Meteor-Camden-Crawl-Dublin-2013The Camden Crawl returns to Dublin this bank holiday weekend for its second annual jaunt across the sea. Transferring the legendary London festival proved a masterstroke as though Dublin may not have invented the pub crawl, it is certainly a city that gives countless opportunities to perfect it. Last year saw international talent such as We Are Scientists delivering the goods, both onstage and off. Whilst local talent such as Le Galaxie gave mouth-watering performances. This year the likes of Echo and The Bunnymen and The Black Lips fill the slots marked big hitters whilst many local acts are waiting to catch your eyes, ears and hearts. We took a closer look at this years lineup so you don’t have to and hear are our must see acts for the weekend.

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Echo and The Bunnymen

The long running stalwarts of post-punk are threatening new material, and with incredible songs of the calibre of Killing Moon and Silver in their back catalogue, Ian McCulloch and the boys are a must-see act. Echo and The Bunnymen headline The Button Factory on Saturday at 10.15pm.

Prince Rama

Sister Taraka and Nimai Larson (we’re not sure if they’re their real names), together known as Prince Rama, have been releasing music for five years racking up an impressive six albums in that time. None of their electronic pyschedelia has really landed quite the way they would have liked however and they remain an underground delight. They supported Animal Collective in Dublin last year and made an impression on all present. Prince Roma play The Button Factory 9pm on Sunday.

Fight Like Apes

They may have gone through a few line-up changes in recent times, but Fight Like Apes still have their mad duo of MayKay and Pockets leading the line. That makes them a must for any festival they make the list on. Currently trying to assemble the funds to put to their third album out, they will knock your socks off with infectious pop and a thrilling live show. You can see Fight Like Apes in The Globe at 11.15pm on Saturday.

Bouts

Bouts are a lethally catchy indie-rock band from Dublin. Expect aggressive guitars assaulting you from all sides, faint yet insistent vocals, and plenty of noise . They supported Johnny Marr recently at the academy, and while they put in a solid performance, I suspect they’ll thrive on a more intimate stage. Catch Bouts Upstairs in Whelan’s on  Sunday at 8pm.

Squarehead

It’s a shame for Squarehead that having put so much effort into their fantastic surf rock début, ‘Yeah Nothing’, they found that California band Wavves had, just, beaten them to the punch. Undeterred by being the ‘second best surf rock band on the planet’, the Dubliners have a rake of new songs they’ve been playing live recently that sound even better than they managed on their first effort. Catch Squarehead in The Mercantile at 22.45pm on Sunday.

Kid Karate

Kid Karate have been drip-feeding out material for several years now. The band recently represented Ireland at the SXSW festival and are renowned for their chainsaw riffs and incendiary live performances. Their long-awaited début album Night Terrors is set for release later this year. Kid Karate play JJ Smyths at 22.15pm on Saturday.

Croupier

Croupier are an incredible live band creating a post-punk disco mêlée of carefully converging sounds sieved through the anger, love, hate, pain and regret-stained vocals of Ireland’s most unusual frontman Oisin Murphy-Hall. They recently supported Enemies on their Irish tour winning rave reviews along the way. Catch Croupier kicking things of in The Button Factory at 7pm on Sunday.

Orla Gartland

It’s been a whirlwind few years for Orla Gartland who has racked up over 8 million views on YouTube with her own material and impressive cover versions. Her début single Devil on My Shoulder charted in the top ten on iTunes in 17 countries and she’s about to embark on a tour of  the UK and Ireland this summer, which seems destined to sell out. Now may be a great opportunity to catch Gartland live before she goes super massive viral. Gartland plays the beautiful Unitarian Church at 20:30pm on Saturday.

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Tony Wright, left his boxes of effects peddles, amps and band mates to go it alone, and become a folk singer-songwriter, if you haven’t seen one of his solo shows yet, you really should, chances are your going to end up saying to yourself “Hang on, he can sing?!?” You can catch  VerseChorusVerse Upstairs at Whelan’s at 9pm on Sunday

We Cut Corners

This guitar and drum duo shot to fame thanks to the  flawlessly tight harmonies and quirky songwriting of their début album  Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards’  which won a nomination for best album at the Choice Music Awards. The album has recently been released in the UK to rave reviews and 2013 looks like it could be massive for the band. We Cut Corners play Whelan’s 11pm on Sunday.

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