Not a bad list there. I duno if you noticed but gemma hayes's gig has been moved from whelans to the village apparently. Defo looking forward to her album along with nada surfs and grandaddy's. Not quite sure about Franz Ferdinand. It will be interesting to see what they come up with. Bit like waiting for the second strokes album in that you wonder how they can progress the style You could add Pete yorns new album to that list. Thats the big one for me at the moment.

now you mention it, can't think of many myself... sigur ros and the deus album in september are two i'm looking forward to... ...for those of you looking for an irish angle, there's always new albums by turn and the chalets next month and bell x1 in october... ...there's a couple of bonnie billy projects due out also but isn't there always?

Yea looking forward to hearing some of those Franz - as Klootfan said be interesting to see where they'll go with it. Dirty Three - pretty much guaranteed good stuff there. Death Cab for Cutie - Ditto... but why is there not some more Postal Service Releases?! Sigur Ros - Heard it on that stream in the links section. As always with Sigur Ros new releases take a bit of effort for me so i'm as yet undecided on that one. Cant wait for the Gig tho. Nada Surf - I actually dont know too much about these guys...my only memory of them is watching Alternative Nation mid 90's and liking that song 'Popular'!

Oh and Depeche Modes new album (the first in 4 years) 'Playing the Angel'is out on Oct 17th. It the first ever time that Dave Gahan (singer) will be having a hand in the songwriting duties so it'll be interesting to see how it sounds. In fairness tho the fact was Exciter was their last album doesnt mean they have a lot to live up to - what a terrible terrible album.

Benni, if you have the money, check nada surf out in the village on september 6th. Seriously, popular is a great song, but they have moved on quite alot since then and their new material, in my humble opinion, is quality. although we discussed this last year and alot of people didnt think much of em, but thats opinions for you, everyone has a different one :)

Maybe! if I have the funds - there's just so much on over the next few weeks - Adam Green on 25th Aug, then HWCH that weekend, then E Picnic the next and Editors w/support from CH-1 on Sept 8th... dont know if my bank manager likes me that much as it is!!!

Yeah, im really looking forward to the editors gig, ive managed to supress the message in the back of my mind thats constantly reminding me how similar they are to other bands. I cant make the picnic, although id loved to have caught the arcade fire, and ive passed on HWCH ( what a line up eh !) in favour of a going away weekend for a mate.

Yea I've only started to give irish bands a chance lately and I've been really quite surprised. I'm prety much looking forward to Betamax Format, Dark Room Notes and The Things mostly... pity CH-1 aint at that either - I hate to go on about them so much cause one of the guys in the band runs B. Connection with me and I wouldnt want people to think I was just upping a mates band yknow! Its nothing to do with that really cause I only know him since the club started.... They're just absolutely class.. I was really blown away when I saw them for the first time supporting Humanzi a few weeks back. Without a doubt one of the best bands in Ireland at the moment. Re: Editors there are simiarities of course but have you heard the album yet? Songs like Fingers in the Factories and the few tunes on it that dont follow the style they're associated with are actually the better songs by far.

I think with all these gigs piling up, it would be worth it going broke for a while after. I'll be heading to Artic Monkeys, Adam Green, Hard Working Class Heroes, Electric Picnic, Nada Surf, Editors, Bloc Party, The National. Been listening to Editors 'The Back Room' all morning, it just keeps getting better!!!

Man looks like we'll be seeing a lot of each other over the next while so ha! Oh just to let ya'll know I just got word that Channel 1 / CH-1 have been added to Electric Picnic. And non more deserving either.

Is the new Ladytron album out yet? Can't wait to hear that one.

Yeah, it's called 'Cuttings' and is pretty decent. Looking forward to their Whelan's gig now.

stroller, is it called 'Cripple Crow'? Mr. Banhart informed me he had changed the name to 'Purple Crow'. Then again, he's not the most dependable source - even for matters of himself.

Well XL recordings have been touting it around as Cripple Crow and the leaked version of it that I've got has that name but you never know with that dude really.

Per XL's own site, its "Cripple Crow" Go to http://www.xlrecordings.com/news/~sample-the-forth/ to hear some of it