On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Wilder Maker’s Gabriel Birnbaum! Wilder Maker have an incredible new record on the way, “The Streets Like Beds Still Warm.” It’s the first in a trilogy that tells a story of one night in the city from dusk to dawn. I love it. We talked about the story behind that before diving into a Bonnie Raitt, Deerhoof, Sandro Perri, Dougie Poole, Angel Olsen, and so much more!

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The Streets Like Beds Still Warm

Wilder Maker on Instagram

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Paul Simon “Graceland”

Bill Callahan “The Breeze/My Baby Cries”

Dougie Poole “Vaping on the Job”

Bonnie Raitt “I Can’t Make You Love Me”

Death Cab For Cutie “The New Year”

Loggins & Messina “Danny’s Song”

Angel Olsen “Big Time”

Bill Evans “Peace Piece”

State Champion “Death Preferences”

Dave Douglas “Charms of the Night Sky”

Deerhoof “This Magnificent Bird Will Rise”

Sandro Perri “In Another Life”

Wilco “Radio Cure”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Dorian Wood! She’s probably my favorite singer in the whole world. Her voice just stops me in my tracks every time. But she’s so much more than that, with so many wonderful, interesting projects across mediums, so it was a thrill to finally get on a chat together. After talking about her various projects, we get into the weeds with the Prince song everyone is wrong about, “Blue” Gene Tyranny’s singular genius, Love, Stevie Wonder, Ike and Tina, Silverchair, and so much more!

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Dorian’s Website

Dorian on Instagram

Dorian’s Bandcamp

Dorian & Thor’s album

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Cri-Cri “Di Porque”

Nina Simone “Lilac Wine”

“Blue” Gene Tyranny “Next Time Might Be Your Time”

Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High”

Portishead “Sour Times”

Prince “Batdance”

Fiona Apple “I Know”

Scott Walker “Darkness”

Silverchair “Across the Night”

Stevie Wonder “You Haven’t Done Nothin’”

Sinead O’Connor “Jump in the River” (Karen Finley Remix)

Love “You Set The Scene” (Alternate Mix)

Massive Attack “Superpredators”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Marissa Nadler! It was such a blast to connect with another life, someone who I have known for over 20 years at this point. Her latest album, “New Radiations,” is my favorite thing she’s done yet, and considering what’s come before, that’s a testament to the work she’s put in. We get into all of that before talking about when a chorus doesn’t deliver on the promise of a verse in a song, the effervescence of The Supremes, Mariah’s all-time status, Bob Dylan, Chris Isaak, Procol Harum, Hole, and more!

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“New Radiations”

Marissa’s website

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Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Phil Collins “In The Air Tonight”

Joni Mitchell “Little Green”

The Supremes “Baby Love”

Echo & The Bunnymen “Killing Moon”

Hole “Teenage Whore”

The Velvet Underground “I Found a Reason”

Dolly Parton “Jolene”

Bob Dylan “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”

The Roches “Hammond Song”

Cassandra Jenkins “Hard Drive”

Mariah Carey “Without You”

Chris Isaak “Wicked Game”

Rocky Theme Song

Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Stefan Christoff! We talk a lot about his project, Earth Sounds Now and their album “Convergence,” plus the activist work he’s doing around Palestinians and Gaza before getting into a lot of great tunes. We chat about Don Cherry’s all-time status, meeting Lhasa, hip-hop lyrics, Hector Lavoe, Coltrane, Nicolás Jaar, Chico Buarque, & more!

Listen to all of Setfan’s picks HERE

Earth Sounds Now “Convergence”

chapultepec atmósferas

Adriana Camacho and Stefan Christoff “Años y Minutos”

Stefan Christoff "In Belém"

Stefan Christoff "Live Amsterdam / Berlin"

Stefan on Instagram

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir “Полегнала е Тодора (Love Chant)”

Chico Buarque "Construção”

Nicolás Jaar “No”

Don Cherry “Utopia and Visions”

Pixies “Where Is My Mind”

Lhasa de Sela “De Cara a la Pared”

Celia Cruz “La Vida Es Un Carnaval”

Ravel String Quartet: II. Assez vif. Très rythme

Mos Def “Auditorium”

Marvin Gaye “Inner City Blues”

Hector Lavoe “Periodico De Ayer”

John Coltrane “Naima”

Brian Eno “The Big Ship”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Charmaine Lee! In 2025, Charmaine is not fucking around. She’s got an incredible new record on the way in a couple months called “Tulpa.” She’s just started a new label, Kou, with her partner Randall Dunn that has a unique and innovative approach to running a label. Oh, and she’s about to go on a 3-month, 90 city tour of the US in which she will play in all 50 states. And yet, she found time to yak with me about Tower of Power, Grouper, Ornette Coleman, Eyvind Kang, Phil Collins, U2, Dilla, and more!

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Charmaine’s website

Kou Records

Charmaine on Instagram

Tour Dates

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Tower of Power “Don’t Change Horses”

Grouper “Clearing”

Evanescence “Bring Me To Life “

Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight”

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros “Home”

American Football

Schubert “An die Musik”

Ornette Coleman “All My Life”

Bon Iver “Re:Stacks”

Eyvind King “Binah”

J Dilla “So Far To Go”

Auld Lang Syne

U2 “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Glenn Donaldson! An episode 20 years in the making, this one was an absolute blast. Glenn’s band, The Reds, Pinks, and Purples has a new collection of songs out now on Fire Records called “The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed,” and it continues a long line of stellar releases. We get into his approach to songwriting, the beauty in names (if you need a band name, you should reach out), and more before diving into the highs and lows of REM, Anohni’s crushing songs, a perfect pick for greatest song of all time, Juice WRLD, Sade, Metallica, Galaxie 500, English Beat, and more!

