Humboldt Fog Blog

2011-06-27T16:48:00.000-04:00

we're baaaaaack

2011-04-21T20:24:00.000-04:00

We are playing Tuesday night in Williamsburg at Spike Hill.
We are playing with Madam Robot (the other band i'm in) and Strange Haze who used to be Whooping Crane.
Derek Davidson will be playing bass this time. he played with me in Madam Robot previously. He's good.
We'll be playing mostly older stuff but also a couple new things, including this:

MEOW-VE OVER ROVER

2010-11-29T16:00:00.000-05:00

Humboldt Fog returns for a show of Jimi Hendrix covers at Otto's Shrunken Head.
Gina Marie Rodriguez will be playing the bass with us.

Alice Coltrane

2010-10-20T14:54:00.000-04:00

One of my favorite musicians and biggest influences on my own music is Alice Coltrane.
Back in my college days I was deeply devoted to scouring used record stores for copies of her Impulse! and Warner Bros. recordings. Like most things, these recordings, including her devotional music cassettes, are now easily obtainable on the internet either on CD or LP or from less legal sources.

However, back in college there were only a few people I knew that were into Alice Coltrane's music, and even fewer that were as fanatical about it as I was. One such devotee was Franya Berkman, a graduate student in the music department.

Franya was not just a "fan" of Alice Coltrane. Alice was the focus of Franya's PhD dissertation. From that point, probably around 2000, I have been waiting for her to transform those years of work into a book about this unique musician.

Well, after about a decade, here it is.

Monument Eternal: The Music of Alice Coltrane

I haven't read it yet, but I received it in the mail today and have started. Twenty pages in and I am already enthralled by what lies ahead in exploring her unique spiritual, musical, and cultural creations.

Here's a recording of me taking Alice's tune "Journey in Satchidananda" for a quick unrehearsed spin with Peter Sax on bass and Greg Tuzzolo on drumset back in 2006.

Journey in Satchidananda (Alice Coltrane) by akgmusic

Ladies and Gentlemen....

2010-09-26T20:47:00.000-04:00

You may know Peter Sax as the guy who has played bass with Humboldt Fog up until June of 2010. Here are the first recordings of his project with his wife, the velvet voiced, Jessica Sax.

These home recordings go well beyond the thump and rumble Fog fans have come to expect from Pedro.

Ladies and Gentlemen...

Ladies and Gentlemen

<a href="http://ladiesandgentlemenusa.bandcamp.com/track/up-to-us">Up To Us by Ladies and Gentlemen</a>

<a href="http://ladiesandgentlemenusa.bandcamp.com/track/what-you-could">What You Could by Ladies and Gentlemen</a>

http://ladiesandgentlemenusa.bandcamp.com/

Just one more

2010-09-05T17:13:00.000-04:00

Trash Bar
June 23, 2010

01. Not Again >
02. Six Hundredths of a Gram >
03. She
04. I've Already Tried
05. More Blood >
06. Idle Hands
07. Where From Here

Download

Trash Bar - 4.14.10

2010-09-04T23:28:00.000-04:00

Derek's tape of Humboldt Fog at LIC Bar

2010-08-28T19:52:00.001-04:00

Here's a recording made by Derek who plays bass with me in Madam Robot and the Lust Brigade.

Part One:
Not Again
Where From Here >
Chesapeake Yellow Jacket >
Champagne >
Lift Up

Humboldt Fog @ LIC Bar part one by akgmusic

Part Two:
I've Already Tried
She
NYC Nights
Idle Hands
Old Enough

Humboldt Fog @ LIC Bar part two by akgmusic

JOOSEBREWS

2010-08-15T19:00:00.000-04:00

Our drummer makes beer.
He'd like to tell you about it.

http://joosebrews.blogspot.com/

It's Been a Special Evening.

2010-08-09T13:23:00.001-04:00

Hank's Saloon
May 15th, 2010

-Set 1-
01. Real
02. Lift Up
03. Where From Here >
04. She
05. I've Already Tried
06. Does Mama Know
07. Lovesick
08. The Truth >
09. Chesapeake Yellow Jacket

-Set 2-
01. Not Again
02. More Blood >
03. Idle Hands
04. Six Hundredths of a Gram
05. Rich Girl
06. Old Enough
07. New York City Nights

Download

I'll Get Cha There

2010-07-20T15:18:00.001-04:00

Don Pedro
March 3, 2010

01. More Blood >
02. Idle Hands
03. Where From Here >
04. Chesapeake Yellow Jacket >
05. Lift Up
06. She >
07. It All
08. Old Enough >
09. NYC Nights
Download

Photos LIC BAR June 20, 2010

2010-07-10T15:37:00.001-04:00

Photos by Marcus Lauer

photos by Craig Rogers

LIC BAR THIS SUNDAY!!!!

