a hawk and a hacksaw (1 Viewer)

[nEiLo]

boink

May 11th it would seem

 

[Pantone247]

3rd time lucky!

is this a lazybird show?

 

[nEiLo]

3rd time lucky!

is this a lazybird show?

yup. need to confirm it. but yup.

 

[Pantone247]

deadly!

top work Neilo

 

[nEiLo]

deadly!

top work Neilo

thank you.

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

yup. need to confirm it. but yup.

great spot for them

 

[Cyprus Avenue]

also playing:

Cyprus Avenue, Cork
Saturday 10th May

Tickets on sale now from www.tickets.ie
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[shidheat]

 

[Cian Nugent]

Countin' the days...

 

[nEiLo]

great spot for them

it'll be the BBR

 

[hermie]

Deadly. So what's their best album then? I have The Way the Wind Blows and really like it. Where should I go from there?

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

Deadly. So what's their best album then? I have The Way the Wind Blows and really like it. Where should I go from there?

i love the one they did with the hun hangar ensemble

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

A Hawk And A Hacksaw have announced a UK tour as well as being confirmed to support Portishead this spring. Having
played at the Bristol band’s request at All Tomorrow’s Parties last December, AHAAH join up with Portishead for their Portuguese, Italian and UK legs of their European tour before embarking on their own set of live dates across Britain and Ireland.

For the Portishead tour, the regular duo of Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost will be joined by Ferenc Kovács (trumpet, violin), who appeared in the line up for The Hun Hangár Ensemble and Chris Hladowski from Scatter and Nalle (bouzouki/clarinet/bratch). The group will be performing their singular synthesis of eastern and western folk music, taking inspiration from the last century and beyond.

Following these dates AHAAH will be back again in May to play a string of headline shows in the UK and Ireland culminating in their appearance at the Explosions In The Sky curated All Tomorrow’s Parties at Butlins Minehead.

http://ahawkandahacksaw.co.uk
http://myspace.com/ahawkandahacksaw

http://www.last.fm/user/theleaflabel/events


On AHAAH:

“uplifting, bucolic balladry” Observer Music Monthly

“A resonant stew: A Hawk And A Hacksaw sum up what’s most attractive in east European music” The Saturday Telegraph

"A set glorying in its sensual exoticism" Mojo

“ambitious, ethnically rich… suffused with Eastern flavours” Uncut


Here are the dates in full:

Wednesday 9 April
Apollo, MANCHESTER (with Portishead)
Stockport Road, M12 6AP
Doors 7pm
Tickets £30
http://www.livenation.co.uk/venue/getVenue/venueId/161557

Thursday 10 April
Hammersmith Apollo, LONDON (with Portishead)
45 Queen Caroline Street, W6 9QH
Doors 7pm
Tickets £32-35
http://www.hammersmithapollo.net

Friday 11 April
Yorkshire House, LANCASTER
2 Parliament Street, LA1 1DB
Doors 8pm
Tickets £6
http://www.lawm.co.uk

Saturday 12 April
Corn Exchange, EDINBURGH (with Portishead)
10 New Mart Road, EH14 1RJ
Doors 7pm
Tickets £28.50
http://www.ece.uk.com

Sunday 13 April
Civic, WOLVERHAMPTON (with Portishead)
North Street, WV1 1RQ
Doors 7pm
Tickets £30
http://www.wolvescivic.co.uk

Monday 14 April
Glee Club, BIRMINGHAM
70 Hurst Street, B5 4TD
Doors 730pm
Tickets £8.50/£9.50
http://www.glee.co.uk

Thursday 17 April
Brixton Academy, LONDON (with Portishead)
211 Stockwell Road, SW9 9SL
Doors 7pm
Tickets £32.50
http://www.brixton-academy.co.uk

Friday 9 May
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, BELFAST
Tickets £6/£8
028 90246609
http://www.cqaf.com

Saturday 10 May
Cyprus Avenue, CORK
Doors 830pm
Tickets €12
http://www.cyprusavenue.ie

Sunday 11 May
Boom Boom Boom, DUBLIN
Doors 730pm
Tickets €15
http://www.lazybird.org / http://www.boomboomtickets.com

