Porco Dio
New Member
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Polka Madre y La Comezón (Mexico)
Division's Ruin
Mongolia
Metoikos
The Lower Deck, Portobello
Thursday 13 September
€6 before 9pm / €7 after
Polka Madre's principle influences lie in Jewish music and the old sounds of Gypsy and Eastern European cultures. Each piece, however, varies in style, rhythm and time signature. Their repertoire ranges from euphoric polkas, melancholic waltzes to punk, rock and passages of classical music. Mexico City's raw, concrete landscape is what binds the band together. The city's ruckus, violence and camaraderie make music and emotions more intense. Sadness is sadder, faster and harder becomes reckless; beauty is rare and hence more treasured. The grittiness of the city leaks into even the finest klezmer clarinet piece and the fast dance songs are all the more rowdy. Having toured the USA with the Can Kickers, the band now lives together in an ex-warehouse and spends most of its time creating music.
http://www.myspace.com/madrecomezon
http://www.myspace.com/divisionsruin
http://www.myspace.com/hailmongolia
http://www.myspace.com/metoikosmusic
This is going to be the second last regular Porco Dio night (our final blow-out takes place on October 11), and it's going to be a benefit for members of the band Ictus from Spain, who were tragically injured in a crash while on tour in Belarus. One suffered a punctured lung while another has sadly been paralysed, and they both face significent medical and travel costs. Http://www.myspace.com/ictuscore
http://www.myspace.com/porcodiodublin
