The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // April 1st - 7th

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Ticket freebies this week:

• Saturday: Mouse On Mars + Sunken Foal [Live] & Solar Bears [DJ Set] @ Button Factory (€12/€10)

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Tuesday April 1st

• Danny G sings Marvin Gaye @ The Odessa Club (€10)
  [Soul] Plus guest Edel Meade

Wednesday April 2nd

• Kaleidoscope Night @ The Odessa (€12)
  [Contemporay/classical] Brahms, Sax Quartet and more.
  
• Colurfest: Clu (live) @ Twisted Pepper  (€8)
  [Electronic] A/V duo play live plus guests.

Thursday April 3rd

• Miles Kane @ The Academy  (€26.40)
  [Indie] Something to do with the Arctic Monkeys at one point?
• Laura Elizabeth Hughes @ Whelan’s (€11)
  [Folk/acoustic] Young Dublin singer-songwriter.
  
• The Notas, Other Creatures, Carriages @ The Grand Social  (€7/€5)
  [Indie] Three upcoming Irish bands on the same bill.
• Junior Spesh: Lil Silva @ Twisted Pepper  (10:30pm, €10)
  [DJ] Night Slugs DJ and producer.

Friday April 4th

• The Joinery off-site: European Sensoria Band  and more  @  Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall (€10)
  [Improvised] & Colm O’Hara David Donohoe, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Gavin Duffy, Cian Nugent.
• The Riptide Movement @ Vicar Street (€19.50)
  [Rock] Former buskers find fame and chart success.
• YoungheartsRunFree DJ night @ Project Arts Centre (9:30pm – 12:30am, Free in )
  [DJS] Siobhán Kane, Daragh O’ Halloran and Peter Toomey for Simon Community.
• Skinny Wolves: Girls Names and Squarehead @ Whelan’s (€12)
  [Indie-Rock] Two of the best bands in Ireland.
• Rocstrong, AudioFires @ 4 Dame Lane (Free)
  [Irish] A chance to see the guy behind ‘Go Head‘ play live. Plus Jelly Mouth and KRB.
• Duke Dumont @  The Academy (€19.90, SOLD OUT, 11pm)
  [Dance] Chart-topping dance producer’s gig is well sold out.
• Gary’s Gang: Mark Forshaw, Paudi Ahern @ Sweeney’s (Free, 10:30pm)
  [Dance] Wild house and techno UK DJ.
• MUD: Bodytonic & Bedlam: Shadow Child  @ Twisted Pepper (10:30pm, €12/€10)
  [DJs] Plus Bedlam DJs, Absys Records w/ Reza (Metalheadz) Ricky Force,  Sho & Domel
• Alias Empire @  Whelan’s (€TBC, After midnight, Guestlist)
  [Alternative] Irish electro-rock.

Saturday April 5th

•  Breakfast Club 3rd Birthday with Patrice Scott @ The Dark Horse (€10, 7am-1pm)
  [Dance] Detroit DJ House Dj and Mark Murphy.
  
•  State’s Faces of 2014: The Animators, Affleck, Joshua Burnside @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)
  [New music night] Three new bands for free. More.
• John Blek and The Rats, Hidden  Highways @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
  [Folk/Country] Six-piece Cork country/folk band and Limerick folk duo.
• Rollerdiskotekken: David Kitt DJ, Barry Redsettaz, Louis Scully @  Spin Disco, The Long Mile Road (€14, BYOB)
  [DJing/ skating] Skate til midnight, dance til 3am. 70s disco & ’80s pop
  
• Mouse On Mars + Sunken Foal [Live] & Solar Bears [DJ Set] @ Button Factory (€12/€10)
  [Electronic] German eccentric duo headline.
• SOS: Pat Hyland, Giles Armstrong, Toby Kaar, Galactic Beat Club, 4WRD GRAD @ Pacino’s At Night (€10)
  [DJs] Disco, house and techno.
  
• SOS: Pat Hyland, Giles Armstrong, Toby Kaar, Galactic Beat Club, 4WRD GRAD @ Pacino’s At Night (€10)
  [DJs] Disco, house and techno.
  
• Abstract presents David August, Willo, Colin Perkins, Breen @ The Pygmalion (€10-€15)
  [Dance] Rising house music producer. 
•  Totally Dublin presents 90s Club Night @ IMMA (€10, SOLD OUT)
  [90s rave] Donal Dineen (2FM), Adrian Dunlea (Sir Henry’s, Cork), Haroon Mirza and the Totally Dublin DJs. Afterparty.
• Pogo: Culture Shock: Mr G @ Twisted Pepper (€14/€12, 10:30pm)
• [Dance] Mr G live in the Boiler Room. Plus Guests.

Sunday April 6th

• 12 Sundays: Loose End @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 8pm)
  [DJs] Laid back Sunday vibes with Al Murphy.
• Our Vinyl Weights A Ton @ The Sugar Club (€12.50)
  [Film Screening] Stones Throw film screening + Q&A with Peanut Butter Wolf. 

Monday April 7th

• Kurt Vile & Pall Jenkins @ Whelan’s (€20, SOLD OUT)
  [Indie/rock] The American alt-musician plays solo with the Black Heart Procession member on support.
  

Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent,  Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,  and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.

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