For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Felicia Chen aka Dis Fig on the show. There are collaborations that just make sense, and one listen to Dis Fig & The Body’s “Orchards of a Futile Heaven” screams that these two projects are meant to collide. After talking about how that happened, we blast off talking about how early is too early for a memory of Naughty by Nature, the desolation Sufjan Stevens can bring, how Earth is also sexy… maybe, earnestness going too far, Senyawa’s magic, getting hyped with Nero, Portishead’s greatness, and loads more!

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Dis Fig & The Body “Orchards of a Futile Heaven”

Dis Fig on Instagram

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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Helado Negro on the show. After talking a little about his process and the story of Lupe Lopez, he takes us on quite the journey (including me reacting to one of his off-the-cuff picks live - ha!). We get into the all-time greatness of Teddy Pendergrass, Piero’s timeless moments, Bonnie Raitt’s calypso side, the utter seduction of Maria Marquez’s “Loveroom,” Caliban bringing it, the understated magic of Luiz Bonfa, being moved to tears by Xenia Rubinos, and so much more!

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PHASOR

Helado Negro Tour Dates

Helado Negro Official Site

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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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Jeremiah Chiu on the show. He’s been on quite a run of incredible records the last couple years, and on February 2nd, it continues with “The Closest Thing to Silence,” a collaboration between himself, Marta Sofia Honer, and the great Ariel Kalma. After talking about how that came together, we keep channel Ariel’s spirit and keep things in the posi-zone, talking about Stevie Wonder’s all-time greatness, the gravity of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the personal impact of 80s and 90s R&B, Burt Bacharach putting us in a romantic mood, Radiohead recognizing Paul Lansky’s genius, Milton Nascimento’s all-timer, and loads more!

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“The Closest Thing to Silence”

Jeremiah’s Website

International Anthem

Ariel Kalma’s Bandcamp

Bernard Xolotl’s Bandcamp

Paul Lansky “More Than Idle Chatter”

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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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Sarah Hennies on the show. We talk a bit about a couple of the many projects Sarah’s working on right now - performances of Michael Ranta pieces and her duo with Tristan Kasten-Krause. I’m not sure there are many people with more happening! Once we get into the songs, the laughs start early and never stop as we talk about the Duke of Dukedom himself, Ivor Cutler’s excellent use of fart noises, how Acetone was hiding in plain sight, the genius and divisiveness of Bobby Conn, how Daniel Romano avoided the Sub Pop curse, finally unlocking Arthur Russell, Souled American being the absolute greatest, and so much more!

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Visit Sarah Hennies’ website

The Music of Michael Ranta & Sarah Hennies - Live at Roulette (Video)

Metaphon website (for Michael Ranta recordings)

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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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Ilyas Ahmed on the show. After reminiscing a bit about the 2007 Digitalis music fest, Bottled Smoke, we talked about both incredible albums Ilyas released in 2023 - his solo joint, “A Dream of Another,” and Grails’ “Anches En Maat.” We had a blast getting into the underrated shredding of Steve Stevens, Velvet Underground’s ability for tender destruction, where you go after making one of the all-time records as your debut, how Bono ruins some great songs, Guy Picciotto as an underappreciated lyricist, Scott Walker being Scott Walker, Q Lazzarus’s genius and tragedy, feeling good with Donna Summer, and loads more!

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Ilyas Ahmed “A Dream of Another”

Grails “Anches En Maat”

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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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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Burial Beer Company and Visuals Wine’s Tim Gormley on the show. We get deep into the origins of Burial and the ways music inspired them then and continues to as the brand grows into new spaces (they’ve just opened a music venue in Asheville called Eulogy). It was an interesting conversation about the ways music shapes so many of the things we do. Eventually we get into the goods, going on about breakdancing kits featuring Herbie Hancock, the unrelenting abrasiveness of Pharmakon, Paul Simon’s globe-trotting magic, cracking the Richard Skelton code, Joanna Newsom’s exceptionalness, and loads more!

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Ceremony of Seasons

Visuals Wine Club

Burial Beer Company

Eulogy

Karl Lihn “K”

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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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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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Aquarelle aka Ryan Potts on the show. After we talk a bit about his massively underappreciated 2023 album, Verdant Machine, we get into the goods and realize we might just be the same person. We ramble about how much the Ghostbuster theme bangs, the art of being loud, what it is about Trent Reznor that doesn’t quite work for us, how there’s nobody else like Joanna Newsom, one of the best voices we’ve ever heard, the other side of James Brown, the greatest indie rock ever, and so much more!

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“Verdant Machine” on Bandcamp

Aquarelle on Bandcamp

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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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s a Cult Love Christmas Special w/ Natty and Lauran! Cult Love Sound is a Tulsa staple. They’re a collective that runs a label, puts on shows and other events, promotes all things weird and interesting in town, and so much more. I headed on over to the Cult House so we can talk about why they decided to make a traditional Christmas album, Snoop Dogg AI, drunken pudding demands, the genius of Lil B, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and loads more!

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Christmas Selections on the Pipe Organ

Cult Love Sound

Rowan Morrison “Bride of the Wintertide”

Lil B “Santa” (5-hour mixtape)

Donal Hinely “Midwinter Carols: Fourteen Selections on Glass Harmonica”

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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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 music, Coltrane at his most romantic, the overwhelming appeal of “Strawberry Fields Forever,” Jon Hassell’s influence, and so much more!

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SG For Lovers Only / Rain Suite

Andrew Pekler’s Website

Andrew Pekler 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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