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The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed

The Reds, Pinks, & Purples on Instagram

Glenn’s Linktree

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Richie Valens “La Bamba”

ANOHNI “Another World”

English Beat “Save It For Later”

Grouper “Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping”

Metallica “One”

R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts”

Sade “Lovers Rock”

Rites of Spring “All Through a Life”

The Jam “That’s Entertainment”

Juice WRLD “Wasted”

Galaxie 500 “Isn’t it a Pity”

Television Personalities “Say You Won’t Cry”

Hüsker Dü “Eight Miles High”

New episodes return! On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ethan Miller! Ethan’s got a new trio record on the way with Bill Orcutt and Steve Shelley (talk about a dream team), so I had to get his side about how that all came into being. Then we wade into the weeds yapping about a good wordless chorus, why the New York Dolls should have been on the Voyager gold record, King Crimson, Dylan, Faust, Sonny Sharrock, Tom Jones, and loads more!

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Orcutt Shelley Miller

Howlin Rain’s website

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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The Beatles “Hey Jude”

Albert Ayler “The Truth Is Marching In”

Pink Floyd “Fearless”

New York Dolls “Trash”

Lou Read “Metal Machine Music #1”

Tom Jones “I Can’t Stop Loving You”

King Crimson “Starless”

Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone”

Faust “Krautrock”

Fanny “Special Care”

Jimi Hendrix “Like a Rolling Stone”

Sonny Sharrock “Black Woman”

**Never a bad time to revisit this gem of an episode from the great Ka Baird. New episodes are on the way - just needed a little break this summer!**

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Ka Bard on the show. Their latest album, “Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos,” is something else. For all of the great music Ka’s made over the last 2+ decades, this one really stands out. After that, we try to figure out what it was about 1971 that went so damn hard! And we get into how the Muppets are a national treasure, the staying power of the Raincoats, Alice Coltrane’s all-time greatness, connecting with Joanna Newsom, MC Yallah’s infectious relentlessness, the impossibility of Can, Sinead O’Connor’s incredible power, and loads more!

Listen to all of Ka’s picks HERE

Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos

Ka’s Tour Dates

Ka’s Website

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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The Muppets “Rainbow Connection”

Sibylle Baier “Says Elliot

Alice Coltrane “Universal Consciousness”

Hole “Teenage Whore”

Comus “Drip Drip”

Tricky “Overcome”

Joanna Newsom “Only Skin”

Leonard Cohen “Stories of the Street”

Can “Vitamin C”

MC Yallah “Kubali”

Sinead O’Connor “Troy”

Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes “Ame Debout”

If you haven’t heard Robert’s new soundtrack for UNION - listen to it today! I’ve been digging into it a lot the last few weeks, so I wanted to revisit his excellent episode

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 beauty behind “Chemirocha,” and why you just can’t do it anymore with one of the greatest pop songs ever.

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“Grasshopper Republic” Score

“Grasshopper Republic” Film

“Telemarketers” Score

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Bandcamp

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Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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Holst “The Planets: Mars”

Dead Can Dance “Mesmerisim”

Chemutoi Ketienya “Chemirocha”

Japan “Ghosts”

R. Kelly “Ignition (Remix)”

Yoko Ono “Mindtrain”

Sade “The Sweetest Taboo”

Talk Talk “New Grass”

The Eternals “Eternally Yours”

Kelan Phil Cochran “African Skies”

Revolutionaries “Kunta Kinte Dub”

Alice Coltrane “Journey in Satchidananda”

Albert Ayler “Love Cry”

**The weather is getting hotter, the ground is cracked and humming - a perfect time to revisit last year's episode with Andrew Weathers!**

For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Andrew Weathers on the show. Few people have been involved in more of my favorite albums over the last 10+ years, so I was thrilled to chat with him. Andrew’s a real one. We talk about a lot of pop punk, what made Roy Orbison finally click, the sweeter side of Bill Callahan, how improbable and seriously fun The Highwaymen are, American Analog Set’s all-time greatness, and loads more!

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Andrew Weathers” A Cardinal With A Sign of Blood”

Andrew’s Website

Full Spectrum Records

Wind Tide “Blue Breaking Brown”

Songs of Our Lives is a podcast series hosted by Brad Rose of Foxy Digitalis that explores the music that's made us and left a certain mark. Whether it's a song we associate with our most important moments, something that makes us cry, the things we love that nobody else does, or our favorite lyrics, we all have our own personal soundtrack. Join Foxy Digitalis on Patreon for extra questions and conversation in each episode (+ a whole lot more!)

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The Temptations “My Girl”

Osker “Kinetic”

The Highwaymen “Highwayman”

The American Analog Set “Punk As Fuck”

Underoath “Reinventing Your Exit”

Old Crow Medicine Show “Wagon Wheel”

Smog “Truth Serum”

Roy Orbison “I Drove All Night”

Hot Water Music “Trusty Chords”

The Wonder Years “Passing Through A Screen Door”

Gay Meat “Lychee Ice”

Hiroshi Sato “Blue and Moody Music”

The Progress “Merit”