Foggy Notions

10/01/2025

Foggy Notions Presents
HAVE A NICE LIFE
Button Factory Dublin
Sunday 15th June 2025 - SOLD OUT
Monday 16th June 2025 - JUST ANNOUNCED

Following the sellout of their show on Sunday, June 15th, Foggy Notions is proud to announce that Have A Nice Life will perform a second show on Monday, June 16th. Tickets on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie

Have A Nice Life formed in the early 2000s when its two primary members, Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga, were studying at the University of Massachusetts. With the aim of crafting “oddly aggressive acoustic songs,” the duo spent five years meticulously constructing their debut LP, Deathconsciousness, a 2008 release that rippled across the post-punk landscape.

Deathconsciousness is now hailed for its anguished subject matter and unwaveringly lo-fi production, and it is considered an experimental cornerstone, leading to a cult following that grew steadily over the years. The record’s unique blend of post-punk, shoegaze, and industrial influences set it apart, earning critical acclaim and a lasting legacy in the underground music scene.
In 2014, Have A Nice Life released their follow-up album, The Unnatural World, which continued to explore the dark and introspective themes of their debut while further developing their distinctive sound. Their third album, Sea of Worry, released in 2019, saw the band incorporating more diverse musical influences and refining their production techniques. Sea of Worry blends elements of goth rock, post-punk, and shoegaze, delivering a more polished yet equally intense listening experience. The album tackles themes of existential dread and anxiety, resonating with listeners through its powerful lyrics and immersive soundscapes. Have A Nice Life’s live performances, though rare, are highly anticipated events, characterized by their intense energy and the duo’s ability to translate their complex studio work into powerful live renditions. Despite maintaining a relatively low public profile, Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga have cultivated a dedicated fan base and continue to influence a new generation of musicians drawn to their uncompromising artistic vision.

10/01/2025

Sam Amidon Sat Jan 25th
Salt River album launch

Special guest added to line up.

Tickets https://www.gatetheatre.ie/production/gatecrashes-sam-amidon/

31/12/2024

Looking forward to 2025…

All tickets https://linktr.ee/foggynotions
More info www.foggynotions.ie

20/12/2024

Foggy Notions & U:MACK present
GANG OF FOUR

The Button Factory Dublin -
Thursday 26th June 2025 SOLD OUT
Friday 27th June 2025 EXTRA DATE

Second Dublin date added for Gang of Four’s Farewell Tour in Dublin due to huge demand. Tickets on general sale now www.ticketmaster.ie

GANG OF FOUR ANNOUNCE SECOND DUBLIN SHOW ON FAREWELL TOUR, IN SPRING 2025.

TITLED ‘THE LONG GOODBYE’ THE TOUR WILL FEATURE THEIR LEGENDARY DEBUT ALBUM ‘ENTERTAINMENT!’ PLAYED IN FULL EACH NIGHT.

Gang of Four have announced their final North American Tour labeled ‘The Long Goodbye’. The band – touring as Jon King (vocals), Hugo Burnham (drums) and David Pajo of Slint (guitar) will say farewell to fans across North America and Europe in 2025.

The show will mark a celebration of the band’s live performances. The iconic debut album ‘Entertainment!’ is still as relevant, exciting, and influential as ever. After 45 years, the band will play the album front to back, followed by a second set filled with fan-favorites and hit songs.

As pioneers of the post-punk movement, Gang Of Four’s music favored tense rhythms, percussive guitar, and lyrics that traded in Marxist theory and situationism.

“2025 will be the 45th anniversary of the release of ‘Entertainment!‘ in the US, and will be our final year as a band. It’s been wonderful, but all things must end. We want to go out with a bang and celebrate with our fans and friends. So, on what will be our last US tour, we’ll play two sets at each show: ‘Entertainment!” from start to finish in the first, and the best of the rest in the second. Come and join in, it’ll be a blast!”

Gang of Four
Earlier this month it was announced that Matador Records will reissue the band’s third album ‘Songs of the Free’ – released on Friday October 25th on black vinyl. Remastered from the original tapes by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road, with supervision by Jon King

20/12/2024

Foggy Notions Presents
Lisa O’Neill
In association with Gate Theatre GATECRASHES
EXTRA DATE ADDED
Gate Theatre Dublin 22-24th January 2025
Tickets on sale now www.gatetheatre.ie

For the first time this January, Foggy Notions will partner with the Gate to present a series of live music performances from LISA O’NEILL and SAM AMIDON. O’Neill will play shows on Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd and Friday 25th of January, while Amidon will play Saturday 25th of January to coincide with the release of his new album, Salt River.

The first collaboration with the Gate and Foggy Notions sees three shows from the acclaimed singer and songwriter LISA O’NEILL, while American songwriter SAM AMIDON launches his brilliant new album Salt River for Rough Trade Records.