2010-06-14T13:00:00.001-04:00

All year we look forward to playing at LIC BAR's free Sunday afternoon backyard BBQ party.

Blue sky above.
BBQ churning.
Guitars crying.
Basses bumping.
Organs moaning.
Drums thumping.
Minds melting.

Marvel at the magnificent psychedelic stylings of
Madam Robot & the Lust Brigade!!!!

Toss your cares aside to the stoner pop musings of
Humboldt Fog!!!!!

Music kicks off at five but there's no reason to not get the party started earlier.

It's FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE!!!!!

See you there!!!!

As always, thanks to Gus for having us!
http://licnotes.com/

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!!

Less Concern about the Deeper Unreal

2010-05-30T20:00:00.002-04:00

Don Pedro
March 31st, 2010

01. The Truth >
02. Six Hundredths of a Gram
03. Where From Here
04. I've Already Tried
05. Not Again
06. More Blood >
07. Idle Hands
08. Old Enough
09. New York City Nights
Download

SATURDAY!

2010-05-11T22:29:00.003-04:00

CHECK US OUT AT FACEBOOK FOR DETAILS

The Lost Hour

2010-03-22T00:12:00.000-04:00

Don Pedro
March 13th, 2010

01. Intro
02. Not Again
03. Where From Here
04. Old Enough
05. I've Already Tried
06. Lift Up
07. More Blood >
08. Idle Hands
09. She
10. It All >
11. New York City Nights (End at 4AM)

Download

2010-03-13 Don Pedro Video

2010-03-17T14:18:00.001-04:00

Not Again

Where From Here

Old Enough

I've Already Tried

Idle Hands

Lift Up

She

It All

Photos by Marcus Lauer from Don Pedro March 13th, 2010

2010-03-16T17:59:00.001-04:00

Photos by Craig Rogers from Don Pedro March 13th, 2010

2010-03-16T17:53:00.002-04:00

Gorilla in the Midst

2010-03-16T14:13:00.002-04:00

K&M
March 8th, 2010

01. Lift Up
02. Where From Here
03. More Blood >
04. Idle Hands
05. Chesapeake Yellow Jacket >
06. Not Again >
07. Six Hudredths of a Gram/Gemini
08. Old Enough
09. I've Already Tried
10. Rich Girl
11. She
12. New York City Nights

Download

nine nine nine at otto's

2010-03-08T01:06:00.001-05:00

photo by tara ferri

2010-03-03 Don Pedro Video

2010-03-07T19:16:00.004-05:00

Idle Hands

Where From Here > Chesapeake Yellowjacket >

Lift Up

She

It All

Old Enough

NYC Nights

Video 2010-02-01 Glad All Over

2010-02-05T12:51:00.004-05:00

More like "Dark All Over"...Am I right? Is this on?

Where From Here

Not Again

She

Idle Hands

Lift Up

NYC Nights

Old Enough

Video 2010-01-22

2010-02-05T12:44:00.004-05:00

Filmed in Exciting CONFUSO-VISION!!!!!
Not Again

Six Hundredths of a Gram

She

Where From Here

Idle Hands

The rest of this show was not recorded. See HERE for full set list.

World in Harmony

2010-01-30T00:58:00.001-05:00

The doubled guitar arpeggios at the beginning of World in Harmony by Fleetwood Mac sound like a twelve string guitar that is beautifully and brilliantly falling apart as they slide into harmony.

Remember...

2010-01-30T00:44:00.002-05:00

When people say certain sports are "like a religion," this is true.
Which should tell you something about religion.

2009-12-10 photos

2010-01-28T01:00:00.003-05:00

photos by anne rasmusen

2009-09-02 photos

2010-01-28T00:50:00.005-05:00

photos by cprogers and GaragePunkNyc

Glad All Over! Monday.

2010-01-27T17:14:00.000-05:00

We'll be playing this Monday and 200 Orchard. (the poster says the threads, but it's us instead)

Our friend Miss Jilly has invited us to play her weekly Glad All Over party once again.

We'll be going on at ten. See you there.

