Weekly Cork Gig Guide: 10th-18th March 2014

Little Green Cars

Grave Lanterns

This week in Cork: Katie Kim, Little Green Cars, Grave Lanterns, No Spill Blood, Stanley Brinks and more…

Consider the lull that is the first half of the gigging week on Leeside the calm before the storm as Cork gears up for the first long weekend of new year. Illuminating festivities are Cork’s very own spook-rockers Grave Lanterns who materialise from their Winter sleep to play The Pavilion on Thursday evening. Comprised of members of The Altered Hours, Une Pipe and Elastic Sleep the gruesome foursome released the ghostly ‘Creepin Up On You’ their only official recording to date last Halloween so hopefully new material is on the way in 2014. Thursday is free in with ever-ascending upstarts The Careers opening on the night.

Attention turns back to Cork Opera House on Friday evening as Choice-nominated, #1 album holding young ‘uns Little Green Cars return to Cork for their biggest show to date following a sell-out show in The Pav at Christmas. Check back later in the week for an interview with LGC’s Stevie Appleby.

For the rest of your long weekend kicks then look no further than the €15 weekend ticket for local record haven Plugd‘s ‘Sayn’t Pah! Tricks Week’nd’ three-day mini festival taking place within the white-washed walls of the Triskel TDC. Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures, Johnofsilence (O Emperor) and Freschard (Friday), katie kim and Morning Veils (Saturday – early 8pm show) and No Spill Blood and Lamp (Sunday) will all perform over the three days with the party continuing into the early hours with the after-show parties in Gulpd Café. If the three days are too much of a long haul for you then the stand-out night is katie kim‘s first visit to Cork in quite some time on Saturday evening.

The early show in the TDC allows gig-goers plenty of time to hightail it across Grand Parade to Carey’s Lane for The Vincent(s)‘ official launch night of double-A single ‘Fever Dreams#/’Throne Song’.

Also going down around town this week:

• A DJ set from Belgian tune-bringers 2ManyDjs in Cork Opera House (Thursday)
• CPNHGN in Cyprus Avenue (Friday)
• Neon Atlas in Cyprus Avenue (Saturday)

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

Monday, 10th March
– Monday Night Music Club in Coughlan’s
– Cookie & The Vaudevilles in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)

Tuesday, 11th March
– Coaltraan in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)
– CIT Battle of the Bands Heat #2: in Cyprus Avenue

Wednesday, 12th March
– UCC LMS Film & Music Motown Night: in Cyprus Avenue
– Jazz Fusion Night in The Roundy
– The Cosy Club in Sin É

Thursday, 13th March
– Audible Joes in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– 2ManyDjs (DJ set) in Cork Opera House
– Grave Lanterns and The Careers in The Pavilion

Friday, 14th March
– Soothsayer in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Little Green Cars in Cork Opera House
– Donatan, Cleo & more in The Crane Lane Theatre (6.30pm)
– CPNHGN in Cyprus Avenue
– Broad Specturm in The Roundy
– Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures, Johnofsilence (O Emperor) and Freschard in Triskel Arts Centre TDC

Saturday, 15th March
– Deadbeat in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Neon Atlas in Cyprus Avenue
– The Vincent(s) (9pm), Deep Shit (11pm) in The Pavilion
– Katie Kim and Morning Veils in Triskel Arts Centre TDC (8pm)

Sunday, 16th March
– Tumbleweed Sessions in L’Attitude 51 (6.30pm)
– The Moonshiners in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Niall McCabe Band in Coughlan’s
– Jimmy Crowley & Stokers Lodge in Everyman Palace Theatre
– Jimpster and Fish Go Deep in The Pavilion
– No Spill Blood and Lamp in Triskel Arts Centre TDC

Monday, 17th March
– Monday Night Music Club in Coughlan’s
– Amazing Apples (2pm), Corner Boy (4.45pm), The Barley Mob (7pm), Karma Parking (9pm) and The Naildrivers (11.30pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Lee Scratch Perry in The Pavilion

Tuesday, 18th March
– Little Mammoths in The Crane Lane Theatre (11.30pm)

Coming up in March:
29th March – The G-Man Presents… House of Cosy Cushions in The Roundy
For details click here

– For more gigs and dates see the overall gig guide here