John Cooper Clarke is the man who links The Sopranos (his “Evidently Chickentown” track below was featured in one episode) and the Arctic Monkeys (lead Monkey Alex Turner is a big fan). The poet and musician plays Dublin’s Crawdaddy on May 16.

Ben Otwell is the man with the big voice in Gomez and he’s at Dublin’s Crawdaddy on May 12 for a solo acoustic pow-wow with his band’s greatest hits.

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip play Dublin’s Button Factory on May 7 ahead of the release of their “Angles” debut album