May Madness

Every year - just when your loan is evaporating and exams begin to pile up - a massive amount of amazing gigs appear - booked on the back of bands gearing up for festival season. Even though Keith promises me that the next entry on Mucho Danke (edit: yep) will cover this, take a look at what I mean …

April

9th April - Holy Fuck, And So I Watch You From Afar - Speakeasy Bar
10th April - Jane Bradfords, Cashier No. 9 & Kowalski - Speakeasy Bar
12th April - Contested Streets / I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (Film Festival)
13th April - Maps - The Limelight
15th April - Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Auntie Annies
16th April - Ed Zealous, Crayonsmith, Two Door Cinema Club - The Limelight
17th April - Future of Web Design - Kensington Town Hall, London
21st April - Blonde Redhead - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
25th April - M83 - Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin
26th April - Why?, Crayonsmith - Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin
27th April - Chris Corsano, Tracer AMC - The Black Box

May

9th May - Hawk & A Hacksaw - The Front Page
11th May - Iron & Wine - Olympia Theatre, Dublin
14th May - Yeasayer - Speakeasy Bar
15th May - Winding Stair, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, Kitty & the Can Openers - The Limelight
15th May - Battles, Liars, Redneck Manifesto - Vicar St, Dublin
16th May - Kimya Dawson - Crawdaddy, Dublin
17th May - Two Gallants - Stiff Kitten
20th May - Caribou, Born Ruffians - The Black Box
20th May - Broken Social Scene, The Brunettes - Vicar St, Dublin (Sold Out)
23rd May - Jens Lekman - The Black Box
27th May - Tapes ‘n Tapes, Sons & Daughters, Port O’Brien - Tripod, Dublin

It’s (mostly) all of the above, or a ticket for Primavera for me. Anything on the list you’re particularly excited about?

Posted April 5, 2008 with 4 Comments »

4 Comments

Sons and Daughters were fantastic when I seen them play in Auntie Annies in ‘04 and I am quite partial to the Holy Fuck CD. I like what they do.

I’m A Cyborg But I’m OK - I downloaded this last summer and watched a little bit it seemed good, how come such a delay for a UK release? I seen it in the Gaurniad the other day too..

Damien on 5th April 2008 - 11:51pm

Saw Sons and Daughters at Electric Picnic - but a combination of their bassist being stunning and them supporting Tapes ‘n Tapes should be enough to get me down. Nice to see a Belfast date for Holy Fuck too!

No spoilers for Cyborg cheers - no idea why it’s so late arriving, still looks good!

Andy on 6th April 2008 - 12:45am

looks good. tempted to go back to dublin again for iron and wine.
nice new layout - no blog header ?

kat on 7th April 2008 - 5:45pm

Yeah, but I reckon he’ll be at a festival or nearby soon enough!

Thanks - yep, no header (spose it’s in the title bar!)

Andy on 7th April 2008 - 11:17pm

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