The Fog (nothing to do with J Mascis)

[captain beeheart]

I recently got an insane album by this guy from Minneapolis (I think) who callss himself The Fog. It's like some weird blend of Kid Koala and Neil Young. It's totally lush. It's released on Ninja Tune here in the UK, but I have seen nothing about any reception it's had in the US... anyone heard it?

[dorsal one]

It got a great review on Pitchforkmedia.com, but I have not heard it myself.

[ddohnggo]

i have it. i like it a lot. good shit.

[ironmonkey]

yeah i heard one track from "transmissions radio" one monday night and thought it was pretty cool. they had this guy singing and the beat(what i think) was done live w/turntables. and then in the breakdown some dj skratches a tone that goes real well with the song.

real interesting...

[joetron2030]

Originally posted by captain beeheart
I recently got an insane album by this guy from Minneapolis (I think) who callss himself The Fog. It's like some weird blend of Kid Koala and Neil Young. It's totally lush. It's released on Ninja Tune here in the UK, but I have seen nothing about any reception it's had in the US... anyone heard it?

Yup! He's from Minneapolis!

[magicboy]

i guess this is as good a time as any to raise this thread from the dead....

heads up for a teeny tiny andy broder (the guy who is Fog) solo tour.

8/25 Madison, WI- Nottingham.Org
8/26 Chicago, IL- Bottom Lounge
8/27 Toronto, ON- Harbourfront Centre,
Gobsmacked Festival
8/28 Montreal, QB- Casa Del Popolo
9/2 New York, NY- Piano's

i'll be at the show in madison. also, i'm much anticipating the next Fog album, which is supposed to be out on Lex early next year.

[captain beeheart]

I saw him live in London a couple of months back, it was really disappointing. Very little of the chaos of the records, and lots of over serious piano ballads, sung in a really piercing nerdy voice. I still love the records though.

Also it was no problem as we got to see Gravenhurst (the support act) so some of the most haunting solo acoustic singer-songwriter stuff I have ever seen.

[abutilon]

I'm a fog fan. His name is Andrew Broder. He had to change his band name to 'Fog' bc j. mascis was about to get mad. i've seen him many times in mpls. sometimes the shows were fantastic, other times they were terrible. the last time i saw them, last summer, they were fantastic, and there were, i'd say, 5 or 6 people total on stage. there's a single out there somewhere called 'pneumonia'. it's a great song.

[tonybricker]

I'm sharing some remix stuff he did on Soulseek, it's pretty awesome. He takes on stuff like Nas and WuTang

[magicboy]

i just got back from the show. it was a good set. the new stuff sounded really really great.

[magicboy]

diggin' this one back up, because you can check out clips of the new album at www.bleep.com i was talking with my girlfriend the other day about how there have been good albums so far this year (hood, patrick wolf, etc...) but nothing's that absolutely floored me in a while. i think this just might do the trick. i'm excited for this one.

[Eric Nakamura]

He used to be part of the Life Sucks Die magazine.