Songwriter Lisa O’Neill is one of the most singular and exciting talents in Irish music today. Lisa has released five albums to date, the last being 2023’s hugely acclaimed All of This Is Chance on Rough Trade. In 2019 she won the RTÉ Radio Folk Award for Best Original Track, she has been nominated for several BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and she has been nominated twice for the Choice Music Prize. In November this year she performed a full concert with the National Symphony Orchestra at the National Concert Hall.


Speaking about these special events, Leagues O’Toole of Foggy Notions said, “The Gate Theatre has played a huge role in our cultural lives for so long. Whether it’s captivating productions of Beckett or Pinter or vital new work from Philly McMahon, ANU, or Nancy Harris, the Gate Theatre is a stage that is always alive with a vital and relevant energy. So it’s a real privilege for us to curate a series of shows in January 2025, which will hopefully be the first of many.”

18/12/2024

Foggy Notions & UMACK present

EARTH

Whelan’s Dublin - Saturday 24th May 2025

Foggy Notions presents EARTH live at Whelan’s on Saturday 24th `May. Tickets on general sale Thursday 19th December @ www.ticketmaster.ie

Over the course of their thirty trips around the sun, Earth has remained diligent in their commitment to monolithic minimalism. The sonic vocabulary may have changed—from their early years churning out seismic drone metal on albums like Earth 2 (1993) to the dusty Morricone-tinged comeback album Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005) to the meditative rock approach of Primitive and Deadly (2014)—but the underlying principle of austerity and restraint remains a constant. With their latest album Full Upon Her Burning Lips, Earth purges the layers of auxiliary instrumentation that embellished some of their previous records and deconstructed their dynamic to the core duo of Dylan Carlson on guitar and bass and Adrienne Davies on drums and percussion. In the process, they tapped into the Platonic ideal of Earth—an incarnation of the long running band bolstered by the authority of purpose, where every note and every strike on the drum kit carries the weight of the world.

Full Upon Her Burning Lips opens with “Datura’s Crimson Veils”, a twelve-minute opus that adheres to Earth’s 21st century approach with Carlson’s sepia-toned Bakersfield Sound guitars lurching across a barren landscape while Davies punctuates the melodies with death knell drums. It’s a sound that harkens back to the riff-constructed vistas of their Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light albums, but stripped of their ornateness. “It was definitely a very organically developed record,” Carlson says of the process. “I limited the number of effects I used. I always like the limiting of materials to force oneself to employ them more creatively. Previous Earth records were quite lush sounding, and I wanted a more upfront and drier sound, using very few studio effects.” In less capable hands, these kinds of limitations might diminish the aural scope of the compositions, but Carlson and Davies have always thrived on reductive methods.

18/12/2024

Due to phenomenal demand and after selling out their initial venue Femtanyl's Irish Debut had been moved to Opium on Saturday 1st February.

All existing tickets remain valid and final tickets are on sale now.

🎫 - https://www.ticketmaster.ie/femtanyl-dublin-01-02-2025/event/18006189B420188E

18/12/2024

On sale tomorrow at 10:00

🎫 - https://www.whelanslive.com/event/earth/

🎫 - https://www.ticketmaster.ie/earth-tickets/artist/1542281

Dylan Carlson’s Earth return to Dublin for their first Irish concert in over 10 years, on Saturday May 24th in Whelans. Presented with Foggy Notions, tickets go on sale tomorrow (Thursday 19th December) at 10am, link in bio

17/12/2024

Foggy Notions Presents
HAVE A NICE LIFE
Button Factory Dublin - Sunday 15th June 2025.

Foggy Notions presents Have A Nice Life live at The Button Factory on Sunday 15th June. Tickets on general sale Thursday 19th December at 10am www.ticketmaster.ie

Have A Nice Life formed in the early 2000s when its two primary members, Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga, were studying at the University of Massachusetts. With the aim of crafting “oddly
aggressive acoustic songs,” the duo spent five years meticulously constructing their debut LP, Deathconsciousness, a 2008 release that rippled across the post-punk landscape.

Deathconsciousness is now hailed for its anguished subject matter and unwaveringly lo-fi production, and it is considered an experimental cornerstone. The album’s haunting themes and complex soundscapes resonated deeply with listeners, leading to a cult following that grew steadily over the years. The record’s unique blend of post-punk, shoegaze, and industrial influences set it apart, earning critical acclaim and a lasting legacy in the underground music scene.

In 2014, Have A Nice Life released their follow-up album, The Unnatural World, which continued to explore the dark and introspective themes of their debut while further developing their distinctive sound. Their third album, Sea of Worry, released in 2019, saw the band incorporating more diverse musical influences and refining their production techniques. Sea of Worry blends elements of goth rock, post-punk, and shoegaze, delivering a more polished yet equally intense listening experience. The album tackles themes of existential dread and anxiety, resonating with listeners through its powerful lyrics and immersive soundscapes.

