Various concert listings at the POD from St Patricks Weekend on.

BANKHOLIDAY MONDAY MARCH 16TH
BACARDI B LIVE
Crawdaddy, Pod, Lobby Bar / €17 / 10pm
CRAWDADDY: Whomadewho Live; South Rakkas Crew; Spacecamp DJs
POD: Sneaky Sound System DJ set; Pablo & El Toro; downtownsounds/fattyfatty
LOBBY BAR: Disco Brasil


TUESDAY MARCH 17TH
BENGA
Crawdaddy / €20 / 10pm
Benga’s rescheduled show at Crawdaddy. St. Patricks day Tuesday 17th March. Original tickets valid.
A leading light in the rising global dubstep movement alongside his childhood friend, Skream, Benga released one of the genre's biggest ever cross-over hits 'Night', with Coki, this year followed by his second album 'Diary of an Afro Warrior'.


HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH & APRIL 09
FRIDAY MARCH 27TH
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Support: Dent May
Tripod / €20 & €24.50 / 7:30pm
Experimentalist sensation Animal Collective return to Dublin following the release of their eight studio album Merriweather Post Pavilion. First single from the album My Girls will be released March 23rd.


SATURDAY MARCH 28th
DIRTY PROJECTORS/POLAR BEAR/LUCKY DRAGONS
Crawdaddy / €17 / 7:30pm
Brooklyn-based nu-jazz project Dirty Projectors teams up on tour with innovative British post-jazz quintet Polar Bear, and L.A. experimentalists Lucky Dragons. Dirty Projectors, led by genius songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dave Longstreth, were signed to Domino following the release of Rise Above, their critically acclaimed “reimagining” of Black Flag’s Damaged. They are set to release a new album early this year.


AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD
National Stadium / €26 / 8pm
Multi award-winning AL MURRAY brings his famous Pub Landlord tour to Dublin for a date. The Guv brings his quick wit and small mindedness to the National Stadium next March.


THURSDAY APRIL 2ND
D12 Plus:
Support: Royce 5'9"
Tripod / €25 & €30 / 7.30pm
Detriot hip-hop collective including Eninem. D12 shot to fame with their debut 'Devil's Night' and the follow up D12 World.
Rescheduled date.


FRIDAY APRIL 3RD
FUJIYA & MIYAGI
Support: The 202s
Tripod / €20/25 / 7:30pm
Minimalist electro-pop outfit Fujiya&Miyagi bring their unique and addictive concentration of eighties synth/krautrock-influenced sounds, and surreal phonetic lyrics to Tripod. 2008 saw the addition of a fourth to the former trio, and the release of their much anticipated and highly acclaimed album Lightbulbs.

FRIDAY APRIL 17TH
PLASTICIAN
Crawdaddy / €15 / 11:30pm ‘til late
Grime and dubstep pioneer, whose pirate radio shows on Rinse FM, and BBC Radio One Residency slot mark him as a key figurehead of the scene.
Renowned for his pin-point mixing accuracy and bags full of the freshest cuts, Plastician brings the dark bassy sounds of London grime to Crawdaddy for a headline show.


SATURDAY APRIL 18TH
THE BIG PINK
Support: The XX and Grave With No Name
Crawdaddy / €12 / 8pm
Winners of the prestigious Radar award at last week’s NME Awards, hotly-tipped electro drone-rock duo The Big Pink headline at Crawdaddy ahead of the release of their much anticipated debut album. Their London-born sound is an intense swamp of droning feedback guitars mixed with crystalline melody, dreamy vocals, gritty beats, and dense reverb production, courtesy of former Alec Empire guitarist Robbie Furze, and Merok records boss Milo Cordell.


SUNDAY APRIL 19TH
ICE CUBE
Tripod / €42.50 & 48.50 / 7:30pm
Pod Concerts is proud to present the godfather of gangsta rap, playing his first show in Ireland for 15 years.
Living legend Ice Cube returns to Dublin after a decade and a half, touring his incendiary latest album Raw Footage. His 60 minute show will feature all the classic songs from his 25 year career, including tracks from his time with genitors of hip-hop N.W.A.


MONDAY APRIL 20TH
BRAKES
Support: Voluntary Butler Scheme and The Curtain Thieves
Crawdaddy / €12 / 8pm
Off kilter alt-rock group from Brighton headline having toured with Belle&Sebastian, Editors, The Killers. Their third studio album 'Touchdown' will be released by Fat Cat Records on April 20 2009


WEDNDESDAY 22ND APRIL
ADRIAN CROWLEY ALBUM LAUNCH
Sugar Club / €10 / 8pm
Adrian Crowley's fifth album Season Of The Sparks comes to light just over a year after Long Distance Swimmer his Choice Music Prize- nominated breakthrough record.To be released through Tin Angel Records Wed April 22nd


TUESDAY 28TH APRIL
WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
Crawdaddy / €13 / 8pm
One of 2008’s great discoveries, Swedish husband-and-wife drums and vocals duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums bring their astonishing live show back to Crawdaddy following the release of their second album The Snake


WEDNESDAY 29TH APRIL
JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JUNKYARD
Crawdaddy / €14 & €17 / 8pm
Jeffrey Lewis returns to Crawdaddy following the release of his new album Em Are I on 20th April through Rough Trade Records