2010-01-22 Setlist

2010-01-26T17:47:00.002-05:00

Not Again
Six Hundredths of a Gram >
She
Where From Here
Idle Hands
NYC Nights
Old Enough
The Truth >
Lift Up

From the Heart

2010-01-19T00:39:00.003-05:00

You must be double digits

2010-01-19T00:08:00.003-05:00

Coco 66
January 7th, 2010

01. Lift Up >
02. Not Again >
03. Idle Hands >
04. Where From Here
05. She
06. The Truth >
07. Six Hundredths of a Gram >
08. Old Enough >
09. New York City Nights

Download

Video Coco 66 2010-01-07

2010-01-09T21:48:00.003-05:00

Lift Up >

Not Again >

Idle Hands

Where From Here

She

The Truth > Six Hundredths of a Gram >

Old Enough >

NYC Nights

For the Birds

2010-01-08T12:13:00.006-05:00

Don Pedro
December 31, 2009

01. New York City Nights
02. Idle Hands
03. Where From Here
04. Old Enough >
05. Six Hundredths of a Gram > Old Enough
06. I've Already Tried
07. Lift Up
08. Not Again

Download

Coco 66 Videos updated

2010-01-03T17:04:00.004-05:00

I finally posted the rest of the videos from our show at Coco 66 back in September.
Click here to watch.

NYE at Don Pedro

2010-01-01T23:57:00.015-05:00

NYC Nights

Idle Hands

Where From Here

Old Enough >

Six Hundredths of a Gram > Old Enough

I've Already Tried

Lift Up

Not Again > Idle Hands

Social Networking Joneses

2009-12-24T00:42:00.004-05:00

K&M
December 14th, 2009

01. Not Again >
02. The Truth
03. Does Your Mama Know?
04. Idle Hands
05. Where from Here
06. Lift Up
07. Lady >
08. Six Hudredths of a Gram
09. I've Already Tried
10. She*
11. Lovesick
12. Old Enough
13. NYC Nights

Download

*"She" was played for the first time ever, including rehearsals, soundchecks, goofing off, etc.
Only AKG's solo demo version was shared with Peter and Justin.

It's a rock and roll party

2009-12-23T00:35:00.004-05:00

Coco 66
December 10th, 2009

01. Not Again
02. The Truth
03. Where From Here
04. Idle Hands
05. I've Already Tried >
06. Lift Up
07. Old Enough
08. NYC Nights

Download

Help us tune the system

2009-12-22T00:56:00.004-05:00

Don Pedro
December 5th, 2009

01. Lift Up
02. I've Already Tried
03. Where From Here
04. It All
05. Old Enough
06. Not Again
07. Idle Hands
08. Real
09. New York City Nights

Download

2009-12-03T13:42:00.007-05:00

Lady Bree Presents for your aural pleasure!
Saturday 5th December at Don Pedro

This is probably our favorite place to play these days.

Doors at 8pm, bands start at 9pm in the following order:

Work Out

Rumanian Buck (sideproject of the singer from The Giraffes)

The Volunteers

Humboldt Fog

Radio America

$5 at the door

drink specials all night
come come come x

Don Pedro
90 Manhattan Ave btw Mckibben and Boerum
(L to Montrose, M to Lorimer)

R S V P

Lift off at Bowery Electric

2009-11-29T15:15:00.004-05:00

Bowery Electric Nov.23, 2009.

01. Not Again
02. Where From Here
03. I've Already Tried
04. Lift Up
05. Idle Hands
06. Old Enough
07. NYC Nights

Download

Universal Mind Decoder

2009-11-29T14:09:00.007-05:00

Middle East - Boston, MA. Halloween

01. Not Again
02. Where From Here
03. I've Already Tried *
04. Lift Up
05. Idle Hands
06. Old Enough
07. NYC Nights *

Download

* 1st time played

TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!

2009-11-22T13:31:00.004-05:00

We are playing Monday night with our good friends Whooping Crane. Kathleen DJ Lupe Loop of the bands DISCOVERY/Madam Robot/le sans coulottes will be playing records too. Should be a good time with lots of friends. The bands start at ten. We haven't decided who is going to play first. That might end up being a coin flip. So come out at ten and see Humboldt Fog and Whooping Crane.

Bowery Electric
10pm
FREE!!

RSVP

General Fog

2009-11-17T22:51:00.005-05:00

We've got a lot of shows coming up and I'm stoked.
THANKS BREE!!!!!

We are currently formulating at least demo recording plans.
We're open to any help you all can offer.

Thanks for being a part of all of this in any tiny or huge way that you may be.

2009-11-23 Bowery Electric
2009-12-05 Don Pedro
2009-12-10 Coco 66
2009-12-14 K&M
2010-01-07 Coco 66
2010-01-15 Bruar Falls

Shit Flood

2009-11-14T19:47:00.003-05:00

The basement of the National Underground (where we were supposed to play tonight)has flooded with human excrement. poop. shit. feces. etc.

This means we are not playing there. We love poop as much as the next guy, but alas, no show.

Saturday night is now a void. What shall I fill it with?

a k g

Saturday! National Underground.

2009-11-11T13:11:00.005-05:00

All you people that say "Hey, I'd love to come see Humboldt Fog, but you play on weeknights so often and I'm blah blah blah," now's your chance. No excuses.
Make a stop at National Underground a part of your Saturday night in New York.

