Cat Power in Dublin in May

[Fiona]

I'm hearing May 10 in Tripod. Yes? No?

[The Colours]

Hey, I heard that too I got on to tripod and am waiting for them to get back to me..I say we just camp outside. I went to see her in London last year and if this doesn't go ahead in Dublin i'll go back there to see her. She was amazing. She is amazing!

[Ruairi]

There are plans to do a show around the ATP date, but nothing is concrete yet unfortunately. I'll announce here as soon as I know.....

[Ruairi]

Okay, this just got confirmed!

Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
10th May, Tripod, Dublin

Tickets are 22.85/28.35 from www.ticketmaster.ie
Tickets go on sale Wednesday 7th March

Is the Tripod where the Pod used to be? I saw Pavement there (on the 'Brighten The Corners' tour).
I've never seen Chan in Ireland - does she attempt to do an Irish accent onstage?

[Fiona]

Excellent! (Look at you working on a Sunday)

Tripod's an amalgamation of the Red Box and Chocolate Bar. There's the main venue (1350 cap), a separate bar (the old Chocolate Bar) and club (300 cap) and you can move between all three areas. The venue's been remodeled, way superior to its previous incarnation. The flow is much better, ie there's no crush to get from back to front around the desk and there being three bars means a lot less messing around. Plus the sound is fantastic. Which makes it unique in Dublin. It's a super venue, think it'll really work for her. You going to come over for it?

Saw her at Whelan's (first show, think it was 2000, not the disastrous one in '03) and the Hyde Gallery, she wasn't exactly expansive or garrulous at either now. Something about the mic stand was bugging her at the Whelan's show, and she ended up doing a lot of the gig halfway behind the curtain/speaker stacks on the bathroom side of the stage. The Hyde Gallery gig was wonderful tho.

Missed that Pavement gig at the Red Box, bah. Saw them at the Rock Garden in '94 and Music Centre in '97. The Rock Garden show ranks among my favourite gigs of all time. AMAZING it was.

[Ruairi]

Weekend or not, we Matadorians are always working. That is the Matador way.

Yeah, I thought I remembered it being one of the better Dublin venues (shamefully, I haven't seen any live music in Ireland in about 8 years! And theres a whole bunch of new Irish bands I'd love the opportunity to see). I may well come over for it if theres no other pressing engagements (though it does look like May is set to be a very busy month at Matador UK).

Some of my friends have bored me endlessly about how awesome that Rock Garden Pavement show was. Am I imagining things, or did Rollerskate Skinny support them? I would have LOVED to have been there....

[Fiona]

Weekend or not, we Matadorians are always working. That is the Matador way.
:rolleyes: that's some induction course they sent you and Joel on...

Of the things I remember about Pavement at the Rock Garden, such as my friend stage-diving during "Debris Slide" (it was a boisterous event on and off stage) and tickets costing only a fiver (dabs at eyes, misting over at the recollection of "the good old days") I cannot recall with certainty who the support were. Might have been Flexihead?

Don't think it was Rollerskate Skinny tho. They supported The Fall at the Tivoli in '93 - my aforementioned friend heckled them... Ken lost the rag, issuing quite convincing threats of physical harm.

Ah for shame Ruairi, eight years? You've no excuse. There's a zillion flights from heathrow and gatwick which probably cost a pound that'll get you back to the auld sod in time for the show and zip you back for work the next morning.

Things have definitely picked up and dublin music is in health as rude as it has been in a good 15 years, particularly on the electronic side... Si Schroeder, Chequerboard, Halfset, Somadrone, Thread Pulls, Decal (with Dave Lacey) all doing good things. Like Cap Pas Cap's ep a lot too. Will admit I'm pretty bad at getting out to nights like Lazybird and Ballroom, which always seem to be interesting.

Back to the CP show, folk who prefer to buy tickets in person may like to call in to Road Records or City Discs...

[Ruairi]

Joel and I are so committed, we have the Matador logo tattooed on our HEARTS. Just underneath the 'Dead C 4ever' ones.

Re: Not seeing live music in Dublin - I know, Fiona, I know. Closest I came was going to Electric Picnic last year, but I saw barely any Irish music there (do Warlords Of Pez count as music? Probably not).

Thread Pulls are one of the Irish bands I have seen (at ATP a couple of years ago), and I do love them. They even quote my blog on their website! I've heard demos by Cap Pas Cap, but haven't got hold of the 12" they just put out - hoping that it's as good as I imagine it will be.