Foxy Digitalis
On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Kalia Vandever! She’s got a fantastic new record, “Another View,” coming out next month Northern Spy. We talk about being drawn to the trombone, working with Mary Halvorson, repetition, dread, inspiration from Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House,” unearthing narratives, and plenty more. Eventually we […]
On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, I chat with tilt aka the new trio of Kalia Vandever,,Isabel Crespo Pardo, and Carmen Quill. Their debut album, “something we once knew,” will be out on May 3 via Dear Life Records. We talked about how they became a band, the process of making the record, […]
Some whispers have a thousand lives. Quiet, intimate moments are the ones that live forever. tilt, the trio of Kalia Vandever, Carmen Quill, and Isabel Crespo Pardo, stitch incantations into a warm, hypnotizing mantra on “all and nothing.” Vandever’s searching trombone playing backs the lilting vocal harmonies like a soft, encompassing glow. Tenderness imbues each […]
It is Bandcamp Friday (and Good Friday, apparently!) for those who celebrate. Get out there and support artists and labels that have made your world a better place (and, as the good folks at Bandcamp United have said, it’s not crossing a picket line or anything!). Today’s pick is definitely one to pick up if […]
We made it to the end of the week! A perfect accompaniment for the weekend is the pick of the day, plus some news about Jack Prest, Carmen Jaci, and Kalia Vandever. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the Day: Scree “Jasmine On a Night in July” Additional Links: Jack Prest […]
There’s a spellbinding vulnerability when we share our memories. Kalia Vandever’s “Mirrored Solitude” is more than a reflection as it casts its lens past the horizon line. “‘Mirrored Solitude’ accesses an adolescent vulnerability, pondering early curiosities and longing,” Vandever shares. “Taking walks around downtown Los Angeles became a favorite pastime of mine in high school. […]
When my friend Allison turned 21, we stayed up all night. We hit a couple bars while it was still dark out, but by 1:00 AM, we were bored. Waiting for drinks and deciding which of the three other bars downtown Durham, North Carolina offered at the time wasn’t the exciting coming-of-age tale it was […]