A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to let me know if I missed anything of interest in the comments.
This week, I have two free entries and two free 12″ vinyls for Ghetto Quietly’s launch of Lady Grew’s new EP with Prince Kong, Sixfoot Apprentice, BlueFood taking place in the intriguingly named Casa Rebelde, 33 O’Connell Street on Friday night. Here’s a flyer and there’s audio on Soundcloud. Just email [email protected] before Thursday at 6pm to win.
Top 3 gigs this week:
- Friday 18th Feb: State vs Phantom.FM: Visionair, Great Lakes Mystery, Fred & Bob @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
- Friday 18th Feb: Sleigh Bells, Kid Karate @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
- Saturday 19th Feb: Vote Dylan Haskins Fundraiser: Fight Like Apes, Jape, Heathers, The Minutes, Adebisi Shank DJs @ Button Factory, Dublin @ Button Factory (€10 suggested)
Tuesday 15th February
- Re:public: An evening of Political debate & music @ Button Factory (6;30pm, €2)
- Southern Tenant Folk Union @ The Mercantile (€15)
- The Ruby Sessions: This Club, Max Greenwood, Pearse McLoughlin, Eoin Glackin (9pm, €6)
- Heroes in Hiding, Bairbre Munnis @ Whelan’s (€5)
- Mogwai, RM Hubbert, DJ Konx-om-Pax @ Olympia Theatre (€31)
Wednesday 16th February
- Funeral Suits, The Ambience Affair @ Whelan’s (€5)
- Where The Mugic Happens: Sounds of System Breakdown, Tucan & more @ The Button Factory (FREE)
- An Evening With Mannix Flynn: Jinx Lennon, Christy Moore, Dave McSavage & more @ The Sugar Club (Contributions on the door)
Thursday 17th February
- British Sea Power, Girls Names @ The Academy (€20)
- The K! Club: Deviant, Jimmy Penguin, !Kaboogie DJs @ Sweeneys (FREE, 10pm – Flyer)
- Girls Names, Sea Pinks @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free before 10.30pm)
Friday 18th February
- The Gorgeous Colours, We Are Nobody @ Crawdaddy (€7)
- Sleigh Bells, Kid Karate @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
- State vs Phantom.FM: Visionair, Great Lakes Mystery, Fred & Bob @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
- Ben Folds Five @ Vicar Street (€33.60)
- Grandmaster Flash @ The Village (€12.50)
- Lady Grew, Prince Kong, Sixfoot Apprentice, BlueFood @ Casa Rebelde, 33 O’Connell Street (10pm, €5 before 11 / €7 after, Flyer)
Saturday 19th February
- Rubberbandits @ Tripod (€17/€20)
- Twin Shadow, Solar Bears @ Crawdaddy (Sold out)
- Vote Dylan Haskins Fundraiser: Fight Like Apes, Jape, Heathers, The Minutes, Adebisi Shank DJs @ Button Factory, Dublin @ Button Factory (€10 suggested)
- Jennifer Evans album fundraiser @ Block-T, Smithfield (€TBC)
- Young Hearts Run Free presents The Newness in Every Stale Thing: Caoimhín Ó’ Raghallaigh, David Kitt, Donal Dineen, Yeh Deadlies, Porn on Vinyl, & more @ The Co-Op, Newmarket, Dublin 8 (€15)
Sunday 20th February
Girls Names – Seánce on a Wet Afternoon by Slumberland Records
Sleigh Bells-Tell Em (Diplo Remix) by diplomaddecent
Twin Shadow – Castles In The Snow (Daytrotter Session) by youandmeintheecho
Animal (kosmische remix) by The Gorgeous Colours
Deviant & Naive Ted – Zip Dr ma (2006) by Deviant & Naive Ted
