Dublin band El Hombre Jokes will play two live dates this week. Tonight they'll perform in the intimate setting of Bewley's Café on Grafton Street, then head south tomorrow for a show in Cork's Crane Lane.

The band, hailed as "definitely one to watch" by Hot Press' Jackie Hayden, will release an EP this spring, and if last year's double A-Side 'Suicide Bomber / Something’s Got to Give' is anything to go by, it'll be a stormer. That release earned the boys a sell-out show in Dublin’s Crawdaddy, as well as a No. 2, week-one entry on the iTunes Rock Chart.

Keep an eye on hotpress.com for updates on the upcoming release.