Im heading to see Man Man on Sunday night, looking forward to it although i havent had a chance to listen to the new album yet.

Cat Power, 26th May, Lisbon

The National in the Olympia Dublin on the 15th, cant wait.

Dirty Projectors were amazing.

Marissa Nadler was breathtaking. She played a bunch of new songs and a half dozen old.

next gig is School Of Language on friday ! first full band shows they've done too..

I'm going to a shady, random death metal concert tonight. I'll probably die.

don't!

good luck with surviving that!

Ahhh it continues. Field Music presents was great (basically Field Music not being Field Music and doing new exciting things in two halves).

i'm seeing SPIRITUALIZED on tuesday night and Broken Social Scene on friday!!!!

Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol for me.

Full line up is here - Dot to Dot

Apart from Two Gallants, Glasvegas and Dan Deacon there isn't a lot there I want to see, or know of - does anyone have any reccomendations?

go see Friends of the Bride (kinda like an indie band doing 50s songs - very very catchy) and Spiritualized ( = must). Also Broken Records are probably the best new band in the UK (imagine a Scottish Bright Eyes (maybe less good lyrically) playing with the Arcade Fire).

Also check out Eugene McGuiness and The Most Serene Republic.

Whether you're into this sort of thing or not, Santogold currently has the free track of the week on itunes. I like it. Also I'm a big fan of the new Mystery Jets album, although obviously you've heard of them. My friend who also likes the National like Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit, but not really my thing. If I go to the Nottingham one (still deciding), I might see Rollo Tomassi just because I loved LA Confidential, but I've never heard anything by them...

Hercules & Love Affair features Antony Hegarty from Antony & the Johnsons, but I haven't heard them (H&LA).

Lucky you. I just got into spiritualized, and I'm very impressed so far.
And today I was listening to random play all on my mp3 player, and I kept checking the name of various broken social scene songs that I had never heard before.. Awesome stuff.

Son Volt this Saturday in Beantown.

haha its all VERY disco!

yeah! its the joys of living in London really...

Spiritualized were great, too much off the last record but i'm not going to give it a bad word otherwise. Mostly moments of absolutely genius old songs and heartwrenching/euphoric things off the new record. Enlightening probably describes it best. Encore of I Think I'm In Love and Lord Can You Hear Me = best end of gig high ever.