Weekly Cork Gig Guide: 10th-16th March 2015

This week in Cork: All We Are, Lynched, Rory Francis O’Brien, Cry Monster Cry and more.

Liverpool-based trio All We Are are charged with opening proceedings on the kinda-but-not-really-a-bank-holiday weekend. Self described as purveyors of “psychedelic boogie”, the threesome have just released an eponymous debut record on Domino and sound a little like The XX-do-disco. Interesting fact? Richard Flynn, one third of the Norwegian/Irish/Brazilian group, is from Cork so Friday night’s Cyprus Avenue show is something of a homecoming for the drummer who left many moons ago for college in Liverpool.

For those who fancy a train trip on that same evening then look no further than east Cork for another wonderful Sirius Arts Centre show. Having just featured on episode 1 of The Parlour TV, nu-trad troupe Lynched are bound for Cobh with Rory Francis O’Brien on support duties. Sirius start things early and wrap them up in time to catch the last train home (11pm) so if idyllic, coastal arts centre shows are your thing, get yourself out east on Friday.

Saturday evening then throws up the contrasting options of rowdy, alt-country in the shape of Wexford’s Corner Boy in The Crane Lane Theatre or garage punk in a flea market as Dublin’s Sissy slay all in Mother Jones Flea Market. Play out Sunday then with Martin brothers Richie and Jamie a.k.a. Cry Monster Cry in Cyprus Avenue.

Also going down around town this week:

• Baroque & Bass: Justin Grounds & Conrad Good in De Barra’s (Wednesday)
• Atlantis Fire Department in Crowleys Musician Centre (Thursday)
• Niall Connolly in Coughlan’s (Friday)
• Laurie Shaw in Gulpd Café (Friday)

For a day-by-day breakdown of gigs taking place in both Cork city and county over the next three weeks see below.

Tuesday, 10th March 
– Jazz Improv (9pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– CIT Battle of the Bands in Cyprus Avenue

Wednesday, 11th March 
– Fox Jaw (11.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Jazz Fusion in The Roundy
– Baroque & Bass: Justin Grounds & Conrad Good in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Thursday, 12th March 
– Little Mammoths (11.50pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Atlantis Fire Department in Crowleys Musician Centre (Oliver Plunket upstairs)
– Playground of Dreamss in The Roundy

Friday, 13th March 
– Niall Connolly in Coughlan’s
– New Valley Wolves (9pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– All We Are in Cyprus Avenue
– Laurie Shaw in Gulpd Café (Triskel Arts Centre)
– The Vincent(s) in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
– Lynched and Rory Francis O’Brien in Sirius Arts Centre (Cobh)

Saturday, 14th March
– Slippery Snake in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Corner Boy (9pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Huxley in Cyprus Avenue
– Sissy in Mother Jones Flea Market
– Little Mammoths in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
– The Service in Pine Lodge (Myrtleville)

Sunday, 15th March 
– One Horse Pony (11.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Cry Monster Cry in Cyprus Avenue
– Our Minor Fall in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Monday, 16th March
– Monday Session in Coughlan’s
– Room 101 fundraiser: Corr Móna and more in Fred Zeppelin’s

Coming in 2015:
2nd May – Sinead O’Connor in Cork Opera House
3rd May – Fractured Air present: Colleen and Caoimhín Ó’Raghallaigh in Cork Opera House
16th June – Beck Live at the Marquee
13th July – St. Vincent in Cork Opera House

– For more gigs and dates see the overall gig guide here
– For those more interested in independent cinema visit the Triskel cinema listings here