Monday 12 May
The Tunnels, ABERDEEN
Carnegies Brae, AB10 1BF
Doors 8pm
Tickets £8/£10
http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic

Tuesday 13 May
The Arches, GLASGOW
253 Argyle Street, G2 8DL
Doors 7pm
Tickets £10adv
0141 565 1000
http://www.thearches.co.uk

Wednesday 14 May
Hi-Fi Club, LEEDS
2 Central Road, LS1 6DE
Doors 8pm
Tickets £8adv
http://www.thehificlub.com

Thursday 15 May
The Thekla, BRISTOL (with Zun Zun Egui)
31 Park Street, BS1 5NH
Doors 730pm
Tickets £8adv
http://www.qujunktions.com / http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk

Friday 16 May – Sunday 18 May
ATP, Butlins, MINEHEAD
http://www.atpfestival.com/events/explosions

 

[nEiLo]

Sunday 11 May
Boom Boom Boom, DUBLIN
Doors 730pm
Tickets €15
http://www.lazybird.org / http://www.boomboomtickets.com

Change of Venue;

Sun 11th May.
Crawdaddy
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
+ Wildbirds and Peacedrums
+ Chequerboard
Doors 8.00pm
Tix €15 incl bk fee
www.ticketmaster.ie

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

Change of Venue;

Sun 11th May.
Crawdaddy
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
+ Wildbirds and Peacedrums
+ Chequerboard
Doors 8.00pm
Tix €15 incl bk fee
www.ticketmaster.ie

cool, those wildbirds and peacedrums are pretty good too, well worth seeing

 

[hermie]

Change of Venue;

Sun 11th May.
Crawdaddy
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
+ Wildbirds and Peacedrums
+ Chequerboard
Doors 8.00pm
Tix €15 incl bk fee
www.ticketmaster.ie

deadly! so is the Boom Boom Room dead and buried now? there was talk of its demise there recently but i can't remember too good

 

[lazybird]

Change of Venue;

Sun 11th May.
Crawdaddy
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
+ Wildbirds and Peacedrums
+ Chequerboard
Doors 8.00pm
Tix €15 incl bk fee
www.ticketmaster.ie

Yep, and here's our official blurb:

LAZYBIRD
Sunday, May 11th at 8pm
CrawDaddy, Old Harcourt Street Station, Dublin 2
________________________________________________

This Sunday, in association with POD Concerts, we're very happy to be presenting something of a showcase for The Leaf Label, with the return to Dublin of A HAWK AND A HACKSAW and the debut Irish performance by WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS, together with The Lazybird Label's CHEQUERBOARD.

Now, we could go on to make some awful avian puns about LazyBIRD presenting A HAWK and a Hacksaw, WildBIRDS & Peacedrums and ChequerBIRD at CROWdaddy, but that would be lame. Not that that's stopped us before, but in a rare show of restraint, we'll CHICKEN out and just give you some blurb about the three acts...

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
Recent years have seen an explosion in the number of North American and Western European bands directly inspired by the folk musics of Eastern Europe, but A Hawk and a Hacksaw were among the first of the current crop. Originally formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Jeremy Barnes, the drummer of '90s indie/psych-band Neutral Milk Hotel, AHAAH's first couple of releases were effectively solo projects. However, the band soon expanded into the core duo of Barnes and violinist Heather Trost, augmented occasionally by similarly-minded musicians from around the globe, and have released a total of four albums to date on Leaf.

Together, the two have drawn primary inspiration from the rich traditions of Eastern Europe. Although their biggest single influence would probably be the folk music of the Romanian Roma, the other native musics of the Balkans and the klezmer of the Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora have also had a huge impact on their sound. But it's not all Old World: factor in their roots in the Southwest of the US, and a bit of mariachi and tejano show up as well. The result is a kaleidoscopic fusion of celebratory party music from around the world, making A Hawk and a Hacksaw one of the best wedding bands on the planet...

