release the chickens...

it's been blogged about already, and with better photos, but bonde do role played dublin again on wednesday. unlike their gig in october (which they referred to as one of the best of last year, obviously), this one was quite heavily attended, much to my delight. although it made the gig a little bit more difficult to enjoy. crawdaddy is a great venue, but when it's as packed as it was in wednesday it's kind of annoying. the performance was great, although pedro's mic was acting up early on, which made for some interesting mic-sharing between himself and marina. gorky wandered down into the crowd at one stage to feel the buzz, Pedro and Marina stage-dived as usual, general madness ensued. they had a range of new t-shirts on offer - burt reynolds, pele/maradona/latini, chickens - but there was no sign of their forthcoming album. i did pick up a 7" vinyl of solta o frango though, so it's not all bad. all things considered, i'm very excited about seeing them at the electric picnic in september.