Oh come on! this is just ridiculous! The start of the year is supposed to be a quiet time for gigs, but the tail end of January and February have got some promising shows lined up that are hard to ignore.
- Jan 18th – Surgeon – Wax – €12
- Jan 19th – Enduser – Underground, Kennedys (Kaboogie) – €10
- Jan 20th – Herv and more – The Lower Deck, Portobello- €6
- Jan 26th – Green Velvet – TBMC – €25
- Jan 27th – James Holden – Pogo @ Crawdaddy – €15
- Jan 27th – Messiah J and the Expert – Whelans – €12
- Jan 31st – Psapp – Whelans – €TBC
- Feb 2nd – Channel One w/ Butterfly Explosion & Sickboy – TBMC – €7
- Feb 3rd – CSS / The Klaxons / Sunshine Underground – Ambassador – Sold Out
- Feb 3rd – The Decemberists – Vicar Street – €22.65
- Feb 7th – 65daysofstatic– Crawdaddy – €13
- Feb 9th – Ratatat – Whelans- €16.45
- Feb 13th – ..Trail of the Dead – TBMC- €20
- Feb 16th – Ellen Allien – TBMC – €25
- Feb 16th – Drumcorps – Kennedys – €TBC
- Feb 16th – Bloc Party – Ambassador – Sold out
- Feb 18th – Junior Boys – Whelans- €17.50
- Feb 22nd – Charlotte Hatherley – Crawdaddy – €17.50
- Feb 23rd – Fujiya & Miyagi – Crawdaddy – €15
- Feb 24th – Ann Scott– TBMC – €TBC
- Feb 23rd – Tilly and the Wall – The Village – €17.50
- Feb 27th – The Hold Steady – TBMC – €TBC
- Feb 28th – Choice Music Prize (live performances from artists nominated) – Vicar Street – €25
- Feb 28th – Au Revoir Simone – Whelans- €15.50
Grr! I was planning on taking it easy during February 😉
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Choice Music Prize is on Feb 28
cheers :0 – fixed
Also:
Feb 3rd – My My (Live) & Ivan Smagghe – Pogo @ Crawdaddy – €18
Awesome line up.
Feb 32nd @ Radaborgs – Forest Bear and the Honeypots. €9
Trail of Dead with or without And You Will Know Us By is a must. Thanks for the heads up!
Clap your Hands Say Yeah play Tripod on Feb 1st too. Definitely going to that, like the new album a lot. Also going to Ratatat and Junior Boys, haven’t made up my mind about the rest.
Have you heard that Hold Steady album? I think I must be the only person who’s not mad about it…
Yeh , CYHSY would be great I reckon, new album is great. Pity its sold out.
Not too keen on that Hold Steady album at all!
Messiah J and the Expert were great last night in Whelans