Have A Nice Life’s live performances, though rare, are highly anticipated events, characterized by their intense energy and the duo’s ability to translate their complex studio work into powerful live renditions. Despite maintaining a relatively low public profile, Dan Barrett and Tim Macuga have cultivated a dedicated fan base and continue to influence a new generation of musicians drawn to their uncompromising artistic vision.

17/12/2024

Foggy Notions Presents
Sam Amidon
In association with Gate Theatre GATECRASHES

Gate Theatre Dublin January 2025

For the first time this January, Foggy Notions will partner with the Gate to present a series of live music performances from LISA O’NEILL and SAM AMIDON. O’Neill will play shows on Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd January, while Amidon will play Saturday 25th January to coincide with the release of his new album, Salt River.

General ticket sales open now www.gatetheatre.ie

The first collaboration with the Gate and Foggy Notions sees two shows from the acclaimed singer and songwriter LISA O’NEILL, while American songwriter SAM AMIDON launches his brilliant new album Salt River for Rough Trade Records.

Sam Amidon will release his new album Salt River on 24th January 2025, his first on River Lea Records. The Vermont native, who is now based in London, has collaborated with saxophonist and producer Sam Gendel to reinterpret and regenerate ten songs that he has gathered together as part of a decades-long quest to recontextualise what it means to sing folk songs or make folk music. Sam is held in great regard by Irish audiences having toured Ireland many times over the course of his career which has seen the release of seven previous albums. Sam also recently starred in Michael Keegan-Dolan’s dance and theatre production Nobodaddy, which played as part of this year’s Dublin Theatre Festival.

Speaking about these special events, Leagues O’Toole of Foggy Notions said, “The Gate Theatre has played a huge role in our cultural lives for so long. Whether it’s captivating productions of Beckett or Pinter or vital new work from Philly McMahon, ANU, or Nancy Harris, the Gate Theatre is a stage that is always alive with a vital and relevant energy. So it’s a real privilege for us to curate a series of shows in January 2025, which will hopefully be the first of many.”

17/12/2024

New Show:

Have A Nice Life
Button Factory
Sunday 15th June

Tickets on general sale Thursday 19th December at 10:00

🎫 - https://www.ticketmaster.ie/have-a-nice-life-dublin-15-06-2025/event/18006185DE6FA980

FB EVENT - https://fb.me/e/4bL25WlPY

16/12/2024

New Shows On Sale Now:

Foggy Notions & Gate Theatre Present

Lisa O'Neill
22nd & 23rd January
Gate Theatre Dublin

🎫 - https://www.gatetheatre.ie/production/gatecrashes-lisa-oneill/

Sam Amidon
Salt River (Album Launch)
25th January
Gate Theatre Dublin

🎫 - https://www.gatetheatre.ie/production/gatecrashes-sam-amidon/

13/12/2024

Foggy Notions Presents
WHY?
Whelan’s - Thursday 27th March 2025.

Foggy Notions presents WHY? live at Whelan’s on Thursday 27th March. Tickets on sale now www.whelanslive.com www.ticketmaster.ie

Yoni Wolf has spent the last two decades traveling the remote sonic terrain where underground hip hop, avant-pop, and psych-rock meet. In that time he’s cultivated a unique sound, and a unique position as one of contemporary music’s most distinctive voices. Some of Yoni’s most compelling and critically-praised musical experiments have been issued under the moniker WHY? and his latest entry is no exception. On AOKOHIO Yoni condenses the essential elements of WHY? into a stunningly potent musical vision.

Co-produced by Yoni and his brother Josiah, AOKOHIO presents a rich palette of musical voices that emerge and disappear into a constantly shifting kaleidoscope of sound. “I wanted a wide variety of sounds. I didn’t want this album to sit in one sonic zone. I’ve always felt like too jagged of a person to be smooth in that way,” Yoni says. While the album features many notable guest contributors, from Lala Lala’s Lillie West, to Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso, the listener’s attention remains squarely directed on Yoni’s voice and vision.

13/12/2024

Foggy Notions Presents
GEORDIE GREEP
Vicar Street Dublin - Tuesday 1st April 2025.

