Foxy Digitalis
Most of y’all probably didn’t see the announcement on Twitter earlier in the week, but starting Monday, I am launching the Foxy Digitalis Podcast. To start, it’ll be a daily episode, about 5-10 minutes long, featuring bits of news and an album of the day + review of said album. I’ve been doing it for […]
There was a lot of new music during this brutal week and in the bleakness, I am ever thankful for these sounds. It’s also Bandcamp day so, like every other day, it’s a good time to support artists. Any of these albums would be lovely additions to your collection. There’s also a new collaborative record […]
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 […]
If I didn’t know any better, I’d think this was an unearthed gem from the height of Touch & Go’s classic era. On these six tracks, anxiety reigns supreme. The Chicago trio of Michael Vallera, Michael John Grant, and Luca Cimarusti create a desolate moment on Happiness with stark, tightly-wound songs that grind out the crevices where […]
Somewhere inside the inimitable Ryler Walker’s latest, everything clicks and Course In Fable becomes not just a celebration of so much that I love about music and how it can make people feel, but a monument to the path it takes to get here. Walker is a lifer. I tried to pretend for a while […]
Anytime I see the names Ben Baker Billington or Andrew Scott Young, it takes me back to a decade ago when Tiger Hatchery were starting to unleash their hellskronk and Ben’s Quicksails project was just a baby. Both projects have come a hell of a long way since and now the two have joined forces […]