Stereolab December dates.

12 - Cork, The Pavilion
13 - Dublin, Tripod
14 - Belfast, Black Box

HOLY FUCK!!!

Academy, Dublin October 20th.

Kurt Wagner's last solo gig in Ireland was a bit of a gem.

So I figure that a full band Lambchop one might be too.

On sale this Monday.

Lambchop
Saturday November 1st

Tripod

Tickets €24.50 & €32.50 (inc. booking fee) available from Ticketmaster, Road Records, City Discs, Sound Cellar and usual outlets.

So I guess I'll be getting a HWCH ticket then.

Frightened Rabbit on the bill.

Perhaps I should just edit one of the two earlier posts I had about it

Here's the "full" Calvin Johnson tour:

Friday 25th - hideaway house, deansgrange. Starts 7pm. admission 5 euro

Saturday 26th - Road Records, Fade st. Starts 2pm. Admission free.

Monday 28th - Bell, Book and Candle, Galway. Starts 5pm. Admnission 5 euro

Tuesday 29th - Stitchy Press Barn, Co Leitrim. Starts 5pm. Admission donation

Another Calvin Johnson gig.

Calvin Johnson (ex-BEAT HAPPENING, THE HALO BENDERS, DUB NARCOTIC, founder/owner of K Records).
Crayonsmith (Out On A Limb Records)

The Hideaway House, Deansgrange.
Friday, July 25th.
6pm, €5.

Calvin Johnson to play Road Records instore.

K records founder and ex-Beat Happening and Dub Narcotic Sound System member Calvin Johnson will be playing an instore in Road Records on Saturday the 26th of July.

Exact times still to be confirmed, but it's all terribly exciting.

More gigs

Get yer dancin' shoes, maybe this time they'll have more than 2 songs.

I'm From Barcelona
The Academy
Dublin, IE
Fri, 12/12/08
On Sale Sat, 19/07/08
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New record has been getting great reviews. Stodgey Rock n' Roll says I.

The Constantines
Whelans
Dublin 2, IE
Fri, 12/09/08
On Sale Wed, 16/07/08

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Insert rotting fruit gag here.

Adam Green
The Sugar Club
Dublin, IE
Tue, 26/08/08
On Sale Thu, 17/07/08

Islands to return.

I don't care what other people said. I enjoyed their last Whelan's gig, no matter how ultimately dissapointing the new album was.

Auntie Annie's, Belfast - September 19th. Seven of the Queen's pounds. On sale now.
The Hub (really?), Dublin - September 20th. Twelve and a half of Nicolas Sarkozy's (for the next 5 months or so) Euro. On sale tomorrow at 9.

Electric Picnic additions ...

Grace Jones, Joan as Policewoman, Dan Deacon, Booka Shade, Deadmau5.

Rescheduled Shearwater dates.

Chris Martin couldn't keep them trapped in his opening act prison for long.

FOREVER presents

Shearwater
plus guests
Friday Sept 19th, 2008
Whelans, Dublin
Tickets: €15.00 inc booking fee
www.tickets.ie - tomorrow
www.ticketmaster.ie - Friday

Original tickets purchased for July 16th show are valid

They also play:
Belfast, Speakeasy Sep 20th
Galway, Roisin Dubh - Sep 21st

London for Halloween?

Have to say it's tempting.

ATP's Release The Bats:
The Forum, London
Tickets £22.50

Lightning Bolt
Pissed Jeans
Wooden Shjips
OM
Les Savy Fav
Shellac
Andy Wetherall DJ

www. Seetickets. com
www. Wegottickets. com
www. Gigantic. com
www. Stargreen. com.

Kraftwerk and songs about fucking.

As noted by Jim this morning Kraftwerk are playing Luggala Estate in Co. Wicklow on September 13th as part of the A Day In The Life festival.

I was listening to Big Black's final album yesterday. It was, up till then, one of those records on a lengthy mental list I have of albums I want to get around to listening to at some point (though yesterday's ticking off of Big Black means that I've almost had a look at every band featured in Michael Azerrad's exceptional Our Band Could Be Your Life [Minor Threat recommendations welcome, then I'm done]) and the second song on the record is this cover of probably Kraftwerk's most famous song.

MP3: Big Black - The Model from Songs About Fucking

Despite the previously unfilled Big Black hole in my life I'm not completely unfamiliar with their leader Steve Albini. Whether it be through his other musical projects, his writings; be it his glowing Spiderland review, his hate filled screeds against major labels or most entertainingly of all, his final tour diary with Big Black; or through his recording (note: not "producing" he hates that) of countless albums, a list of which can be found here and I think you'll probably find at least a couple of records you really like if you peruse it.

Recording projects aside one thing shines through from his work, he's an angry dude and possibly not all that pleasant a one. And it all makes me wonder, should allowances be made for anti-social people if their body of work is so important and impressive? Even ones who claim that they fucked my sister.

MP3: Big Black - Bad Penny from Songs About Fucking

Albini will be in Ireland in October with Shellac, playing The Roisin Dubh on October 27th and The Button Factory the following night.

Full Shellac details.

u:mack
Present
Shellac
Tuesday Oct 28
The Button Factory
Doors 8pm
Tickets €20 from Road Records, City Discs, Spindizzy,
Sound Cellar & online at www.tickets.ie/umack
No guest list
www.myspace.com/shellacnorthamerica
www.myspace.com/umackproductions

tickets will be on sale monday afternoon


I love the way that for every gig press release Timo tags on a "no guest list".

Edit: They're also playing The Roisin Dubh the night before.

I concur

Late last week over on The Torture Garden Shane put up a blog in praise of The War On Drugs in which he dropped a bunch of names by way of comparison that immediately sparked my interest. I've given their album Wagonwheel Blues a couple of listens since and though I'm not quite as taken with the whole thing as he is the opening track from the album is fantastic.

They proudly wear their influences not so much on their sleeves but rather on sandwich boards with a massive picture of a strat toting Dylan on the front and a similarly sized one of Springsteen from back before he hit the gym on the flip side.

And as noted elsewhere they're playing Crawdaddy on August 17th.

MP3: The War On Drugs - Arms Like Boulders from Wagonwheel Blues.

Anyone know what the deal with Cadence Weapon is?

I only found out last night that Cadence Weapon was playing The Button Factory on Thursday as part of some Club NME thing. Ticketmaster aren't selling tickets anymore but someone said to me that they think it's a tickets on the door jobby.

Anyone know what the story is?

Still never seen Rollie live.

Good things about not reading the NME:

- The only thing I know about Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Gang is the fact that they're a band and their name is something like that, it may be "Jing Jong", I dunno.
- Irrational dislike for Conor McNicholas is kept to a minimum.

Bad things about not reading the NME:

- Missing this.

Edit: It seems that tickets for this went on sale 10 minutes after I made this post. €8, bargain.

Pelican & Torche. Whelans. Tues Sept 16

All current details are in the headline.

Who, what, where, when ...

... WHY? ...

Are coming back.

Andrew's Lane Theatre, Sat 01 Nov

Tickets are priced €16 and are on sale now.

The word, I believe, that you are straining for is "YAY!"

Forgot to mention the Butthole Surfers gig.

Vicar Street, Dublin, IE
Thu 24 Jul 2008, 20:30

Tickets on sale now, €28 which for bands on the reformation trail isn't too bad.

Free Dudley Corperation gig this Friday.

The Corpo are launching their third album The Year Of The Husband in Andrews Lane Theatre on Friday. It's free in and support is from Giveamanakick and Mumblin' Deaf Ro.

You can listen to a song from the new album here.

Afterwards there's some sort of Phantom FM club night thingy.