CSS: Sat 12 May '07: The Music Factory, Carlow
CSS: Sun 13 May '07: Dolans, Limerick (sold out)

if either of these gigs are in your locality I highly recommend going! They were great in Cork!

This band are a pain in the ass to tell people about. You try saying to someone 'have you heard Chk Chk Chk?'. 'Bless you' is the most likely response.

However it was their unusual name that made me Google them and discover their website, and it was their cool website that made me go and buy their album.

There's a lot of acts playing Electric Picnic this year that I either don't know at all or only know one or two songs, so I'm trying to educate myself before going along so that I can make a plan rather than running from stage to stage trying to figure out who's good.

The album turned out to be really good, so these guys will definitely be on my 'don't miss' list.

There's no getting away from it. Everyone going to Electric Picnic is pissed off that Oxegen got Arcade Fire. No fair.

Here's my favourite Arcade Fire song, not from their new album, a bit older:

Oh and check out their cover of 'Guns of Brixton'...

I have missed Iggy playing in Ireland so many times since I got into his music it's not funny, so I was hyped when I hear he was playing Electric Picnic... I will be there. Front and Center. Spit on me Iggy. C'mon, look at him, he's as nuts as ever. See you at Iggy and the Stooges at EP.