Foxy Digitalis
For over three decades, Eyvind Kang has moved through musical worlds with the curiosity of a traveler and the rigor of a devotee. A longtime collaborator of Jessika Kenney and Bill Frisell, and a disciple of spiritual jazz violinist Michael White, his work has always been marked by a kind of patient listening. Riparian is […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Dania! Her new record, “Listless,” has been on regular rotation the last few months, but as it gets dark earlier, it’s going to be a mainstay on the stereo. We talk about the magic and mystery of late nights, Japanese snake gourds, and how it all […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Randall Dunn! We recorded this episode in person at The Jewel Garden the morning after Charmaine Lee’s “Awaken the Dragon” tour rolled through Tulsa. We were well caffeinated for this episode (and Charmaine as in the room!) and had a blast talking about Kou Records, Randall’s […]
Composer-pianist Erika Dohi has created something truly remarkable with Myth of Tomorrow, an album that fuses an air of mystery and whimsy with its vaporous sonic atmosphere. Dohi’s voice, tethered to the Earth in its striking vulnerability, shapeshifts and flies. Her use of autotune is infectious, shading this music with a futuristic hue while adding […]
On Ratsnake, Chloe Kim transforms the drum kit into a vessel of breath and movement, tracing a dialogue between rhythm and melody that feels both ancient and newly imagined. The Seoul-born, Sydney-based drummer channels her cross-cultural fluency into a sound that moves between precision and abandon while harnessing a sense of control and surrender. Named […]
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Dan Knishkowy (aka Adeline Hotel)! “Watch the Sunflowers” is Dan’s latest Adeline Hotel record, the second in an ongoing trilogy that began with last year’s “Whodunit.” We get into all of that, life moving forward, returning to music a decade later, and more! Then we chat […]
This sounds harsh, but I mean it as the utmost compliment: I sometimes can’t tell if ANSWERS is idiotic or genius, and frankly, that tension is what keeps me captivated (and truthfully, it’s much closer to the latter). Ben Bennett makes music that refuses to behave. His new album, ANSWERS, mostly left me with questions. […]
The winding guitar melodies of gushes (Jennae Santos) “Stick Figures” blend mystery into hypnotic sonic codes, underpinning the dramatic fervor pulsing through the song’s core. The build tension in layers that orbit each other, desperate for collision, all while maintaining distance. Santos directs the video with ceremonial precision, transforming the Catskills into a ritual space […]
Thomas Kotcheff and Bryan Curt Kostors didn’t set out to reinvent Cage and Feldman so much as they wanted to uncover what was already humming beneath the surface. Their new album, Between Systems, takes early piano works from the 1950s and processes them through modular synths and live electronics, but the result never feels like […]