Having limbered up on June 22 in Dublin’s Spirit venue, the Pixies, Tori Amos and Kraftwerk-loving trio play the Spirit Store, Dundalk (23); Cyprus Avenue, Cork (25); HWCH Laubch Party, Film Base, Temple Bar, Dublin (26); Tower Records, Wicklow Street, Dublin (July 1 @ 3pm); Radio City, Dublin (12); and Le Cheile Festival, Oldcastle (August 7).
Named after an obscure Sesame Street character, the band having been causing a major stir with their MySpace page, which has registered particularly large amounts of hits from the US, France, Mexico and Brazil