Foxy Digitalis
With Patio User Manual, Alex Cobb continues his decades-long quest to mirror the stillness and richness of the cosmos here on Earth. His delicate, carefully wrought soundscapes – which first arrived under the name Taiga Remains but have since taken on the Etelin moniker – flow with the grace of starlight and the solemnity of […]
On kinjarling studies: soundtracks (five years on), Amby Downs reimagines this series of film soundtracks and creates a spellbinding, haunting sonic document. Field recordings become liminal specters, tactile reminders of the history embedded in specific places. “jidda” crawls forward beneath high-frequency whisps, moving toward the source of each muted piano toll. Even with its heightened […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Alan Licht! Alan is an absolute legend, and his latest album, “Havens,” explores new ground in a career that has covered almost all of it. We talk about that and the idea of phantom harmonics before diving into kid’s show theme songs, controversial Lou Reed songs, […]
It’s been a real hot minute and my apologies for the delay in this installation of The Capsule Garden. Life has been on a wild tear the last two months, and while I still haven’t come close to catching my breath, there’s just been way too much good music in my earholes to keep quiet. […]
Argentine multi-instrumentalist and composer Alma Laprida’s new album, Pitch Dark and Trembling, has an almost tangible gravity to it. Tones blossom into howling, gnawing resonances that make time stand still, holding us in uncomfortable moments until we’re totally immersed in this massive soundworld. Laprida’s work has always had this tactile quality, material sonic textures that […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Jason Woodbury! After a quick chat about the connection and influence of writing about music and playing music, plus his new EP with Dad Weed, we get into unfortunate moments with the Bob Seger Band, the lifetime of influence Vince Guaraldi has had, sticking up for […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Tomin! This one feels full circle. Ever since learning about Tomin’s music nearly four years ago, I’ve felt a special connection to it. It’s been hard to explain, but after seeing his picks for this episode and talking to him about them, it makes a lot […]
My overriding feeling after multiple playthroughs of Bogdan Raczynski’s latest, You’re Only Young Once But You Can Be Stupid Forever, is that I’ve been on a time-traveling adventure. Even though these are described as ‘sketches,’ chained together they form a vivid soundworld. Each snippet is a self-contained idea, ranging from midnight, subterranean raves, and charred […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s amelia courthouse! I loved her last album, “ruby glass,” a lot, but the connection with the new one, “broken things,” runs so much deeper. We talked about growing up with church hymns and the affinity we still feel for a lot of that music before diving […]