Foxy Digitalis

On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, my brain is completely and utterly fried and I am just counting down the seconds until things go a little quiet after next week (I thought about literally just counting backwards from however many seconds there are between when I’m writing this and next Friday at 5 PM, but spared y’all). This week’s pick is three heavyweights creating incredible sound...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Andrew Pekler on the show. Andrew’s new album as SG, For Lovers Only / Rain Suite is an absolute gem - an album I keep returning to this year. After chatting about the record for a bit, we get into the all-encompassing everything of Bo Diddley, the new Beatlemania, a magic combination of a relentless rhythm + sweet melody, discovering electronic mus...

On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, even though I recorded this early, there’s still loads to talk about. Moon Glyph’s Steve Rosborough stops in to talk about his latest Omni Gardens album and so much more. Jules Reidy drops one choice album of the week that everyone needs to hear. The Sound Leaves comes to a close. Plus gems from Bernard Xolotl, Ariel Kalma, Natalie Beridze, The Early,...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite film composer Zach Robinson on the show. Foxy Digitalis fans may remember Zach from the recent oral history of D/A/D’s “Love Will Make You Stay.” After getting into his recent and upcoming work ( Obliterated on Netflix and season six of Cobra Kai ), we go into some surprising zones. Zach’s got some great picks that lead us to a surprising side of Ke...

On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, Gregg Kowalsky swings by to talk about his latest album, Eso Es , and how it ended up being something in a different sound world. It’s such a great album, and it was great to catch up. Plus, the album of the week utterly blew my mind and just came out of nowhere (well not true, it’s from Udmurtia). post-dukes are the realest deal. There’s been some ex...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite chef and writer Natasha Pickowicz on the show. Natasha is a three-time James Beard Award finalist who published her first cookbook, More Than Cake , earlier this year. We have known each other for over a decade now as she did some incredible interviews for Foxy Digitalis in its last iteration. She has opened up the world of baking to me in the same...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe on the show. After learning about how he first got into soundtracking and scoring work and I tell a story about the time we actually met in person, Robert brings the heat. We wade well beyond the deep end, getting into the enigmatic wonder of Yoko Ono, the lyrical brilliance of Damon Locks, Sade always bringing the mood, the...

On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, I don’t really talk about the new Andre 3000 album, but I know a lot of people are excited about (myself included!), so maybe next time. The morning before I recorded this, I woke up early, got lost in the fog, and ended up writing a new Charlatan song around daybreak - and it was so, so nice. Go over to the Patreon to give it a listen! But, TWO - cou...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Niecy Blues on the show! Their new album, “Exit Simulation,” is one of 2023’s most astonishing debuts. After talking a little about that and growing up in Oklahoma, we dig into how Syreeta is one of the all-timers, getting suckered by fast food indie folk, the world of Gospel and Contemporary Christian music, one of the ultimate hype songs, asking ‘...

A full-house today in the Foxy Digitalis zone. A quick recap on the opening week(end) of my exhibition, “The Sound Leaves,” which was among the best times I’ve had in a while. I need to do more of that! Plus there’s some real bangers out this week, especially my Album of the Week from the great Lau Nau . And if that wasn’t enough, around 12 minutes in, I have a conversation with RVNG Intl’s Matt W...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Patrick Shiroishi on the show. It would take a novel to list all the incredible things Patrick is doing these days, but notably he has new album out this week, “I was too young to hear silence” on American Dreams. He’s also a member of The Armed, and has a dizzying array of collaborative projects on every single burner. We get into the wild backstor...

It’s an Oral History of D/A/D’s “Love Will Make You Stay!” Zach Robinson, Sharaya Summers, and Charlie Oliveira wrote one my absolute favorite songs of the last decade, and we get deep into the weeds with it. PLUS, Voice Actor’s incredible “Fake Sleep” gets picked as Album of the Week, I remember Norm Chambers a year after his passing, plus some news and all that. Get in! Oral History section star...