Fans of similar groups like Beirut and Gogol Bordello, and the more traditional Taraf de Haidouks and The Hun Hangar Ensemble (the latter of whom even collaborated with AHAAH on their last album), should be well-impressed with what Jeremy & Heather will be bringing to CrawDaddy this Sunday (or, if you're in Cork, to Cyprus Avenue this Saturday).

http://www.ahawkandahacksaw.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/ahawkandahacksaw


WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
The latest act signed to Leaf are the Swedish duo of Mariam Wallentin (vocals) and Andreas Werlin (drums), AKA Wildbirds & Peacedrums. Formed in Gothenburg in the mid-'00s, the two have forged an extraordinary alloy of spiritual pop, primal blues and ecstatic soul music, akin to PJ Harvey, Prinzhorn Dance School, Jana Hunter and Mary Margaret O'Hara.

Seesawing between pagan rhythms and sparse, bewitching ballads, their self-produced debut album Heartcore is a declaration of intent: immediate and exhilarating rivers of jazz, blues and art pop.

After a year of incendiary live shows in Scandinavia, the duo are scheduled to play at this spring's Great Escape and Venn festivals in the UK, with many more European, North American and Asian performances planned for later in the year.

Heartcore and its first single "Doubt/Hope" were both released last month, and have gotten pretty nice reviews so far:

"These songs... are so gorgeous and rambling that they make us want to smash our laptops and live in the forest." (Paper Thin Walls)
"Unusually original... Wallentin has a multi-coloured voice that instantly grabs your attention... always with excellent balance, supreme range and a tremendous intensity." 8/10 (Sonic, Sweden)
"It's the combination of Werliin's dedicated drumming and Wallentin's wonderful voice that makes Wildbirds & Peacedrums such a unique constellation." (Kulturen, Sweden)
"The Gothenburg duo is even better live... it's super tight, but still free." 4/5 (Göteborgs Posten, Sweden)

http://www.wildbirdsandpeacedrums.com
http://myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums

And websites for The Leaf Label itself:

http://www.theleaflabel.com (currently under reconstruction)
http://www.myspace.com/theleaflabel

CHEQUERBOARD
Continuing his seemingly never-ending tour in support of his latest album, Penny Black, is John Lambert. Armed only with a guitar and the occasional electronicky thingamabob, he creates rich, subtle atmospheric soundscapes intercut with textured samples and found sounds.

Penny Black is Chequerboard's highly-acclaimed third release, his second on our own Lazybird label. The first was 2005's Dictaphone Showreels EP, which impressed John Kelly and Donal Dineen enough to give it a few spins on their radio shows, and it's been recently rereleased for those who didn't get it the first time around.

His debut Gothica, on the Reverb label, introduced people not only to Chequerboard's music, but also his artwork -- he's responsible for designing and creating the look of all his releases, and has had several exhibitions showcasing his obvious talents as a graphic designer (check out our website to see more of his handiwork). In fact, he's got a few coming up later this year, as well as more live musical dates, including yet another Electric Picnic appearance in August.

http://www.myspace.com/chequerboardmusic
http://www.myspace.com/lazybirdlabel


We're really glad that all three acts are currently touring in such a way as to give us and POD Concerts a chance to put on this great gig. Doors at CrawDaddy open at 8pm, and it's 15 euro (including booking fee) in. There'll be some tickets on the door, or you can get them from Ticketmaster online (http://www.ticketmaster.ie) or from any shop that carries such things.

Hope to see you there,

~lazybird~
http://www.lazybird.org/
http://www.myspace.com/lazybirdclubnight

~POD Concerts~
http://www.pod.ie

LAZYBIRD RADIO
Every Sunday evening from 6pm 'til 7:30pm, our weekly webcast Radio-Inactivity can be seen, heard, smelt, touched and occasionally even tasted on http://www.powerfm.org. Your host this week is the inimitable and indomitable Mossy. Tune in, turn up, drone on.

 

[Pantone247]

can someone ring me up on sunday afternoon and remind me about this

I keep forgetting and freaking out that I've missed it

 

[rettucs]

post up your number there dude.

I'm sure someone will ring it.

 

[Pantone247]

post up your number there dude.

I'm sure someone will ring it.

the only thing worse then someone ringing it

would be no one ringing it at all