BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Foggy Notions - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://foggynotions.ie X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Foggy Notions REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260704T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260704T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162158 CREATED:20260407T144804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T140614Z UID:10000212-1783195200-1783204200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:THAIBOY DIGITAL DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/thaiboy-digital-dublin-july-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/THAIBOY-DIGITAL-Website-OPIUM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260709T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260709T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162158 CREATED:20260218T145434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T164119Z UID:10000188-1783627200-1783638000@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:DEAD PIONEERS DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/dead-pioneers-dublin-july-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Dead-Pioneers-Website-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260710T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260710T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162158 CREATED:20260413T084632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T154711Z UID:10000216-1783713600-1783724400@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:PANSY DIVISION DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/pansy-division-dublin-july-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Pansy-Division-Instagram-Post-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260711T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260711T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162158 CREATED:20260512T145143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T085555Z UID:10000224-1783800000-1783810800@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:GOODTIME JOHN DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/goodtime-john-bello-bar-july-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GTJ_BELLOBAR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260714T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260714T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162158 CREATED:20251215T170540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T171559Z UID:10000150-1784055600-1784068200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:PATTI SMITH DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/patti-smith-limerick-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PattiSmith_insta_1080x1350-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260722T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260722T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260202T084252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T103628Z UID:10000177-1784748600-1784761200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:THE BETA BAND DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/the-beta-band-vicar-street-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/THE-BETA-BAND-website-SO-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260725T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260725T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260127T085106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260623T121143Z UID:10000174-1785009600-1785020400@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:AGNES OBEL DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/agnes-obel-dublin-july-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AGNES-OBEL-Instagram-Post-S-SO-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260819T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260819T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260210T091922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T120100Z UID:10000181-1787167800-1787180400@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:CHAT PILE DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/chat-pile-button-factory-dublin-19-aug-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CHAT-PILE-2ND-Night-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260820T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260820T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260213T091957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T121308Z UID:10000186-1787254200-1787266800@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:CHAT PILE DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/chat-pile-button-factory-dublin-20-aug-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CHAT-PILE-2ND-Night-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260824T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260824T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260212T165007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260621T133237Z UID:10000185-1787601600-1787612400@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:PROSTITUTE DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/prostitute-dublin-august-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Prostitute-WC-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260826T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260826T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260408T085239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T131750Z UID:10000214-1787774400-1787783400@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/the-tallest-man-on-earth-national-concert-hall-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Tallest-Man-On-Earth-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260826T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260826T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260310T165717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T174835Z UID:10000198-1787774400-1787785200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:EARL SWEATSHIRT & MIKE DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/earl-sweatshirt-mike-vicar-street-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/EARL-MIKE-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260830T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260830T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260525T180320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260621T134415Z UID:10000233-1788120000-1788130800@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:WAY DYNAMIC DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/way-dynamic-dublin-august-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Way-Dynamic-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260831T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260831T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20251028T100000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T090733Z UID:10000109-1788204600-1788215400@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:MAC DEMARCO DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/mac-demarco-ulster-hall-belfast-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MAC-DEMARCO-Website-Belfast.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260905T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260905T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260618T083242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T083824Z UID:10000251-1788638400-1788647400@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:HANA STRETTON DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/hana-stretton-unitarian-church-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Hana-Stretton-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260909T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260909T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260422T085236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T142252Z UID:10000218-1788984000-1788993000@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:DÚN LAOGHAIRE FOLK FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/dun-laoghaire-folk-festival-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/format-1080x1080-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260914T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260914T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260407T134956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T144058Z UID:10000211-1789412400-1789426800@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/kurt-vile-the-violators-vicar-street-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kurt-Vile-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260915T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260915T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260526T200225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T083045Z UID:10000237-1789502400-1789513200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:RYAN DAVIS & THE ROADHOUSE BAND DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/ryan-davis-the-roadhouse-band-dublin-september-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ryan-Davis-website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260919T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260919T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260115T085509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T150213Z UID:10000169-1789846200-1789857000@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:HOLY FUCK DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/holy-fuck-button-factory-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cen-Holy-Fuck-Website-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260919T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260919T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260501T095454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T095912Z UID:10000222-1789848000-1789858800@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:DEAD BOB DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/dead-bob-workmans-club-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DEAD-BOB-Instagram-Post-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260925T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260925T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260204T184846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T140431Z