I’ve often wondered, while listening to any number of Carlos Niño’s projects or records, what a typical day of his looks like. I used that as a jumping off point to talk to him about collaboration and working as a producer, particularly his involvement with Thandi Ntuli’s beautiful new record, Rainbow Revisited . He shared stories about what drew him to her sound, touring Europe with Laraaji, and...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite the inimitable Larry Wish on the show! After talking a bit about his latest album, “Capricorn Sun,” and some of his characters (Composerhead!), we get into the meat of the episode. From breaking music boxes as a child and the sad, wonderfulness of Scott 3 to a world where only one song - the perfect song exists and the true avant garde nature of Nic...

On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, my brain is moving at half speed and I should have recorded this yesterday, but we make it through! A cool new feature on the site from Pidgins y’all should check out, plus part of a conversation with Nina Dante about the mental energy surrounding creating something, and more! Album of the Week: Eve Aboulkheir “Hypnagogic Walks” This Week’s Links: The...

Zekarias Musele Thompson made one of my favorite records of 2022, Goodnight Shiva (Atlantic Rhythms), but that only scratched the surface of the work they are doing in the worlds of art and sound. Through Working Name Studioes, Thompson fosters a community built around connecting with each other and ourselves through material and conceptual art practice. It’s important work that continues to grow...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Marc Masters on the show! When I think about music writers that cover experimental music and sound in the margins, Marc is the first name on the team sheet. His new book, “High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape” is out now and is essential reading for the heads. On this episode, we wonder how The Eels’ friend Fred died, pizza-themed c...

What a week, huh? A lot of darkness on the horizon, so keep taking care of each other and yourselves. Album of the Week: Markus Floats “Fourth Album” This Week’s Links: Omar Ahmad’s Instagram Lula Yourke “Volta” Miranda Reinert’s piece for Welcome to Hell World Philip Sherburne’s piece on Pitchfork Foxy Digitalis is an online music resource and organization promoting music in the margins with the...

Tristan Allen is a puppeteer, musician, and world builder. Their new album, Tin Iso & the Dawn , sets the stage for future narratives, sonic investigations, and a sense that something larger lurks out there for all of us. It’s one of the most engaging pieces of work I’ve heard all year, and add into it the puppetry and visuals Allen has created in conjunction with the music, it’s hard not to b...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite James Ginzburg on the show. James is a musician, producer, and old friend. He is ½ of emptyset and the founder of Subtext Records. On this episode, we get lost in the strangeness of John Denver’s words, the allure of Arthur Deller’s voice, how freaking great Irene Cara is, and loads more. Listen to all of James’s picks HERE Subtext Record s emptyset...

On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, Tulsa went off last weekend and my kid got to make her live debut playing a score I wrote. WHAT?! Plus I get together w/ the Hausu Mountain fellas to talk shop, and Natalie Day creates a gentle triumph. Album of the Week: Natalie Day “Blooming As the Sun” This Week’s Links: Hausu Mountain website Hausu Mountain Bandcamp Tulsa Artist Fellowship Warren...

When I first heard Green-House and read the description of Olive Ardizoni’s project back in early 2020 with Six Songs for Invisible Gardens , I felt an instant connection to the music and the ideas it conveyed. Since then, they have harvested growing sonic landscapes that, while adjacent to those early ideas, expand upon them to build a deeper conceptual framework. Green-House is now a duo with Ar...

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Eric Mingus on the show. Eric’s newest album, Lessons From My Father , is tremendous and moving. We talk about his research on the Mingus Mill in North Carolina and collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma before diving in to memories of his father, Charles Mingus, playing in the house, how far ahead of his time Miles was, The Band’s ability to make someone else...

On this episode of the Foxy Digitalis Podcast, I dig into what this new show is and what listeners can (or can’t) expect going forward. Album of the Week: Darius Jones “fLuXkit Vancouver (i​̶​t​̶​s̶ suite but sacred)” THIS WEEK’S LINKS: Purelink “Signs” (Peak Oil) Lemon Quartet “Artsfest” (Last Resort) Nina Dante's Witchy Mix Brad E. Rose “I’m Scared of Dying” (Room 40) The Starless Oracle “Hologr...

After a week off (to put all the focus on Songs of Our Lives), The Seltzer Salon returns with a real heavy hitter. Vinny Golia is an all-time great. A composer, multi-instrumentalist, big thinker, teacher, and so much more, all of these facets show up in his project, Even to This Day . The second Movement, Syncretism: For The Draw , is out now and stretches across nearly 12 hours and 110 tracks. C...