Category: competition over
Cass McCombs – Windfall
Cass McCombs has been popping into this blog more than most artists so it’s safe to assume we are fans. Born in Concord his wandering nature has seen him taking up residency in several cities throughout the U.S. He is […]
Why? – Light Leaves
With cerebral lyrics delivered in Yoni Wolf’s near spoken polemic style Why? are a band that certainly deserve an in-depth thesis to make sense of it all. Every one of their tunes has a story to tell and the words […]
Vanilla Swingers – The Hive
From conversations I’ve had with various people it seems that it might be best if you’ve had a good grounding in 80’s pop before you try on the delights of the Vanilla Swingers. And they do do a near perfect […]
See Immanu El In The Flesh!
Jönköping’s Immanu El could well have the cutest song titles around (‘Panda’, ‘In Valleys’, ‘Astral Days’) but it’s the audio that’ll truly capture your heart. Plying their trade in the slightly overcrowded post-rock circuit means they constantly get compared to […]
Ponytail – Beg Waves (Or How To See This Band For Free!)
Get inside this noise, it’s freewheelin and although you’ll be dizzy the overriding feeling with be of having experienced something new and vital. Ponytail are a quartet from Baltimore and they’re bringing their torrent of manic invention to Whelan’s on […]
Win Something Heavenly – CD's, T-Shirt's & A Badge!
We don’t talk about enough fine Irish acts on this blog for good reason; there just aren’t an awful lot of them around. When something worthwhile does come along we tend to break open the champagne and jump up and […]
Damon & Naomi – Beautiful Close Double (Free Tickets!)
Despite breaking up in 1991 the main constituents of Galaxie 500 are still making vital music. Dean Wareham has perhaps had the higher profile post G500 with Luna and more recently with Dean & Britta. Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang […]
See A Sunny Day in Glasgow in Dublin For Free (huh?)
Few acts can rival A Sunny Day In Glasgow in the wonderfully obscure department (Xiu Xiu and the Fiery Furnaces excepted). To confuse matters further they decided to call their first album ‘Scribble Mural Comic Journal’, just trip offs the […]
See The Future For Free!
While Foggy Notions as a paper entity may be no more (the online version is about to hatch) that hasn’t stopped the team behind the magazine from bringing the best new music to our shores. And that endeavour builds to […]
Win Tickets To See Times New Viking!
Screechy and nerve shredding they may be but Times New Viking have an impeccable sense of knowing when to drop an enticing bolt on melody. Without this important ingredient most right thinking people would likely be scurrying for the nearest […]
Win A Signed Copy of Mogwai’s Reissued Young Team!
Let’s face it one of the benefits of a Mogwai CD over one of their live shows is that you are in complete control of the volume levels. I caught the band in Dublin several years ago and I was […]
Victoria Legrand, Jana Hunter & You
Yep, it’s not a trick of the night. Thanks to Foggy Notions you can spend a winter evening in the company of two of today’s most spellbinding chanteuses. That’s because on Thursday November 27th Whelan’s will be hosting both Victoria […]