Bart Cameron, Rich Quigley, Katie Quigley, Kristjan Oli Petursson, Bara Sigurjonsdottir.
Inactive members: Brandon Lucia, Jason Kopec, Steve Firchow and Kevin Firchow, Bodvar Reynisson, Das Bucket aka Paul Nikolov, Gudmundur Freyr Vigfusson, Jóndi, Ky Knutson, Marisa Allen, Brad Einhorn.
Influences
First, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Greg Brown and Captain Beefheart. Then Singapore Sling, Bang Gang, Thorir (My Summer as a Salvation Soldier + Death Metal Supersquad), Benni Hemm Hemm. Then The Moldy Peaches (whom Thorir turned us on to). Also Tetes Raides and Thomas Ferson. And also The Moondoggies, Corespondents, Skeletons with Flesh on Them, Arthur & Yu, The Duchess and the Duke. People who blend folk, blues, conversation and a beat, and who make you uncomfortable. If Bob Dylan recorded a Philip Roth novel with Crazy Horse as a backup band, that would be an enormous influence. Unfortunately, it hasn't yet happened.
Sounds Like
A Wisconsin pool hall. Or a Sunday morning Reykjavík hangover just after your first piece of bacon.
For coming up on a decade, The Foghorns have been presenting their brand of folk blended with punk-- playing the streets of Reykjavik Iceland with an acoustic, a bucket and an overcoat, the clubs of Brooklyn with bluegrass backup, the rowdy bars of the Midwest with a screeching hollowbody.
Finally settling in Seattle in 2008, the band found a new identity when vocalist Katie Quigley and guitarist and organist Rich Quigley of Blue, Pig signed on.
With the new lineup, The Foghorns released their fifth CD on Wisconsin-based label Beefy Beef Records.
The band tours the US with its full American and Icelandic lineup: Bart Cameron, Katie Quigley, Rich Quigley, Kristjan Oli Petursson, Bara Sigurjonsdottir.
In Europe, Bart Cameron and Katie Quigley perform as a duo, with help from guest musicians.
The blog World's Biggest Corporation once wrote the following paragraph about The Foghorns:
“In the middle of some frozen nowhere, a man is warming up his poor raggedy ass in a cabin, sipping whiskey and dreaming of home. He'd probably feel a lot better if he could hear The Foghorns... Wisconsin native Bart Cameron and his Icelandic pals play bluesy, folky tunes that make reliable companions in the middle of this shitball winter. It's the kind of music that tired people play best..."
It's out of date now, but we're still happy with that description.
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA November 12, Fox and Goose in Sacramento, CA November 15, Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, CA!
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
Had a blast at Ash Street. You guys (and ladies) were great to play with! Hope to do it again sometime soon. We'll get up to Seattle and drop you a line. Hope the tour ended well!
Hey Bart! Hope the tour is going well. Sleep when you're dead. BTW....we're playing Neumos this Friday night Oct 2nd. I know you're out of town, but tell your friends back in Seattle.
Luke Lukas is back with an album full of that gleeful gloom that made us love him at first sight. His trustworthy 4-tracks and him go their separate ways so he's now presenting 12 perfectly arranged folk songs to us. Luke reveals himself as a kind soul, but like the western movies taught us, a dreadful killer always hides under every placid looking Texan.
"Leaving his strongly lo-fi sound that impressed us the first time, he treasures the recipe, packing in this new plain, delightful work a caring love for vocals, which are worthy of Neutral Milk hotel, with a touch of Chordettes feel."Daniele Dileo - Lab Magazine
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