A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. This week I’m most looking forward to the Richter party, seeing Neon Indian live for the first time, the U:Mack party featuring Battles et al and the Bring the Toys event in Twisted Pepper on Saturday (I’m DJing upstairs at the Comic Cast event FYI). Surprise gig of the week is Kurt Vile in the Twisted Pepper, evidently a late booking.
Tuesday 8th December
– Richter Collective Xmas Bash @ Twisted Pepper (€15)
– Lily Allen @ The O2 (€39.20)
Wednesday 9th December
– Green Spheres: White Lies, Neon Indian, The Kissaway Trail, Aeroplane @ The Academy
– Har Mar Superstar @ The Academy 2, (€15)
– Basement Jaxx @ The Olympia (€49.20)
– Bats @ Pygmalion (€TBC)
– Antics @ Crawdaddy (€5, 11pm)
Thursday 10th December
– The Mars Volta @ The Olympia (€35)
– Phantom Icon’s next Big Thing: The Dying Seconds, Us Young Liars, Romanovs Goodbye and Jon Dots – Whelan’s (€5)
– The Once a Month Club: The Funeral Suits, Vengeance of The Panther Queen, Sergeant Megaphone and Bocs Social @ Academy 2 (€5)
– U:mack 15th year Xmas Party: Battles,65 Days of Static, The Ex, !!! DJs, Adebisi Shank, Skinny Wolves @ Tripod (Win tix)
– Depeche Mode, Soulsavers @ The O2 (€68.20)
– The K! Club: Enno plus !Kaboogie residents @ Thomas House (Free)
– Soundcheck @ Spy (Free before 11pm, €5 after – screening of The Room)
Friday 11th December
– Dublin Unsigned Launch @ Crawdaddy (€9 before 10pm)
– Horse Feathers, Herm @ Academy 2 (€11.80)
– Japanese Popstars @ Tripod (€12.50, 11pm)
– Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ The Academy (€30)
– NoDisko @ The Academy (11pm, €5)
Saturday 12th December
– Out On A Limb: Rest, Windings, Hooray for Humans @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 8pm)
– Bring The Toys and Comic Cast @ Twisted Pepper (Bring a Toy to the value of €10 or pay €10, from 10.30pm)
– 3Epkano, Somadrone, Adrian Crowley, Abigail Smyth / Redaction @ Dublin Art Mill Studios (€10)
– Indiecater presents: The Very Most, The Ambient Affair, Storkboy Choons @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8)
– Dawn Landes @ The Sugar Club (€13.50)
– Transmission: Jackbeats @ The Button Factory (€10)
– Hercules & Love Affair, Jason Kending, Neosupervital, Veda, Subject DJs @ Tripod (€20, 11pm)
Sunday 13th December
– Johnny Foreigner @ Academy 2 (€12.50)
– Declan O’ Rourke, Ari Heist @ Whelan’s (€20)
– Kurt Vile @ Twisted Pepper (€13) (Tickets)
Monday 14th December
– Julian Casablancas @ The Academy (€25)
– Hefty Horse: The Crayon Set @ Whelan’s Upstairs (FREE, 11pm)
MP3s:
MP3: Kurt Vile – Beach On The Moon (Recycled Lyrics)
MP3: The Dying Seconds – I’ll Make The Best Weapon
MP3: Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer
MP3: Neon Indian – Terminally Chill
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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
cannot wait until thursday so i can finally freak out to the mars volta live for the first time 😀 its gonna be epic
I believe Noah and the Whale are playing this Friday in Shankill, of all places. I might be going.
Really?
where did you hear that?
From someone who lives there, apparently the local pub (Brady’s, I think) won an Arthur’s Day competition, and gets to play venue for the band. Could be good.
Hah, that ridiculous. Thats my parents local – might actually pop down there for a bit now!
Tonight (Thu 10th Dec) also has a far better and cheaper option than those listed above. You can come to the Bernard Shaw for LobsterBoy’s monthly club night which will be taken over by Zabba. It’s free in and runs 8pm till midnight. More details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161610559546&index=1
Damo, have you got a myspace?
Yeah, it’s a tad blank though. http://www.myspace.com/zabbamusic
We’ve just used Facebook to spam people, MySpace seems so cold and lonely these days.
How odd is that!seems to be true alright, but you can’t just turn up on the night.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dublin/Bradys-Of-Shankill/108713461954
Har Mar was brilliant.
I felt the need to apologise to him afterwards because there was only 20 people there.
mars volta was gig of the year for me ,absolutley stunning visuals ,sound was pretty good and the band were the tightest ive seen ,scissor kicking ,high jumping ,mic tossing and the obligitory lecture for the audience…..pure genius
What about Bell X1 in the Olympia. It was such a cool gig. Marz Volta were ok. They were much better at oxegen last year. The singer is really poor.
considering you preffered bell x1 to the mars volta ill disregard the rest of what you said lmfao……bell x1…are you for real!!!!!!!! that guys lyrics are embaressingly pompous ,and cringeworthley poor ,and he desperatley wishes he was in talking heads…..at least you enjoyd it though 😉