Gigs at Crawdaddy from now 'til the end of October
TONY JOE WHITE
Date: 16th September
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €29.50
The writer behind a multitude of classic tracks including Polk Salad Annie, Rainy Night In Georgia (Brook Benton) and Steamy Windows (Tina Turner), White has toured the world with acts such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, James Taylor, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker.
PHANTOM LIMB
Date: 19th September
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €13
Bristol-based Country & Soul band.
MATT B SAFER (The Rapture) - DJ set
Date: 19th September
Time: 23.30
Tickets:€22.50
NY pop-punk quartet The Rapture have been building a new studio and the first fruits of their new musical labours might be dropped at this special DJ set in CrawDaddy. They have also contributed a new track to Grand Theft Auto IV called 'No Sex for Ben' which you can check out on their myspace.
FRED
Date: 20th September
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Cork five-piece who are currently enjoying widespread airplay for their single 'Running' (the most played Irish indie band on Nielsen) taken from their new album 'Go God Go'. Infectiously catchy and much loved.
ALINA ORLOVA
Date: 22nd September
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €12 & €15
Debut Irish show by prodigious 19-year-old Lithuanian singer-songwriter who was awarded "Novice of the Year" by Pravda in 2007.
PRISON LOVE
Date: 26th September
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €12
Irish bluegrass and country outfit fresh from summer festivals such as Glastonbury and Electric Picnic
BOWERBIRDS
Date: 26th September
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Nu-folk band from North Carolina who released their debut album 'Hymns for a Dark Horse' on the Dead Oceans label
Date: 27th September
Time: 21.00
Tickets: €14
Canadian indie rock quartet.
Forever presents
OUR BROTHER THE NATIVE
Date: 28th September
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €13
Three young Americans, eschewing conventional song-writing for long cinematic pieces in the vein of Sigur Ros!
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
Date: 20th September
Time: 20,00
Tickets: €20
Melbourne dance act described by Rolling Stone as "David Bowie if his Berlin Trilogy was a collaboration with Kraftwerk and Faust."
GET WELL SOON
Date: 1st October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Likened to Sigur Ros and Arcade Fire, Get Well Soon return to Dublin for a headline show.
Antics presents
IPSO FACTO
Date: 1st October
Time: 23.00
Tickets: €5
4-piece all-girl masters of monochrome psychedilia!
THE REDWALLS
Date: 2nd October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €13
Four-piece rock band from Chicago.
VASCO JUNIOR
Date: 4th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €12
Known for there infectious hooks and up tempo live set Vasco Junior will be releasing their second single 'Despised', the follow up to debut single "Fall" which made the Top 15 of the Irish charts. Their debut album follows early 2009.
JACKIE LEVEN
Date: 5th October
Time: 19.30
Tickets:€12.50 & €16
Rare Irish show by acclaimed classic Scottish cult artist.
TOM RUSSELL
Date: 8th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €15 / €20
Lauded as the greatest living country singer songwriter and an heir to Johnny Cash, Tom Russell has recorded one DVD and 20 albums of original material!
JUANA MOLINA
Date: 9th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €17 & €22.50
Enjoy an ever-shifting and polymorphous sense of groove, rhythms writhing over and inside each other, played out on wood and cymbal and bombo legüero, and woven from electronic glitches.
CONWAY SAVAGE
Date: 10th September
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €15
Best known as keyboard/piano player with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Conway Savage embarks on an Irish Tour in October.
COLLAPSING CITIES
Date: 11th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Exuberant, twisted post-punk indie rock from New zeland.
ONE LITTLE PLANE
Date: 14th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €13
Indie/Pop brilliance from Chicago.
JOHN MATTHIAS
Date: 16th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Prodigious multi-instrumentalist who played Radiohead's seminal album 'The Bends.
AUTUMN OWLS
Date: 17th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €10
Influenced by past and contemporary artists such as Elliott Smith and Wilco, Autumn Owls are a combination of emotional intimacy and musical ambition.
ALASDAIR ROBERTS
Date: 18th October
Time: €14
Tickets: 20.00
Drag City folk artist who has been produced by the likes of Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) and Sean O'Hagan of the High Llamas.
COWBOY X
Date: 19th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: TBA
Firmly established as one of Ireland's top bands with their crackin' 2006 debut album "Who Are These People" which featured the smash hit "Gabbi", Cowboy X are firing up the engines again and have locked themselves in the studio recording their much anticipated follow-up.
WHITE HINTERLAND
Date: 22nd October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Americana / Indie / Folk - just imagine Regina Spektor fronting Belle & Sebastian.
