Making retarded music is hard work; most people think it’s easy but IT’S NOT - have you tried being utterly retarded? I bet you sucked at it. Try it out – I bet the consternation of displacing your finely-honed adult composure or your trepidation with someone overhearing your patriotic throat horn issue forth between sour-patch kid waterslide lips is a debasement too substantial to bear. You can ask Brent Field all about it - he’s been at this game for well over a decade in whatever formation, from Carburetor Piss Popsicle to Edith Bunker’s Demonized Vomit Insurance and some other ones that are pretty good too. He is also the man behind the now defunct Nauscopy record label which has released music by such classic configurations as Baloney Bong, Bad Day Slab, Blood Sucking Baby Hookers, Toaster Cunt, n|.o7_2el.}r2m-l\o#g, X-Ray of a Boiled Sandwich, and many more. This interview was conducted on the pre-Facebook online platform MySpace where everything seems to be possible. .. feature :: by Andrew Zukerman

When most people think of Denver, they don’t think of its stellar music scene. Typically the first things that come to mind in that department are the Fray and an endless number of hippie jam bands, but beneath this shining exterior, in a shady neighborhood just north of downtown near the intersection of 35th and Brighton lies an area that has become a “weird music” mecca of sorts. At this strip of industrial buildings and warehouses, on any given night, you can see any number of amazing bands who are pushing the boundaries of music. This is an island that lies in Middle America, somewhere between Chicago and the sea, and these are stories of what happens here... feature :: by Kevin Richards

The Child Readers. The Shitty Listener. The Knit Separates. Teenage Panzerkorps. Chord Fort. This is but a sampling of Jason Honea's various projects and collaborations. Need I say more? (Part 2 of 2).. feature :: by Bruno Parisse

I first met Daniel DiMaggio, the whiz behind Home Blitz, my sophomore year of college when he was playing guitar in the Great Excape with my buddy Jason Sigal. Jason's roommate had already gone home for the summer and left the dorm room stripped of everything except for the mattresses provided by the university and a mini-fridge. When I showed up, the three Great Excapers had been hanging out in the empty room, apparently for several hours, drinking, then not drinking, a cloying, syrupy, and bright purple liquor being pushed at the moment by some mainstream rap superstar. Daniel mumbled a greeting but kept to himself on the other end of the room. The show that night was at a safari-themed dive bar and was attended by five or six college students and a 250-pound homeless man wearing a wife-beater and teal sweatpants pulled up to about four inches below the nipple, revealing the contours of a surprisingly long-lasting erection... feature :: by Raf Spielman

Tape Hiss is a (semi) regular column focusing solely on cassette releases. For the uninitiated, this feature was originally run on Stylus Magazine's website, but with Stylus shutting its doors, Bryan Berge is bringing it to Foxy Digitalis. So rejoice and all that, and check out some of these recent happenings in the world of cassette labels. In vol. #32, we take a look at a handful of recent releases the Epicene, Sky-fi, & Pendu labels.. feature :: by Bryan Berge

Jason Honea has been a major contributor to many of the finest projects housed in the Jewelled Antler forest. The Child Readers, with Loren Chasse are the perfect example, but Honea has also perfected his craft with the magical Knit Separates. Honea also has let his punk rock roots explode in the all-out aural assaults of Teenage Panzerkorps, a project with Glenn Donaldson. But Honea's craft is delicate and expansive. On The Knit Separates, one can hear his fixations and realizations come to life. There's mysticism and magic, but most important is beauty. He always has his hand in something and you never know when a new project or album will fall from the skies. (Part 1 of 2).. feature :: by Bruno Parisse

Matt Earle is the brains behind the horrendously underrated and underappreciated Breakdance the Dawn label. Hailing from Australia, some of his many (many many many) projects, like XnobbqX, have been getting their due recently, but as a whole not enough people are aware of him and his cohorts. Hell, don't take it from me, take it from Jon Dale: "Matt's a genius, man. Seriously. Total genius." Absolutely. This interview was conducted through email over the past 2 years (started in July 2006!)... feature :: by Brad Rose

Housecraft is a new label to me, though it's been around for a while now. Based in Gainesville, Florida and run by Jeffry Astin, discovering it has been like unearthing a long-forgotten treasure chest. With bands and projects I'd never heard of such as Tricorn & Queue, Joshua McAbee, and Hairmaiden of the Totem Robe (all of which are exceptional) as well as Foxy Digitalis favorites such as Sean McCann and Ghost Brames, there's a whole host of goodness to explore. Add in lovely art and packaging and you've got some serious gems on your hands... label-spotlight :: by Brad Rose

Phaserprone is a Baltamore / Brooklyn based record label run by Jonas Asher and Jochen Hartmann. Aside from some of the, hands down, best looking releases around, their catalogue is ripe with various formats that traffic spectral basement chants & mucked-up analog rhythm worship. The two moonlight in the group UW OWL, who's "New Birth of Old Death" cassette was a definite highlight for me last year. This interview was conducted over email. Answers provided by both Jonas and Jochen... feature :: by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Tape Hiss is a (semi) regular column focusing solely on cassette releases. For the uninitiated, this feature was originally run on Stylus Magazine's website, but with Stylus shutting its doors, Bryan Berge is bringing it to Foxy Digitalis. So rejoice and all that, and check out some of these recent happenings in the world of cassette labels. In vol. #31, we take a look at a handful of recent releases the HWEM, JK Tapes, and Night People labels... feature :: by Bryan Berge