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Each week, the DiScover Diary will outline some choice gigs up and down the country, highlighting some excellent up-and-coming acts across the nation’s varied stages, and focus on one act in particular who are both on tour and on the DiS stereo rather a lot of late. Here we sneak a brief peek at new singing and songwriting kid on the block Eugene McGuinness, who just happens to have bagged himself a few choice support slots…
Eugene McGuinness
From: London, but studied in Liverpool until recently
Line-up: Eugene, plus occasional backing band
We’ve been banging on about Eugene’s talents for a while now – our DiScover interview from April can be read here – but now ears elsewhere are starting to open up to his warmly melodic charms. Looking more and more likely, with each passing release and show, to follow in the footsteps of solo acts like Jamie T and Kate Nash and court the mainstream, now is the time to be catching Eugene before his ticket price escalates and he won’t talk to the filthy likes of us anymore. DiS accidentally totally fanboy’d him at a recent London show – sorry, Eugene, but we do think you’re a bit spesh.
Available now: The Early Learnings Of Eugene McGuinness (mini album; Double Six; out now)
MySpace here
Dates follow:
August
20 London Islington Academy with Rilo Kiley
21 Manchester Academy 3 with Rilo Kiley
22 Nottingham Rescue Rooms with Rilo Kiley
23 Edinburgh Corn Exchange with The Shins
25 London The Social
31 London Monto Water Rats (DiS show)
Full gigs, for September onwards, can be found at Eugene’s MySpace page. Other choice gigs - where new DiScoveries are sure to be made - around the country over the next seven days…
Monday August 20
Six Organs Of Admittance at Aberdeen Lemon Tree (MySpace)
Devotchka at London 93 Feet East (MySpace)
Kevin Devine at London Metro (MySpace)
Tuesday August 21
Grammatics at London Dublin Castle (MySpace)
Twisted Charm at Nottingham Rescue Rooms (MySpace)
Army Of Flying Robots at Edinburgh Henry’s Cellar (MySpace)
Black Wire at London White Heat (MySpace)
Martin Corrigan at Belfast Pavilion Bar (MySpace)
Diane Cluck at Hull New Adelphi (MySpace)
Wednesday August 22
Nic Dawson Kelly at London The Social (MySpace)
Crystal Castles at Manchester Night & Day (MySpace)
The Sounds at Exeter Cavern (MySpace)
Foxface at Glasgow Nice N Sleazy (MySpace)
The Strange Death of Liberal England at London Proud Gallery (MySpace)
Shimmy Rivers And And Canal at London Barden’s Boudoir (MySpace)
Thursday August 23
Dive Dive at Swindon 12 Bar (MySpace)
Voxtrot at Bristol Thekla (MySpace)
Ambershift at Newcastle Head of Steam (MySpace)
The Sky Is Blue at Bristol Louisiana (MySpace)
Foals and Mono Taxi at Bath Moles (MySpace)
Friday August 24
Untitled Musical Project at Birmingham Sunflower Lounge (MySpace)
Silversun Pickups at Exeter Cavern (MySpace)
Does It Offend You Yeah at Birmingham Barfly (MySpace)
Stanley Brinks at Bristol Cube (MySpace)
The Wombats at Tunbridge Wells Forum (MySpace)
Saturday August 25
The Monroe Transfer at London Brixton Windmill (MySpace)
Russian Circles at Inverness Ironworks (MySpace)
Dan Deacon at Nottingham Stealth (MySpace)
Tiger Force at Cambridge Cellar Bar (MySpace)
Sunday August 26
Mint Ive at Ripley The Crib (MySpace)
What? Only ONE listing for Sunday? Come on guys, help us out – plug your DiScover shows below, and get sending your gig listings into DiS so that we can plug your shows in the future…
