s stunning voice. There is so much to learn, so […]
There’s a stoic determination in the purposeful acoustic guitar strums that hold the fractured sonic architecture of Mayssa Jallad’s “Markaz Azraq (December 6)” together. “I do not think I have ever felt such violence,” Jallad sings, her voice steeled with an imperious heartache and resolve. Her words carry the weight of a thousand suns. Still, […]
Foxy Digitalis has been back for just over two years now, and I find it difficult to get my head around it. Throughout that period, though, the core idea and drive have remained the same, even if the pieces and structures have shifted somewhat. I’m excited the site launched a handful of new columns and […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon or subscribe to The Jewel Garden. I’ve written extensively about Julia Sabra and Fadi Tabbal’s incredible new album, Snakeskin, so I want to avoid repeating myself repeatedly in this intro. I will reiterate, though, that it’s one of my favorite records of 2022 […]
I don’t have much to add here that Julia and Fadi don’t say better below. Still, this mix is an eye-opening trip of familiar and unfamiliar names stitched together memorably. Aptly titled Requiem for a City: Post-apocalyptic Music from Beirut, it’s a fantastic insight into the extraordinary scene in Beirut. I’ll also add that their album, Snakeskin, […]
Buy at Boomkat Night glows while the streets vent an ambiance of decay. Concrete is a noose, a conductor of life’s disappearance. The end was written so long ago that, at this point, it feels like adaptation and survival are all that’s left. Snakeskin explores and expands on these buried emotions, casting imaginative, crumbling arrangements […]