We look forward to seeing YOU there!

National Underground
159 E Houston St.
11pm
$10

RSVP

Don Pedro! Wednesday! 11/4/09

2009-11-02T11:50:00.004-05:00

We had a great time on Saturday up in Boston with our friends Tigercity and the Lovemakers. Now we're back in Brooklyn. We've got a couple new songs and and we've got t-shirts, which we'll be selling here on the blog soon. For now you have to pick one up at one of our shows. The first chance to do that will be Wednesday at Don Pedro in Bushwick. It's one of my favorite places to play. You should come out, drink tequila, and listen to rock and roll in a place that is made for rock and roll. Our friend Bree is hosting the show and slinging the dranks. Hope to see you there.

HUMBOLDT FOG @ DON PEDRO
90 Manhattan Ave. between Boerum and McKibbin
Music starts at nine. (or an approximation of nine)
Here's the lineup:

Brick Mower
Humboldt Fog
The Hydes
Tight White Jeans

FACEBOOK INVITE RSVP

Download our videos' audio

2009-10-21T11:38:00.003-04:00

This website is great and you can use it to download the audio from the youtube videos we post. Just put the URL of the video in the search box and it creates mp3s for you to download.

http://www.dirpy.com/

HALLOWEEN

2009-10-20T16:10:00.005-04:00

We are delighted that our friends Tigercity have invited us to play with them in Boston on Halloween. Come on out to the Middle East on the 31st to see our first Boston show.

Details:

October 31st, 2009
Middle East Upstairs
Tigercity
the Lovemakers
Humboldt Fog

First ARCHIVE.ORG show posting

2009-10-10T19:37:00.007-04:00

Our show from Lit Lounge in NYC on the 7th is now over at the Live Music Archive.

You can find it in our collection here.

You can stream the show or download the original quality audio direct from the site.

It's a little rough sounding but not bad for a seat of the pants tape and I'm sure we'll improve that over time.

Thanks to Meg for the photo used for the cover art.

It may take a few days for the whole thing to be streaming and searchable on the main page. Be patient, the folks at etree and the Archive do great work.

addendum by akg:
you can also stream the show right here:

set list:
1. idle hands
2. where from here
3. lift up
4. not again
5. gemini
6. the truth
7. old enough

LIT 2009-10-07 Video

2009-10-09T11:32:00.008-04:00

Where From Here:

Lift Up:

Not Again:

Gemini:

the Truth:

Old Enough:

2009-09-30 Coco 66 Video

2009-10-08T15:22:00.006-04:00

Here's a couple tunes from Coco 66 last Wednesday.
We'll put up the rest of the show once we straighten out some technical issues.

NOT AGAIN

WHERE FROM HERE

Update Jan. 3, 10:

Here is the rest of the video from this show.

Rich Girl

Lift Up

Old Enough

Lovesick

Idle Hands

Ben Hopson

2009-10-08T13:44:00.005-04:00

My main man Ben Hopson made this amazingly radical mechanical drawing device for the new Modest Mouse video. Watch the video at pitchfork and check out his website and blog.

Lit Lounge Wednesday October 7th

2009-10-02T16:02:00.004-04:00

Another great poster by Joose.

This Wednesday, the Fog rolls into Manhattan.
We'll be performing an early show at Lit Lounge.
The music gets underway at 9pm, so go out after work, grab a bite and some social lubricant and then mosey on over to the East Village.
Right now it's our last show scheduled before Halloween (more on that later).

HUMBOLDT FOG
Lit Lounge
92 2nd Ave.

also performing, GBiz and Lovemakers.
http://newyork.decider.com/events/lovemakers-gbiz-and-humboldt-fog,129787/

FACEBOOK INVITE

Coming Soon!!!!

2009-10-02T11:39:00.002-04:00

Coming soon we'll have some audio from September 19th and some video from September 30th.

Wednesday @ COCO 66 in Greenpoint

2009-09-28T13:06:00.011-04:00

Not quite sure what's up with the double Fog action.

We're playing this Wednesday in Greenpoint at Coco 66 with Hidden Ratio and Soren Well.

Here's the relevant info:
Coco 66
66 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn, NY

9pm - Humboldt Fog
10pm - the Hidden Ratio
11pm - Soren Well

Facebook invite

Idle Hands

2009-09-24T22:13:00.000-04:00

http://newyork.c raigslist.org/wch/mis/1390297162.html

Humboldt Blog

2009-09-23T21:50:00.002-04:00

So... Here we go. Humboldt Fog now has a blog. We will post live shows here. We may post rehearsal recordings here. We may post anything we want. It's ours.