UID:10000178-1790366400-1790377200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:WILLIAM TYLER DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/william-tyler-bello-bar-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/William-Tyler-Website-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260930T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260930T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20251015T212428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T162433Z UID:10000087-1790798400-1790809200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:LUTE DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/lute-grand-social-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LUTE-SEPT-Instagram-Post-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261003T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261003T223000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260112T125243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T180859Z UID:10000166-1791057600-1791066600@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:ÓLAFUR ARNALDS - FALLING APART TOGETHER DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/olafur-arnalds-falling-apart-together/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/OLAFUR-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261004T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261004T173000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162159 CREATED:20260212T094535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T095007Z UID:10000183-1791126000-1791135000@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:ÓLAFUR ARNALDS DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/olafur-arnalds-falling-apart-together-sunday-matinee/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/OLAFUR-Instagram-Post-MATINEE-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261012T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261012T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162200 CREATED:20260519T202801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T085331Z UID:10000230-1791835200-1791846000@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:ARAB STRAP DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/arab-strap-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ARAB-STRAP-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261014T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261014T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162200 CREATED:20251126T083951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T084604Z UID:10000134-1792006200-1792018800@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:MERCURY REV DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/mercury-rev-vicar-street-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MERCURY-REV-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261018T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261018T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162200 CREATED:20251117T100004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T171131Z UID:10000128-1792351800-1792364400@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:THE MOUNTAIN GOATS DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/the-mountain-goats-vicar-street-october-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TMG-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261020T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261020T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162200 CREATED:20251202T100021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T110718Z UID:10000138-1792524600-1792537200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:AUTECHRE DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/autechre-vicar-street-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/autechre-Instagram-Post-1-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261030T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261030T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162200 CREATED:20260609T193227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T152058Z UID:10000249-1793390400-1793401200@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:NICK HAKIM DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/nick-hakim-dublin-october-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Nick-Hakim-Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261103T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261103T230000 DTSTAMP:20260624T162200 CREATED:20260407T203725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T160926Z UID:10000213-1793734200-1793746800@foggynotions.ie SUMMARY:TORTOISE DESCRIPTION:FOGGY NOTIONS PRESENTS\nNICK HAKIM\nWORKMAN'S CLUB\n30TH OCTOBER \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n Tickets\n\n \n \n \n The numbers below include tickets for this event already in your cart. 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Tickets on general sale Friday 12th June at 10:00.NICK HAKIM – I CAN SEENick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher\, mystic poet\, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power\, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. He’s devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. It’s a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his music—both as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017’s Green Twins and 2020’s Will This Make Me Good\, to his new album\, I Can See\, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note he’s written\, every lyric he’s sung. His truth\, though\, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factual—more Borges than George Washington. It’s a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.There’s a song on I Can See that offers insight into the way Hakim wrote\, imagined\, and recorded the album. “Real Here Now” tells the story of a house. It’s a house not dissimilar from the one Hakim grew up in\, but in this domicile\, he can interact with family members who have since left this realm. It’s a lo-fi subdued soul-pop jam and features some of Hakim’s most direct lyricism to date: “Haven’t seen you in a minute\, I’m good\,” he begins. In describing the composition\, Hakim refers to the “feeling of a song\,” how he wanted “Real Here Now” to exist as a nostalgic reminder of the feeling he has when imagining this space; a place in which those who have left find their voices again. “It’s connected to hearing someone sing songs you used to always hear. Now\, you just a have a memory of them.” How sweet it would be to hear them just one more time\, Hakim expresses on the song.Like almost all of I Can See\, “Real Here Now” was recorded during the same time as Hakim’s last LP\, 2022’s Cometa\, but it exists in an entirely different universe than the one in which that project rests. It also\, to a certain extent\, exists in a different world than some of I Can See. Half of the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas\, and the other half was pieced together in Hakim’s New York apartment. Both sessions took place during the pandemic\, and as such\, I Can See is a living\, breathing reaction to Hakim’s shifting space in the world. It’s an image of an artist coming to terms with their reality\, captured in such a way that it reveals new angles with each subsequent viewing—or\, in our case\, each subsequent listen.Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakim’s life—when he was finishing up a record deal\, forming the world of Cometa\, and getting out of an extended relationship—I Can See is defined by its clarity. It’s a sharpness alluded to in the title\, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. “This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record\,” he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album\, like “Real Here Now\,” are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness\, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.Take album closer “Water\,” which was recorded at Sonic Ranch. It’s a piano ballad in which the songwriter implores his subject to “keep watering\,” alluding to\, “Being so grateful for someone that is nurturing.” He sings of “the sweetest love” he’s “ever known\,” accented by the ghostly rattling of a barely-there synth. It’s presented without the buzzes and room tone that courses through the home recording songs\, and it hits like a punch in the gut.It’s a song about knowing love exists\, and how that feeling is almost as good as the love itself; it’s a comfort in the fact that such pureness can exist in the universe. He is satisfied to capture this as well as he can\, knowing that the power of love lies in its ability to elude proper definition. He wrote the song after getting out of that long relationship\, and it’s only from this perspective that he could sing of the concept in this way\, untethered from experience and free from heartbreak. “The sweetest love one could know might be far away\, but it’s always there\,” he explains.I Can See is a defining statement from an artist who has yet to put out a record that is anything but. And yet\, Nick Hakim’s fourth solo LP is a different experience than his previous efforts. It’s bolder\, stronger\, more confident. Hakim is more intimately attuned to his vision\, and there’s not a note on the album that’s out of place. Nick Hakim might shudder at anyone calling him a healer\, but this is certainly music for healing\, for taking a breath and facing the world with confidence\, lucidity\, and joy. “There’s something very gentle and very medicinal about this music. Obviously\, we all want our music to be heard by people\, but I have a different intention with this record\,” he explains\, before adding: “The intention is for it to connect with people that need it.”Written by Will Schube \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LISTEN NOW \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALL SHOWS URL:http://foggynotions.ie/concerts/tortoise-button-factory-dublin-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://foggynotions.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TORTOISE-Website.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR