Weekly Cork Gig Guide: 1st-7th April 2014

Diane Cluck (Saturday, TDC)

This week in Cork: Diane Cluck, Girls Names, Elastic Sleep and more..

Having grown as a creator in her own right as part of an East Village NYC collective that could boast CocoRosie, Kimya Dawson, Adam Green and Jeffrey Lewis amongst its ranks, Virginia-basd songwriter Diane Cluck is back on the road again to promote Bone Set, Cluck’s first official release in years. Also featuring converted Corkonian Rory Francis O’Brien and Belfast folkie Catherine Hatt on the bill, Saturday evening in Triskel TDC is shaping up to be something special. Check back later in the week for an interview with Diane Cluck ahead of the big night.

Although choc-a-block with great gigs, last weekend was a bit of a wash-out due to a chronic case of cracked cloud syndrome but please don’t let that deter you this week with so much going on about Cork beginning with a single launch on Douglas Street on Thursday evening. Anna Mitchell returns to spiritual home Coughlan’s to officially launch her début single ‘Let’s Run Away’ featuring Wexford songwriter The Man Whom on support duties. Anna guested on The Cork Music Show on Sunday afternoon so we should have a podcast of our visit to the CCCR100.5FM studios soon.

The weekend goes a little nuts then with silly amounts of options stuffed into a handful of venues across Leeside. Slow Motion Heroes dust off the cobwebs on Friday with their first live outing in over a year taking them to Bradley’s of Barrack Street whilst eclectic supergroup D.F.F. make their Cork bow within the hallowed halls of Christchurch that same night before Belfast indie rockers and recently Choice Music Prize-nominated Girls Names cross pop swords with Cork’s very own Elastic Sleep for a Saturday night riff-session in The Pavilion.

Also going down around town this week:

• Beardyman and Sam Clague in The Pavilion (Friday)

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

Tuesday, 1st April
– Jazz Improv (9pm) in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Cork School of Music Pop Music Degree Showcase in The Pavilion

Wednesday, 2nd April
– Rackhouse Pilfer in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Raglans in Cyprus Avenue
– Cork School of Music Pop Music Degree Showcase in The Pavilion
– Plug ‘n’ Play electronic jam session in The Roundy
– The Cosy Club in Sin É

Thursday, 3rd April
– Anna Mitchell in Coughlan’s
– Kate Twohig in The Roundy
– John Spillane in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)
– Rackhouse Pilfer in The White Horse (Ballincollig)

Friday, 4th April
– Slow Motion Heroes in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Join Me In The Pines in Coughlan’s
– Kurt Cobain Tribute featuring: Paradox, Screenreader and more in The Crane Lane Theatre (8.30pm)
– Beardyman and Sam Clague in The Pavilion
– Annette Buckley in The Roundy
– D.F.F. featuring Niwel Tsumbu, Vyvienne Long and Dave Flynn in Triskel Christchurch (8pm)
– Band of Clouds in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Saturday, 5th April
– Phil Collins Project in Bradley’s of Barrack Street
– Girls Names and Elastic Sleep in The Pavilion
– Eduardo Niebla in Triskel Christchurch (8pm)
– Diane Cluck, Rory Francis O’Brien and Catherine Hatt in Triskel TDC
– Kurt Cobain Tribute featuring: Paradox, Screenreader and more in De Barra’s (Clonakilty)

Sunday, 6th April
– Tumbleweed Sessions (6.30pm) in L’Attitude 51
– One Horse Pony in The Crane Lane Theatre
– Cian Finn in The Pavilion Bar
– Sunday Session (6pm) in The Roundy

Monday, 7th April
– Monday Night Music Club in Coughlan’s
– Deady in The Crane Lane Theatre

Upcoming G-Man Presents shows:

7th June – Angel Olsen in Triskel Christchurch Buy tickets here

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