Fog is an American

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band from

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, formed in 1999. The band is fronted by Andrew Broder, and for a time included Mark Erickson and Tim Glenn. After ending the project in 2008, Broder announced its return as a solo project in 2014. Most of Fog's releases have been put out by

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Style

For most of their existence, material released by Fog had been produced largely by Andrew Broder alone, combining both traditionally performed instruments and

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-derived samples, until the switch to a traditional three-piece rock band format was announced in 2006.

History

In 1999, Fog started in

. Andrew Broder started writing music at first as a type of therapy to help with his depression. His first album ''Fog'' features

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on vocals. The "debut" album by Fog as the full band, ''Ditherer'', was released in 2007.

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appear on the album. In 2008, Fog had stopped their activity in order to involve in other various projects, and hasn't reunited since. In July 2010, Andrew Broder announced through their MySpace page that the band "...as it has existed is finished." Later that year, his new band The Cloak Ox was formed. On 16 June 2014, Broder cooperated with Kickstarter with a new Fog album in mind. The kickstarter has to reach a minimum of $17,000 before 7 August 2014. Within 7 hours Fog received $2,340. The Kickstarter page states, "It's time for Fog to make its return. Andrew has begun crafting a new set of songs under the Fog moniker, with the goal releasing a finished album no later than fall of 2015".

Other projects

Andrew Broder was one half of the

duo Hymie's Basement along with Yoni Wolf of Why?. He was also a part of

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with friends JG Everest, Bryan Olson and

. Broder, Dosh, Erickson and

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are now playing as The Cloak Ox. In 2010, Andrew Broder wrote the score for

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'' as Crook&Flail with

. Andrew Broder has remixed songs by

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's '' Dumb Luck''. He released two bootleg albums of popular rap songs set to new instrumental tracks on his own Dinkytown record label in 2002 and 2003. In 2009, he recorded and released 10 instrumental albums on the experimental music label Static Station.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Fog'' (Dinkytown, 2000;

, 2002) * ''Ether Teeth'' (Ninja Tune, 2003) * ''

10th Avenue Freakout ''10th Avenue Freakout'' is the third studio album by American indie rock band Fog. It was released on Lex Records on March 22, 2005. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream ...

'' (

, 2005) * ''Ditherer'' (Lex Records, 2007) * ''For Good'' (

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, 2016)

EPs

* ''Hummer'' (Ninja Tune, 2004) * ''Loss Leader'' (Lex Records, 2006)

Singles

* ''Check Fraud'' (Ninja Tune, 2002) * ''Pneumonia'' (Ninja Tune, 2002) * ''What A Day Day'' (Ninja Tune, 2003) * ''The Very Busy Salesman'' ( Alien Transistor, 2005) * ''I Have Been Wronged'' (Lex Records, 2007)

Contributions

* "Happy Song For Tadhg" by

on ''Naoise'' (2004) * "Small Mr. Man Pants" by

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on ''Burner'' (2005) * "No Solution" by Jel on ''

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'' (2006) * "The Nogoodnick" by Antimc on ''It's Free, But It's Not Cheap'' (2006) * "A Whistle And A Prayer" by

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on ''

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'' (2006) * "Deathful" by Subtle on '' Yell&Ice'' (2007) * "Natural Resources" by

on '' Dumb Luck'' (2007) * "Don't Wait For The Needle To Drop" "Bury The Ghost" "Food Cycles" "The Magic Stick" by Dosh on ''

Wolves and Wishes ''Wolves and Wishes'' is the fourth solo studio album by American multi-instrumentalist Dosh. It was released on Anticon on May 13, 2008. Critical reception Ben Peterson of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "while Dosh's efferves ...

'' (2008) * "Puzzled" "Crosssection Of Wreckage" by

on ''

The Free Houdini ''The Free Houdini'' (styled as ''theFREEhoudini'') is a 2009 mixtape by American hip hop duo Themselves. It is a return after a six-year hiatus that saw the members, Jel and Doseone, spend the majority of their time on their other band Subtle. ...

'' (2009)

Remixes

* "Dark Sky Demo" by Themselves on ''

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'' (2003) * "Rock It To The Next Episode" by Dosh on ''Naoise'' (2004) * "Stupid Things Implode On Themselves" by Sole and the Skyrider Band on ''

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'' (2009)

References

External links

Fog
on

Andrew Broder
on

Fog's ''Ditherer'' Reviews
at Criticulture * Andrew Broder Featured on the PBS program MN Original from the TPT St. Paul, MN Station
MN Original Video
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