Soundtrack: AAA

Shockingly good line-up for a city centre festival to be held in the Pod complex from May 25th over 9 days. Details are here. Really interesting stuff, not least because it adds to the gig congestion of early summer in Dublin.

Question(s) of the day: Is a festival still a festival if it has no common theme (apart from a venue) over nine days, with no singular ticket prices for each gig or any other hallmarks of a festival? Is it not just nine days of solid Pod bookings? Wouldn't Booka Shade, Santogold, Spiritualized, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Tapes N Tapes, Cadence Weapon and Mystery Jets be better utilised as beefer-uppers for the Electric Picnic line-up instead?

BOOKA SHADE
SANTOGOLD
EVIL NINE
ALEX METRIC
EL GUINCHO
BOY 8-BIT
PUBLIC ENEMY
THE BOMB SQUAD
CADENCE WEAPON
SPIRITUALIZED
SIAN ALICE GROUP
TAPES ‘n TAPES
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
PORT O’BRIEN
BUFFALO TOM
DAVID KITT
THE MACCABEES
WILD BEASTS
EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
LATE OF THE PIER
BETH ROWLEY
PETER VON POEHL
BON IVER
GET WELL SOON
LAURA IZIBOR
INFOMATICS
DE LA SOUL
NOAH AND THE WHALE
ROBOTNIK
RUBY SUNS
TELEPATHE
JOY ZIPPER
GAVIN GLASS & THE HOLY SHAKERS
NEW AMUSEMENT
MYSTERY JETS
DJ SASHA
GROVESNOR
PNAU
Bang Gang DJs
Radioclit
Simbad & Zed Bias
Lawrence aka Sten Live
We Smoke Fags (live)