Foggy Notions presents Geordie Greep (of Black Midi) live at The Vicar Street on Tuesday 1st April for his Irish Debut. Tickets on general sale now www.ticketmaster.ie

Geordie Greep (of black midi)

Shares Live Performance filmed at TV Eye in New York

New Dates Added To World Tour Including Two Nights At Koko

Debut Solo Album ‘The New Sound’ out now on Rough Trade Records

Album Pre-Order link - https://geordiegreep.ffm.to/newsound

Watch TV Eye Performance - https://youtu.be/qszu-WSGoOs

“The main theme of the record is desperation; you don’t hear an unreliable narrator but someone who is kidding themselves that they have everything under control, but they don’t.” Geordie Greep

“An incredible, accomplished confection” 9/10 UNCUT

“A thoroughly brilliant and modern rock album” Loud & Quiet / Albums Of The Year

Geordie Greep (guitarist and vocalist in black midi) today shares a blistering live concert film recorded in New York at TV Eye, watch the performance here. The film features Geordie’s US Band, Santiago Moyano on Percussion, Charlie Shefft on Drums, Cameron Campbell on Keys and Dave Strawn on Bass. Geordie says his intention has been “to do a Keith Jarrett thing’, have a different group of session musicians in a different place and lean into the fact that we’re not going to get it the same.” New tour dates have also been added to Geordie’s already extensive world tour which takes him across Europe, to North America and onto Japan and Korea – including two nights at Koko, his biggest London headline shows to date. See below for full details.

Following three astonishing albums with black midi, most recently 2023’s ‘Hellfire’, and almost non-stop worldwide tours for near-on five years, Geordie Greep has somehow found time to record his first solo album ‘The New Sound’, an album that has allowed him scope to explore creative ideas like never before. It boasts a brand of high quality, all-embracing alternative pop fun not heard in a very long time.

12/12/2024

Foggy Notions Presents
SPOOKLET
& special guest
The Workman’s Club - Saturday 25th January 2025.

Foggy Notions presents SPOOKLET live at The Workman’s Club on Saturday 25h January. Tickets on sale Friday Dec 13th at 10am www.ticketmaster.ie

Celebrating her upcoming single release, SILENCE FROID.

SPOOKLET is an electronic music producer based in Dublin, Ireland. Sonically, she moves through a range of genres from ambient soundscapes to high intensity deconstructed club grooves with a distinct influence from artists like Sega Bodega, Sevdaliza & FKA Twigs.

Taking inspiration from found sounds plucked from the surroundings of her everyday, SPOOKLET takes pride in her ability to be vulnerable with strangers while also becoming intensely passive at the flick of a switch. Every sound is reflected through physical expression, every word is felt with the utmost transparency.

Her upcoming single, SILENCE FROID, is set to release on the 10th of January 2025. Over the past year, she has performed live across Dublin & Ireland including One’s To Watch in Whelan’s, Éalú Le Grá festival in Galway and a performance for Dublin Independent Fashion Week for Seeking Judy in Fade Street Studios.

She continues to grow her collaborative repertoire within the Irish music scene. In November 2024, she released a remix mixtape of her debut EP, IN THE BELLY OF THE MOTHER, which included reworks by producers ALYXIS, Cruel Sister, silverglass and more.

With an A/V setup that includes a fully automated lights show and dance performance, her live shows are not to be missed. As she takes you on a journey of self-discovery, you will be guided through colour and visual rhythm into undiscovered territory.

12/12/2024

Foggy Notions Presents
LAEL NEALE
The Workman’s Cellar - Saturday 10th May 2025.

Foggy Notions presents Lael Neale live at The Workman’s Cellar on Saturday 10th May. Tickets on sale now www.ticketmaster.ie

Lael Neale’s minimalist drone pop draws inspiration from the Transcendentalists, the high lonesome sound of primitive American gospel music & the alienation of modern life.

Since signing with Sub Pop in 2020, she has split her time between rural Virginia and Los Angeles in addition to extensive touring throughout Europe and select shows in the U.S.

In collaboration with producer and accompanist Guy Blakeslee, Neale has created two internationally acclaimed home-recorded albums. They have recently completed a third which is slated for release in 2025.

Selected press:

“A unique, boldly weird proposition, and one that proudly carries the faint hint of tractor grease. Half of it comes on like cult 70s folk artist Karen Dalton hanging out with the Velvet Underground and Suicide, while the rest offers somewhat more modern balladry, placing her more in the world of Angel Olsen and Cat Power.” - THE GUARDIAN

“Neale is imaginative, but she’s steeped in songwriting craft and she knows her way round a whopping chorus.”

★★★★ - MOJO

“The simplicity is part of what makes her record so beautiful; just her voice, her words, her electric guitar, and her omnichord are enough to put the listener in a trance.” - SPIN

“She’s managed to infuse a very done old female singer-songwriter, emotive approach with fresh abandon. She abandons a lot of the traditional instrumentation and doesn’t often bother with a beat and just kind of lets the whole feeling of the thing go into a place that suddenly doesn’t sound like it’s of the industry. And I like her record.” - Iggy Pop (BBC Radio)