13 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this weekend

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9TH

• Join Me in the Pines @ Cyprus Avenue (7.30pm, €15)
  David Geraghty of Bell X1 heads upstairs on Caroline Street for a live electro-pop excursion.
• This is How We Fly @ Connolly’s of Leap (8pm, €15)
  Contemporary traditional four-piece head out to Leap for a once-off gig.
• Badly-Drawn Boy @ Live at St. Luke’s (8pm, €26)
  Damon Gough returns to the Northside following a sellout appearance here last year.
• Orchid Collective + Deep Sky Objects @ Coughlan’s (9pm, €12)
  A double-bill of Irish indie and alternative in the back room on Douglas Street.
• Stranger @ Dali (10pm, €tbc)
  Rotterdam techno producer/DJ headlines the venue’s Under the Rose residency, with support from Jamie Behan and Olan Cahill.
• Daithí @ Cyprus Avenue
  Night one of a two-night trip to Cork for Daithí O’Dronaí and his new live show.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10TH

• Cuttin’ Heads Collective 3rd Birthday – Part 1 @ The Poor Relation (6pm, €12)
  The UK’s Touchy Subject and Germany’s Clockwerk are joined by Naive Ted, Gavin DaVinci, Ophelia, Hazey Haze and more for the live portion of CHC’s b-day bash. MC’d by Ray Wingnut.
• Martin Hayes & Steve Cooney @ Live at St. Luke’s (7.30, €25)
  Clare fiddle virtuoso Hayes is joined by Australian guitar collaborator for another show on the Northside.
• Daithí @ Connolly’s of Leap (8pm, €10)
  Galwegian electronic/folk composer takes to Connolly’s for another session under the Hammers. Support from Anna Mullarkey.
• Hellvetica @ Fred Zeppelin’s (9pm, €5)
  Impeccably-monikered Swiss crossover thrashers headline a show in the red room on Parliament Street. Support from Corkonian hardcore lads Worn Out and Belfast outfits Zombified & Strangle Wire.
• Vinyl Below @ Dali (10pm, €tbc)
  The venue’s house residents get behind the decks for another night-long session.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11TH

• Cuttin’ Heads Collective 3rd Birthday – Part 2 @ Vicarstown Bar (4pm, free)
  Colm K, Jar Jar Jr., Jazzfeen, CHC residents and more clamber behind the decks for the second of two days of hip-hop goodness.
• Ian Felice @ Cyprus Avenue (8pm, €15)
  One half of The Felice Brothers strikes out with solo work and a new live show.

Mike McGrath-Bryan

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