JG Thirlwell performs at Gregg Foreman Memorial / Vega tribute

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JG Thirlwell will be performing at a memorial for his friend and colleague Gregg Foreman, who died in April 2026. Foreman gained recognition in The Delta 72, and also worked with Cat Power, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pink Mountaintops and more. The evening also serves to commemorate Alan Vega‘s birthday. Gregg Foreman and Vega worked together, and Foreman had helmed several Vega / Suicide tributes in the past. Thirlwell performed the Suicide song “Harlem” with Foreman twice on these tribute nights.

Also appearing at the tribute will be Cat Power, Bob Bert (Sonic Youth / Pussy Galore), Grace Bergere, Jesse Malin, Liz Lamere (Vega’s widow), members of The Delta 72, Cynthia Ross, Genre Is Death, Johnny Scuotto and many more. The event will occur at the Bowery Palace in New York. Tickets are available here

You’ve Got Foetus On Your Breath T-shirt : pre-order now!

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We are excited to announce the pre-order of the official “You’ve Got Foetus On Your Breath” t-shirt. Celebrating the ACHE album from 1982, this striking design by JG Thirlwell is printed on a Ultex Unisex Fine Jersey White Ringer Tee (with black neck and arm bands), and available in small, medium, large, XL, XXL, XXXL. This limited edition, gorgeous garment is a perfect conversation starter at your next mixer. Reserve your ringer now, on the Foetus Shoppe. We expect the shirts to ship in July 2026.

JG Thirlwell joins Elliot Sharp and others performing Christian Marclay for Harvestworks

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JG Thirlwell will be joining Elliot Sharp, Melvin Gibbs, Kalun Leung and Judith Insell in creating a live score for Christian Marclay‘s Screenplay. Screenplay is a video score in which found film footage is combined with computer animation to create a visual projection interpreted by live musicians. 

The performance will be part of an event honoring Carol Parkinson‘s 37 years as executive director of the NYC arts organization Harvestworks on the occasion of her retirement.

The program will also feature Henry Threadgill, a celebrated composer and saxophonist widely recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to avant-garde jazz and contemporary music, performing an intimate solo flute composition. In addition Lori Napoleon (Antenes) will give a live analogue synthesizer performance. The evening will conclude with a vinyl DJ set from Yo Vinyl Richie.

The event will happen at Issue Project Room 22 Boerum Place Brooklyn, NY on April 25 2026 beginning at 6pm. Tickets here.

JG Thirlwell & Anne Senstad In Conversation event NYC

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JG Thirlwell and Anne Katrine Senstad will be in conversation, with multi-disciplinary artist Victoria Keddie moderation, on March 4 2026 from 5.30-7pm . The talk will occur at the site of  Anne Katrine Senstad‘s new sculptural light installation Baroque Apocalypse. JG Thirlwell provides the sound environment for the piece. Baroque Apocalypse is installed at the Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery at 417 Lafayette St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003.You can RSVP for the event at info@waldandkimgallery.org

JGT brings Silver Mantis to Philadelphia 06.13.26

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JG Thirlwell will be performing his Silver Mantis project at PhilaMOCA in Philadelphia on June 13 2026. Tickets are available here

Silver Mantis is a 50 minute electro-acoustic presentation, performed with software and sampling, theremin. For this show JGT will be premiering his new modified acoustic sound design devices. It is an immersive multi channel composition which allows for an elastic performance. It’s performed with a projection created exclusively for the project by acclaimed Swedish visual artist Sten Backman.

Xordox perform at Abasement in NYC April 2026

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JG Thirlwell‘s Xordox project will make an appearance with a special performance at the popular Abasement series of experimental music at Artists Space at 11 Cortlandt Alley in Lower Manhattan. In this live iteration of Xordox, Thirlwell is joined by Rebecca El-Saleh (Kitba).

Xordox will play on a packed bill with Hans Tammen, Dreamcrusher with Samantha Riot and Leo Chang.

The show is happening on April 6 2026 and admission is free. Come early the show is sure to be packed. Photo by Nikki Sneakers.

JG Thirlwell provides new four channel sound piece for Senstad installation

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JG Thirlwell created a new exclusive four channel sound piece for Norwegian artist Anne Katrine Senstad‘s new sculptural light installation Baroque Apocalypse.

Baroque Apocalypse will be installed at the Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery at 417 Lafayette St 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003. The opening reception is February 11,2026 from 6-8 pm 


The exhibition will be on view from February 11 to April 18 2026.

Video for Foetus “Succulence” out now!

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The lyric video for the Foetus song “Succulence“, was just published on JG Thirlwell’s YouTube channel. “Succulence” is featured on the new Foetus album HALT.
The video was produced, created and directed by JG Thirlwell.
The music on “Succulence”is composed, produced, engineered and performed by JG Thirlwell. All instruments played by JG Thirlwell except drums, which are played by Brian Chase of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 
 
The first part of the song is a reference to “sound off”, which is a call and response chant that is employed by the military during basic training. As the troops march or jog, the commander shouts a phrase and the troops echo the phrase in unison.
 
The Foetus album HALT is available at the Foetus Shoppe as double colored vinyl, deluxe digipack and digital.

New Foetus album HALT available for pre-order

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The long-awaited new Foetus album HALT is available for pre-order from the Foetus website.
Order here 
The album is nine years in the making and marks the close of the Foetus saga. It is 58 minutes in length consists of eleven tracks. The album is available on double vinyl and CD.

The vinyl version comes with printed artwork on the inner sleeves and a 12″ x 24″ poster with an artwork printed on one side and the lyrics on the other. Each record is pressed on different colored vinyl – record one is a red / black blend and record two is a gray / white blend. The album has download card packaged inside, which can be redeemed for a digital version of the album.

The CD is in a six panel digipack with a 24 page booklet with lyrics, sleevenotes and artwork.
Each format comes with different artwork.
Each album is packaged with a new 3″ x 3″ Foetus sticker. HALT will be released and shipped on or around December 25 2025.

From the CD sleeve notes : “HALT deals with themes of war, religion, disease, global warming, anxiety, hypocrisy, conspiracy, death and mortality, among other things…Here the intensity sits closer to the surface.We live in turbulent, uncertain times and that cant help but saturate the work.”

ORDER NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

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JG Thirlwell works on Sylvie Fleury installation for Performa

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JG Thirlwell will be providing a composition and live sound processing to Sylvie Fleury‘s new interdisciplinary installation Instructions For Twilight. The work was commissioned by the Performa Biennial and will occur on November 22 and 23 at Water Street Projects WSA, 180 Maiden Lane in New York, on the 39th Floor.

For Instructions For Twilight, Fleury “takes the history of action-based performance, including Fluxus and Happenings, as a point of departure to reimagine a series of scores with her own inimitable twist on gender roles, serving as inspiration for a performance combining action, objects, and sound, with performers wearing costumes designed by Chris Peters.”

The work is co-produced with WSA and curated by Kathy Noble of Performa.

Sylvie Fleury’s Performa Commission is made possible with the generous support of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Ford Foundation, Consulate General of Switzerland, Pro Helvetia, and Performa Commissioning Council Members Thaddaeus Ropac, Valeria Napoleone, and Jade Netanya Ullmann. 

You can purchase tickets here