LAURA IZIBOR (full band show)
Date: 23rd October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €12
With a new single 'From My Heart To Yours' out Nov. 10th and her eagerly awaited debut album 'Let Truth Be Told' dropping early 2009, the wait is almost over. Recently featured in Rolling Stone magazine as 'Artist to Watch'
OWEN O NEILL (POD CAST COMEDY)
Date: 24th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €12
One-man comedian, playwright, actor, writer and film- making machine Owen O' Neill brings his unique brand of comedy to town. He is an annual visitor to the Edinburgh Festival where he has produced and directed seven one-man shows, winning a string of awards including three Fringe firsts, The Herald Angel award for best comedy , The LWT award for best original one-man play and a Perrier award nomination.
LADY CAROL - TOMORROW IS MY TURN (POD CAST COMEDY)
Date: 25th October
Time: 17.30
Tickets: €12
Dublin born ukulele-playing chantuese used her feminine wiles at the Edinburgh Fringe 2006 to secure herself as a guest on Fullmooners where she wowed audience and performer alike so much she was immediately offered a permanent home on the show and bestowed the title of "Lady". She has been performing with this traveling circus ever since while also branching out and creating her own inimitable style, combining uniqueand surprising cover versions along with original songs
NICK DOODY - TOUR OF DOODY (POD CAST COMEDY)
Date: 25th October
Time: 20.00
Date: €12
Just back from the dark side is Nick Doody with Edinburgh Hit -Tour of Doody. The world is torn apart by poverty, religion and war. Now, more than ever, we need a man who makes jokes about his balls. The "new Dennis Leary" is one of the brightest, radical talents on the comedy circuit. Sharp, topical and not afraid to say what he thinks his brand of political comedy and satire has won fans all over the country.
GLENN WOOL - GOODBYE SCARS (POD CAST COMEDY)
Date: 26th October
Time: 18.30
Ticket: €12
Glenn Wool just keeps going from strength to strength and is returning to Edinburgh with his brand new show Goodbye Scars. 2008 has been an interesting year for Glenn and he chronicles in this brilliant, new show what's happened to him over the last twelve months. This is an honest, frank, but always funny account of his most difficult yet at times most exhilarating year.
PORT O'BRIEN
Date: 28th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €15
Headline show by the Oakland act after their Irish debut at the Soundtrack Festival in May.
THE WEEK THAT WAS
Date: 29th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Formerly from The Field collective, Peter Brewis unveils his talent as producer, engineer, writer, instrumentalist and singer!
MICAH P HINSON
Date: 30th October
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €16
The stunning Micah P Hinson is back with a new collection of sparse, yet beautiful country songs, delivered in his inexplicably timeworn burr. Supporting Micah is the Retribution Gospel Choir which features Alan Sparhawk from Low. They released their self-titled debut this spring.
NITIN SAWHNEY AND BAND
Date: 31st October
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €24.50 & €28
Firmly established as a world-class producer, songwriter, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, orchestral composer, and cultural pioneer, Sawhney has become a latter-day Renaissance man in the worlds of music, dance, theatre, and film with seven studio albums to date.
LAMBCHOP
Date: 1st November
Time: 19.30
Tickets: €24.50 & €32.50
The remarkable alt-country outfit fronted by Kurt Wagner, from Nashville, Tennessee return with their tenth album OH (ohio). Unhindered by the notions of cool with the likes of Jack White and Kings of Leon residing there, Lambchop reveal their charms and nuances with their customary modesty.
THE RUBY SUNS
Date: 2nd November
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Indie group from New Zealand who have signed to acclaimed labels Sub Pop in the States and Memphis Industries in the UK.
BONEHEAD, WITH PETE MCLEOD
Date: 3rd November
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €22.50 / 8pm
Bonehead - the ex guitarist with Oasis plays an intimate acoustic show with Pete McLeod
Antics presents
KID BRITISH
Date: 5th November
Time: 23.00
Tickets: €5
Four vocalists and lyricists from Manchester!
FRANK TURNER, with Chris T-T
Date: 6th November
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
A collision of folk and punk with powerful heartfelt laments, witty stories, catchy sing-a-longs and summer anthems.
FRED EAGLESMITH
Date: 20th November
Time: 21.00
Tickets: €14
Grassroots artist who inspires comparisons to icons like Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen.
CHANTAM COUNTY LINE
Date: 23rd November
Time: 21.00
Tickets: €16
Critically Acclaimed Indie roots'ers!
CHAD VANGAALEN
Date: 29th November
Time: 20.00
Tickets: €14
Canadian artist signed to indie label Sub Pop who releases his new album 'Soft Airplane' in September. His previous album 'Skelliconnection' was nominated for the prestigious Polaris Music prize.
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