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Monday April 29th
- Stella Donnelly @ The Grand Social (€15+)
Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter.’Tricks‘ - Richard Ashcroft @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
Ex-Verve frontman. - Shy Martin @ Sound House (€14+)
Swedish singer-songwriter. - Sleepover Club: Isaac Jones, The Very Good Boys, Stupid Son @ Workman’s Club (€6+)
Lo-fi indie acts from the Herzog TV crew.
Tuesday April 30th
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€7 , 9pm)
A Weekly get together of domestic and international acoustic acts in aid of the Simon Community. - Redivider, The Aoife Doyle Band @ The Wild Duck (Free)
Free Jazz (prince not genre) on International Jazz Day. - Catfish & The Bottlemen @ Olympia Theatre (Sold Out)
Welsh indie rock band. - Grant Lee Philips, Josh Rouse @ Whelan’s (€26+)
Two veteran American singer-songwriters. - The Antlers @ The Sugar Club (€30+)
Performing their Hospice LP.
Wednesday May 1st
- Kaleidoscope: Little Jerusalem @ Bello Bar (€10+)
In association with the Irish Jewish Museum. - Blaenavon @ The Grand Social (Sold Out)
English indie rock group. - Sticky Fingers @ The Academy (€21+)
Australian balls to the wall rock group. ‘How To Fly‘.
Thursday May 2nd
- Uly, April & Ev Carm @ Lock 6 Cafe (€8+)
The first headline set from Dublin bedroom pop artist. - Black Honey @ The Grand Social (€13+)
Fuzzy British four-piece rock group. - Felonies @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10+)
Irish indie rock group. - Rachael Lavelle, Rosa Nutty @ The Sound House (€14+)
Two Irish singer-songwriters. - The Thin Air @ The Big Romance (Free)
Continuing their residency on Parnell Street. - The Midnight Disco @ Tengu (€5+, 9pm)
This crew are bound to close out their season in style. - Sing Along Social: Spice Girls @ The Sugar Club (€10+)
The non-commitment choir takes on Leed’s most famous group (Sorry Alt-J). - Notions: Start O’ Summer Showcase @ Wigwam (10.30pm, €4+)
Hopefully, they get the weather for it too.
Friday May 3rd
- Joshua Burnside @ Unitarian Church (€15+)
A suitably unique setting for this singer-songwriter. - Jafaris @ The Button Factory (€15+)
A headline show for this Dublin MC. - Ryan Mack @ Whelan’s (€15+)
Irish singer-songwriter. - A Lazarus Soul @ The Grand Social (€12+)
They’re on the rise you know. - V98, Sun Mashene, TV People @ Whelan’s (€8+)
Three Irish psych-rock groups. - Pygfest: Claptone, Tensnake @ Pyg (€22+)
The Pyg crew going out on two big Techno names. - Good Name @ Lucky’s (Free)
A celebration of Tony Allen. - The R&B Club @ Tengu (10pm, €6+)
Fresh cuts. - P.E.A.R.L. @ Kaizen Bar (10pm, €12+)
For the love of techno. - Couch: Constellation, Ying Yang @ Wah Wah Club (10.30pm, €5+)
For the underground heads. - Four/Four: 1-800 GIRLS, SHEE, Karl Guest @ Opium Club (10.30pm, €10+)
One of the nation’s leading dance music voices hosts a showcase night. - SPACER: Lumo Club Gav @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
Nialler9’s new weekly club night for spacers and starchasers with electronic, disco & 80 music of a euphoric nature. - John Talabot @ Wigwam (11pm, €22+)
My favourite house track ever. ‘So Will Be Now‘. - Index: Eats Everything @ 39/40 (11pm, €16+)
English house DJ. - TUU X Research: Blasha, Allat @ 39/40 (11pm, €5+)
Anyone for a spot of D&B?
Saturday May 4th
- Telephones: Prosumer, R.Kitt @ Pallas Studios/Button Factory (2pm, €5+)
Telephones all day dual venue event has a stacked lineup. - Pygfest: Brame & Hamo @ Pyg (€11+)
The two lads come back from Berlin to bless up in the vaults. - Peter Doherty & The Putra Madres @ The Academy (€31+)
The new project from the ex-Libertines frontman. - Lowkey @ The Sugar Club (€17+)
British-Iraqi MC. - No Spill Blood, Gross Net, Rising Damp @ Bello Bar (€12+)
Hard rock from three Irish acts. - Onra, Devin Morrison @ The Sugar Club (10pm, €9+)
All City’s most well-known artist plays a headliner. - Wah Wah Wino X West Mineral Ltd: Huerco S @ Kaizen Bar (10pm, €10+)
Left field electronica. - Dimitri From Paris @ Button Factory (11pm, €18+)
Disco house. Not actually from Paris. - dip @ jigsaw (€10, BYOB)
Robbie Kitt all-night. “private only for discretion” - Lost & Sound @ Lost Lane (Free in, 11pm)
Sally Cinnamon, Kate Brennan Harding and Claire Beck on their top-buzzing DJ residency. - Grey Matter: Marquis Hawkes @ Wigwam (10.30pm, €8+)
Deep house DJ. Worked with Jamie Lidell recently. - Slyrydes, Creative Crime @ Whelan’s (Free, Midnight)
Wailing guitars meet thrashing drums. Recently featured.
Sunday May 5th
- Pygfest: Paranoid London, Paul Johnson @ Pyg (€20+)
The final night of Pyg’s whopper weekend lineup. - Woweembeem: Arabic, African & Brazilian Culture Party @ The Sugar Club (€10+)
Expect good grooves from a variety of nationalities. - Organ Freeman @ The Big Romance (2pm, Free)
Jazz for your ears. - Index: Hammer, Leftfield DJ set @ 39/40 (11pm, €15+)
A sure bet. - Melodic: Henry Saiz @ Tengu (11pm, €12+)
Spanish DJ and label head. - Distortion Presents: Garies @ Wigwam (€5+, 11pm)
David Kitt & Lumigraph’s side-project.
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.
