This starts tomorrow.

April

Monday 7th - Shout Out Louds @ The Limelight
Tuesday 8th - The Enemy @ Kings Hall
Wednesday 9th - Holy Fuck @ Speakeasy (and Holy Radiohead)
Thursday 10th - The Jane Bradfords Album Launch w/ Cashier No.9 @ Speakeasy
Friday 11th - Ting Tings @ Spring & Airbrake
Sunday 13th - Maps @ Spring & Airbrake
Tuesday 15th - Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ Auntie Aunnies
Thursday 17th - Frank Turner @ Speakeasy | Ed Zealous and Crayonsmith @ The Limelight | party Weirdo/Heliopause @ The Black Box
Wednesday 23rd - Crystal Castles @ Stiff Kitten
Sunday 27th - Chris Corsano @ The Black Box

May

Thursday 1st - Fighting With Wire @ The Union
Friday 2nd - Dirty Projectors w/ YACHT @ Oh Yeah Building
Saturday 3rd - Soulwax/2 Many DJs @ Shine, The Union
Sunday 4th - Damo Suzuki @ The Black Box
Monday 5th - Girls Aloud @ Laverys Bunker
Wednesday 7th - 1990s w/ Kowalski, Jane Bradfords @ Festival Marquee (CQAF)
Friday 9th - A Hawk And A Hacksaw @ Cathedral Arts Festival | ASIWYFA @ The Stiff Kitten
Saturday 10th - Lightspeed Champion @ The Limelight | Silver Jews @ The Black Box | Angus & Julia Stone @ The Speakeasy
Sunday 11th - Jonathan Richman @ Cathedral Arts Festival
Tuesday 13th - Dinosaur Jr @ Spring & Airbrake
Wednesday 14th - Yeasayer @ Speakeasy | The Hold Steady @ Spring & Airbrake | Pigeon Detectives @ Mandella Hall
Thursday 15th - Winding Stair w/ Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, Kitty & the Can Openers @ The Limelight
Saturday 17th - Two Gallants @ The Stiff Kitten
Tuesday 20th - Alphabeat @ Speakeasy | Caribou @ The Black Box
Friday 23rd - Jens Lekman @ The Black Box
Sunday 25th - Boyzone @ The Front Page
Tuesday 27th - Wombats @ Speakeasy | Most Serene Republic @ Auntie Aunnies
Wednesday 28th - We Are Wolves @ Auntie Aunnies
Thursday 29th - Boathouse @ Empire Music Hall

And A Few Bands Who Aren’t Quite Making It Up Over The Border…

April

Wednesday 23rd - Sebadoh @ Whelan’s
Friday 25th - M83 @ Andrews Lane Theatre | Mouse On Mars @ The Button Factory
Saturday 26th - Why? @ Andrews Lane Theatre

May

Thursday 8th - Deerhunter @ Whelan’s
Friday 9th - Boys Noize @ Spy
Saturday 10th - iLiKETRAiNS @ Crawdaddy
Sunday 11th - Iron & Wine @ Olympia Theatre | Man Man @ Whelan’s
Tuesday 13th -The National w/ Two Gallants @ Olympia Theatre
Thursday 15th - Battles @ Vicar St | Ghostface @ Tivoli Theatre
Friday 16th - Kimya Dawson @ Crawdaddy
Saturday 17th - Ween @ The Village
Monday 19th - Animal Collective @ Tripod
Tuesday 20th - Sunset Rubdown @ Crawdaddy | Broken Social Scene @ Vicar St
Thursday 22nd - Xiu Xiu @ Whelan’s
Saturday 24th - God Is An Astronaut @ The Academy
Sunday 25th - De La Soul @ The Academy
Tuesday 27th - Tapes’n Tapes @ Tripod
Friday 30th - Celine Dion @ Eomonn Doran’s

I have no where near enough money to go to all of these, and some of the conflicts are horrible… for instance Lightspeed Champion and Silver Jews on the same night!

If we’ve missed out anything worth mentioning, let us know.

And so the discovery of new music continues as iTunes voucher met my ever-growing list of bands who have been passionately recommended lately. Luckily, Why? topped that list chronologically, and were the first to exhaust £7.99 from my credit (birthday loot ftw).

Instantly captivating, there is something often comically John Flansburgh-ish (They Might Be Giants) about Johnathan Wolfs vocals, rolling out vulgar poetry over a coarse hip-hop soaked indie-rock bed. A few listens will definitely develop into addition - the acquisition of a back-catalogue purchasing is mere clicks away …

Why? - Song of the Sad Assassin

Why? - Fatalist Palmistry

Why? are playing with Crayonsmith at Andrews Lane Theatre in Dublin on the 26th of April.

It’s the latest internet craze to sweep the nation - Muxtape - a service allowing you to create virtual mixtapes by uploading and rearranging your favorite songs.

I’ve uploading a load of my recent favorites to my personal Muxtape - which is destined to evolve over the coming weeks as I work through some recent purchases. Share yours in the comments!