Upcoming Highlights!!!     (see gigs page for full listings) 

GHOSTCAT :: Sun 1st August Doors 9pm Tickets € 8 Ghostcat are an exotic explosion of dancefloor electronica, pop love and sabre toothed guitars; good time music giving vent to bad, bad thoughts. Get ready to fall in love with this band! Think The Kills, Crystal Castles, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Ting Tings all rolled into one lovely package.

PADDY CASEY :: Sat 7th August Doors 8pm Tickets €17.50 His debut, Amen (So Be It), went triple platinum and earned him a Hot Press Irish Music Award for Best Debut Album. Three years later, after opening for the likes of R.E.M. he released his sophomore album, Living and it went 12 times platinum. His latest album Addicted To Company is also bursting at the seams with fan favourites. Unmissable intimate gig with one of Ireland's favourite artists as he showcases new material alongside well established hits from his back catalog.

PANTHA DU PRINCE :: Sun 8th August Doors 9pm Tickets €12.50 His name is Hendrik Weber, but anyone seeking a slice of what electronic music might sound like a couple of years from now knows him as Pantha Du Prince. From Hamburg, Pantha Du Prince’s new album shows that he knows all about minimal and micro but, perhaps more importantly, he also knows about creating moments of sheer spine-chilling beauty.

DAMO SUZUKI (CAN) & THE NETWORK :: Wed 11th August Doors 9pm Tickets €10 The longtime lead vocalist for Krautrock pioneers Can. The goal of Suzuki's network is simple, for musicians to communicate with each other and with the audience. Damo selects musicians who have the potential to communicate freely and who are able to respond honestly to each other in the here and now. This also involves a respect for and dynamic communication with the audience. Both Damo and Can refer to this process as Instant Composing. Each concert is a unique event. Anything can happen.

ESTEL & STEVE MacKAY (The Stooges) :: Fri 20th August Doors 9pm Tickets € 8 ESTEL originally came into contact with Mackay during a recording date with punk rock legend, bassist Mike Watt (formerly of the seminal harcore band The Minutemen, now full time bassist with the Stooges) that resulted in the acclaimed ‘Untitled 1’ album, a collaboration between the band and Watt & Mackay. The album is great, check out some of the tracks at Estel's myspace site. The gig will feature full set of ESTEL tracks with some of Mackay’s solo pieces and maybe a little Stooges thrown in for good measure. The gig promises to a unique cross pollination between one of Dublin longest running underground acts, and a legend of US rock and experimental music

CHOP SUEY (System Of A Down tribute) :: Sat 21st August Doors 9pm Tickets €10 The band features Flash, Richie, and Joe from Metallitia and are fronted by manic lead vocalist Joserj Sheehankian. The energy of this band on stage has to be seen to be believed. Chop Suey's repertoire features material from each of System of a Down's five albums. These guys always start as they mean to go on; ie, on full throttle. The melodies and harmonies from both vocalists alternate continuously with the awesome drumming and bass. Chop Suey have been drawing eclectic crowds and the limited amount of shows played so far have surpassed all expectations.

BESNARD LAKES :: Mon 23rd August Doors 9pm Tickets €15 "The dark heart of Canada has landed, burning within the psychedelic dirge-pop of this husband and wife-led Montreal Collective." - Uncut The band got a lot of touring mileage and no small amount of international acclaim, not to mention a nomination for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize, for its sophomore album, The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse, but the Besnards have come back with an even bigger and better album of epic drones this year in The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night,

MEGAFAUN :: Tues 24th August Doors 9pm Tickets €12.50 Megafaun are part of that rare breed of young artists driven by an unquenchable thirst for a wide range of sounds and styles. Pick a song at random from their incredible album Gather, Form and Fly, and don’t be surprised to hear delicate Appalachian banjo figures, tumbling Steve Reich pianos, sumptuous multi-part harmonies or bracing, string-scraping dissonance.

FIGHT LIKE APES :: Fri 27th August Doors 9pm Tickets €12.50 Mix Mates Of State, Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Nada Surf together and throw in a propensity for loutish vocals, brutish bass and digital distortion and you might just get FIGHT LIKE APES - highly trained, armed and considered extremely dangerous. New album due out Friday 27th August.

DECLAN O ROURKE :: Fri 3rd Sept Doors 8pm Tickets €20 "Declan O' Rourke happens to be one of the finest songwriters on the planet. His songs have filled my heart and my home these last few months". Eddi Reader "A rich, soulful, musical voice and a brilliant instrumental ability are just the start of it. As a songwriter he has already shown he can mix it with the best." Paul Brady

FIELD MUSIC :: Wed 8th Sept Doors 9pm Tickets €12.50 With four star reviews all round for their recent album Measure (a double album, no less) and recent appearances at all the major summer festivals, Field Music arrive in Cork at the top of their game. Led by the incredibly talented Brewis brothers (David and Peter), this quirky four-piece guitar outfit cleverly blend influences of everything from Led Zeppelin to 10CC to Flaming Lips.

JOHNNY FLYNN :: Tues 21st Sept Doors 9pm Tickets €10 Having received huge critical praise for his first album A Larum, June 2010 saw the release of its follow-up Been Listening with Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe hailing the first single Kentucky Phil the ‘hottest record in the world’ and the album also featuring a guest appearance from Laura Marling. Very much at the forefront of the new generation of British folk artists, Johnny Flynn’s evocative lyrics and storming live performances make him one to watch out for this year.

BRENDAN BENSON :: Tues 28th Sept Doors 8.30pm Tickets €16 A very intimate show with The Raconteurs guitarist/vocalist/keyboardist and a very fine writer in his own right. His latest album “My Old Familiar Friend” is a thing of real beauty.