Songs of Our Lives

This week on Songs of Our Lives, Dis Fig returns! I am so thrilled to have Felicia Chen back on the show to talk about her incredible new record, “What To Make Of These Mortal Hands.” After a lot of excellent yapping about the ideas and processes behind it, we get into Rowdy Rebel, Joni Mitchell, SWV, Sepultura, Portishead, K.P. & Evnyi + loads more!
Listen to all of Dis Fig’s picks HERE
“What To Make Of These Mortal Hands”
Dis Fig on IG
Listening Events: 10/13 Queens, NY @ Lichen 10/16 Berlin, DE @ Secret Location
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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Song List
Digital Mystikz “Eyez”
SWV “Weak”
Phantom of the Opera
Sepultura “Roots Bloody Roots”
Portishead “Mysterons”
Indian Summer “Angry Son”
The Mars Volta “Day of the Baphomets”
K.P. & Envyi “Swing My Way”
Cocteau Twins “Heaven or Las Vegas”
Rowdy Rebel “Computers”
Eric Whitacre “Sleep”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Michael Cormier-O’Leary! His project, Hour, has a new record out next month called “Ghost Bridge.” That’s such a great title. We get into all the various meanings behind it plus the process of writing and recording it. Then, we move onto all sorts of bangers from ABBA, Warren Zevon, Astrud Gilberto, Jo Dee Messina, Archie Fisher, ylayali, Phish, Joni Mitchell +_ more!
Listen to all of Michael’s picks HERE
Hour “Ghost Bridge”
Michael’s Website
Dear Life Records
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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Song List
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe “Order of the Universe”
Archie Fisher “The Final Trawl”
ylayali “Golden Hour”
Joni Mitchell “Hejira”
The Who “Behind Blue Eyes”
Phish “Pebbles and Marbles”
Astrud Gilberto “Never My Love”
Warren Zevon “Tule’s Blues (demo version)”
Leonard Cohen “Alexandra Leaving”
Mary Margaret O’Hara “When You Know Why You’re Happy”
ABBA “Super Trouper”
Jo Dee Messina “Heads Carolina, Tails California”
Jane Siberry “Bound By The Beauty”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s plume girl! Look, I love plume girl’s work a lot. A lot a lot. Her latest with Home Baker, “Every Day I Weave on the Great Loom,” is no exception. We talk about that for a while before digging into Nick Drake, DJ Suzy, Lomelda, Juana Molina, Asa Chang & Junray, Dashboard Confessional, Alex G, Britney Spears + more!
Listen to all of plume girl’s picks HERE
“Every Day I Weave on the Great Loom”
plume girl’s bandcamp
plume girl on IG
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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Song List
Ore Naal Unnai Naan
Lomelda “It’s Infinite”
Juana Molina “Al Oeste”
Nick Drake “From the Morning”
Britney Spears “Lucky”
Dashboard Confessional “Hands Down”
Asa Chang & Junray “Kokuhaku (Cornelius ver)”
Tex Patrello “Panda Express”
Alex G “Kicker”
Charli XCX & Sophie “Lightning”
DJ Suzy “Caught by a Wind”
Radiohead “Fake Plastic Trees”
Home Baker” during an overnight bake”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ótal! I first stumbled on his work via his “Heyr” album sometime last year and have been a big, big fan every since! The Icelandic-born, Akron-based composer has a new record out now called “Fjöður” - big time recommendation! We talk about the processes behind it before diving into Fela Kuti, Patricia Wolf, Nina Simone, Holger Czukay, ABBA, Vanilla Ice, Michael Stearns + more!
Listen to all of Ótal’s picks HERE
Fjöður
Ótal’s website
Ótal on IG
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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Song List
Erla Þorsteinsdóttir “Litli tónlistarmaðurinn”
Nina Simone "Feelings”
Holger Czukay “Persian Love”
Portishead “The Rip”
Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby”
ABBA “Two For the Price of One”
DARKSIDE “Paper Trails”
Steve Reich “It’s Gonna Rain, Pt. 1”
Hildur Gudnadottir “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass “Prashanti”
Patricia Wolf “Sessile Existence”
Fela Kuti “Zombie”
Michael Sterns “As the Earth Kissed the Moon”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s John Thayer! John’s been on an incredible run as of late, from his solo record, “Winds Gate,” to the collaboration with Ben Seratan, and now, a new album with his partner, Lea Thomas as Miyaxx. We get into all of that before sinking into King Tubby, Bobby McFerrin, Alice Coltrane, Jeff Buckley, Cyndi Lauper, Raffi, Karen Dalton, and plenty more!
Listen to all of John’s picks HERE
“Hold Your Ego Out Like A Sun”
“Sunbeam of No Illusion”
“Winds Gate”
John’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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Song List
Raffi “Apples & Bananas”
Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time”
Bobby McFerrin “Don’t Worry Be Happy”
Aphex Twin “Avril 14th”
Alice Coltrane “Journey In Satchidananda”
Phil Collins “Sussudio”
Jeff Buckley “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over”
Karen Dalton “Something On Your Mind”
Rage Against the Machine “Killing in the Name”
Pharoah Sanders “The Creator Has a Master Plan”
King Tubby’s Meet the Rockers Uptown “Keep on Dubbing”
Dead Prez “Hip Hop”
Ben E. King “Stand By Me”