Songs of Our Lives

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Carlos Giffoni! To me, Carlos is a legend, so it was great to have him on the show. His new album, “Pendulum,” is full of great collaborations (Zola Jesus, Ben Chasny, Greg Kelley, Mabe Fratti, Lea Bertucci, & Iggor Cavalera), and really shows the range of his compositional approaches. Plus, he just announced that No Fun will return in 2026 - hell yes! So, we talk about the new record before getting into all of it from Nirvana and Neil Young to Diamanda Galas, Hecker, Roxy Music, Judee Sill, Low, and more!
Listen to all of Carlos’s picks HERE
Pendulum
Carlos 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
Mujer Araña (Spiderwoman Theme in Spanish)
Low “Always Trying To Work It Out”
El General “Tu Pum Pum”
Judee Sill “The Kiss”
The Beach Boys “God Only Knows”
Florian Hecker “Pandemonium Playlist #9”
Robyn “Call Your Girlfriend”
Kurt Cobain & William S. Burroughs “The Priest They Called Him”
Neil Young “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”
Roxy Music “Jealous Guy”
Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”
Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Diamanda Galas “My World is Empty Without You”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Geologist! For decades, I’ve loved the sound of the hurdy gurdy, but I’ve never heard it used like Geologist uses it on his new solo record, “Can I Get A Pack of Camel Lights?” If SST put out a hurdy gurdy record in the late 80s/early 90s, it might sound like this. We talk about the instrument, Keiji Haino, and having fun before getting into songs by Thin Lizzy, Daft Punk, Hall & Oates, Tronics, Dory Previn, Pavement, & plenty more!
Listen to all of Geologist’s picks HERE
Can I Get A Pack of Camel Lights?
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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Song List
Hall & Oates “Maneater”
Betty Noyes “Baby Mine”
Music Makers “United”
Daft Punk “One More Time / Aerodynamic”
Them “Hey Girl”
Kleenex “Die Matrosen”
Tronics “TV On In Bed”
Thin Lizzy “Little Girl In Bloom”
Dory Previn “Lady With the Braid”
System of a Down “X”
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express “Happiness Is Just Around the Bend”
Pink Floyd “Interstellar Overdrive”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Sam Wenc! Sam’s new record, “Language At An Angle,” is the first under his own name. We talked about that, the processes behind it, and how it feels performing the work. Then we dig deep into the trenches with the multitudes of Okkyung Lee, Susan Alcorn’s all-time greatness, Robert Wyatt’s immortality, the romance of Henry Flynt, Green Day, Jeremy Lee Faulkner, feeo, Neil Young + more!
Listen to all of Sam’s picks HERE
Language At An Angle
Lobby Art
Johnny Coley “Antique Sadness”
“My Pool, My Rules”
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
Green Day “Geek Stink Breath”
Johnny Coley "Immortal Field”
Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble “The Minstrel”
Robert Wyatt “At Last I Am Free”
Silver Jews “Blue Arrangements”
Henry Flynt “You Are My Everlovin’”
Okkyung Lee “Here We Are (Once Again)”
Jeremy Lee Faulkner “My Pool, My Rules”
Natural Information Society “Finite”
feeo “Sandpit”
Susan Alcorn “O Sacrum Convivium”
Yo La Tengo “Night Falls on Hoboken”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Danz CM! From her recent album, “LARM,” to her new song “Over the Ocean” to Synth History and so, so much more, there was a lot to discuss. She’s a one-person show in so many ways. After all that, we get into the all-time greatness of Broadcast, Yo La Tengo’s romance, The Kinks, Link Wray, Radiohead, Eiffel 65, World Party, and lots more!
Listen to all of Danz’s picks HERE
LARM EP
“Over the Ocean” Video
Danz’s Website
Danz on IG
Synth History
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
Frankie Valli “Grease”
The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset”
Henry Mancini “Lujon”
Radiohead “Subterranean Homesick Alien”
No Mercy “Where Do You Go”
Eiffel 65 “Blue”
Yo La Tengo “Our Way To Fall”
Flo & Eddie “Keep it Warm”
World Party “Is It Like Today?”
Link Wray “Rumble”
The Brian Jonestown Massacre “Anemone”
Broadcast “Ominous Cloud”

On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Peter Taylor! I’ve known Peter for nearly 20 years now - he’s a true Foxy Digitalis lifer, having first written for the site around 2006. He also makes music as MAbH, and is the person behind Foxy Digitalis’s Inside No. 9 podcast series. He’s a real one. So I’m thrilled to have him on for the 2025 Christmas Special talking childhood memories, favorite songs, emotional connections, and all of that. Classics by The Waitresses, Wham!, and The Pogues plus Nat King Cole’s golden voice, Cliff Richard’s full-on holidayfest, and plenty more!
Listen to all of Peter’s picks HERE!
Inside No. 9 on Foxy Digitalis
MAbH Bandcamp
First MAbH album
Peter on Instagram
Omni Gardens “Christmas”
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
Bing Crosby “Christmas Is A’Comin”
Nat King Cole “Silent Night”
The Waitresses “Christmas Wrapping”
The Pretenders “2000 Miles”
Mike Oldfield “In Dulci Jubilio”
Wizard “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day”
Cliff Richards “Mistletoe & Wine”
Low “Little Drummer Boy”
Wham! “Last Christmas”
The Pogues & Kirsty McCall “Fairytale of New York”