The best gigs, clubs & festivals in Dublin this week

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Tuesday August 6th

• I Heart Elliott Smith @ Whelan’s (€15)
  Celebrating the music of the songwriter on what would have been his 50th birthday
• Ruby Sessions: ELKAE, Dubh Lee, Zack Winters @ Doyle’s (9pm, €7).
  Acoustic showcase club in aid of the Simon Community

Wednesday August 7th

• Haiku Hands @ The Grand Social (€15+)
  Indie pop trio of sisters from Australia. ‘Not About You’

Thursday August 8th

• An Electric Dream: A Night Curated By Otherkin @ The Workmans (€11+)
  We Are Workman’s series. Thumper, Synk, Blushing Boy with DJs Lil Brendan (Caoimhe of Wyvern Lingo), Kate Brennan Harding (Lost & Sound DJ)
• Oren Ambarchi, Declan Synnott @ The Sound House (€16.50)
  Enthusiastic Eunuch presents: A composer and multi-instrumentalist  whose focuses mainly on the exploration of the guitar.
• Dwarves, Bonnevilles @ The Grand Social (€22+)
  USA skatepunk garage band.
• Russian Circles, No Spill Blood @ Button Factory (€20)
  U:mack/ Aiken show.

Friday August 9th

• We’ve Only Just Begun @ Whelan’s (€15 a night, €25 for weekend)
  Wyvern Lingo, Gemma Dunleavy, NNIC, Elkae, Elaine Mai, Toshin, April & more
  
• Lethal Dialect @ The Workmans Club (Sold Out)
  We Are Workman’s series. A returning show for one of Dublin’s finest rappers.
• Bleeding Heart Pigeons, Buí @ The Sound House (€10+)
  Limerick alt-rock trio.
• Fat Pablo @ Wigwam (10pm, Free)
  six piece neo-psychedelic space band from Dublin
• Modernlove @ Bello Bar (€8)
  Launch of debut single Bop.
• SPACER Fridays @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
  With DJ Sleepless Beauty playing electronic and disco
• The Rnb Club @ Tengu (€7+, 10pm)
  Tunes by Stevie G & The Main Event. Specialising in ’90s RnB, Hip Hop, Neo-Soul & G-Funk
  Jamica Suk, Maebh O’Connor @ Wigwam (11pm, €8+)
  Mutate presents techno producer and DJ. Boiler Room.
• Xpansion x Ying Yang: D.Dan @ 39/40 (11pm, €8+)
  D. Dan has released music on labels like Lobster Theremin. Covert Operation.
• Lost X Vision @ The Sound House (€5+)
  Local dance collectives and DJs 
• Decent Perks @ Pyg (6pm, €5+)
  Colin Perkins and DJ Deece on the decks.

Saturday August 10th

• Folláin: Djackulate, R.Kitt, Sean Being, Tribal Dance @ Pallas Projects (12pm, €10+)
  Day Party in D8. 
• Solidarity Session @ Jigaw (€7+, 3pm – 7pm)
  Bringing together musicians and other artists who are currently living under the system of Direct Provision, alongside a diverse mix of other Dublin-based acts.
• Secret Sound Day Party @ Lock 6 (€9+)
  Pusher – Indicate Records, Aeron, Cillian Goulding & more DJing.
• We’ve Only Just Begun @ Whelan’s (€15 a night, €25 for weekend)
  Pillow Queens, Jealous of the Birds, Roe, Cherym, Beauty Sleep, Havvk, Naoise Roo & more
• AE Mak @ The Workman’s Club (€11+)
  We Are Workman’s series. Fresh from their Le Boom collab.
• WGFM #19: Squig & DC FSLMan All Night @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
  Free in tunes in the Shaw
• Fluttertone: WaxWhite @ The Grand Social (€5+)
  Local hip-hop night. Double Screen DJing too.
• The Black Seeds @ The Sugar Club (€20)
  NZ band playing funk, soul, Afrobeat, and other eclectic elements over dub/reggae foundations.
• No More Hotels: 001 @ Wigwam (€8)
  Spread over two floors, the night will be a love affair with some of Dublin’s best foodies, DJs and entertainers.
• Telephones : EMA & Jio @ Tengu (10pm, €6+)
  Expect a broad mix of jazz, disco, soul, funk, zouk, afro, house music & whatever you’re having yourself.
• dip: dreamcycles @ / Jigsaw (€10)
  Dreamcycles all night long at Dip. BYOB.
• DJ Assault, Cignol @ The Sound House (10.30pm, €5+)
  “booty, electro-tech, ghetto house beats cut up in a furious hip-hop style.”
• Nialler9 @ Hang Dai (11pm, Free)
  All vinyl tunes from 1/3 of Lumo Club and 9/9’s of Nialler.
• Axxs No22 @ Berlin D2 (10pm, Free)
  ∼New Age Techno ∼ Acid ∼ House ∼ Break Beat ∼ Electro
• Red Pyg presents Lil Dave & Aaron Nolan @ The Pyg (€10)
  Lil Dave is home from Berlin.

Sunday August 11th

• Homebeat: Qwasi, Anu @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
  Bad Soup Records’s own qwasi and Dublin based DJ duo ANU.
• We’ve Only Just Begun @ Whelan’s (€15 a night, €25 for weekend)
  Soda Blonde, Ailbhe Reddy, Fia Moon, Sive, Elkin, Anna Mullarkey

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, 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.

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