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Tuesday May 7th
- Eastbound: Maisie Peters, A. Smyth @ The Button Factory (€13+)
Wordy English singer-songwriter. - Eastbound: Halfnoise, Uly @ The Grand Social (€13+)
Bedroom pop act turned six piece red hot yacht rock group are on support duties here. - Eastbound: Lion @ Sound House (€13+)
American hair metal. - Eastbound: Whenyoung, Emerson Snowe @ Whelan’s (€13+)
Limerick pop-punk trio. - The Snuts @ The Workman’s (€13+)
West Lothian four-piece with indie rock tendencies. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€7 , 9pm)
A Weekly get together of domestic and international acoustic acts in aid of the Simon Community.
Wednesday May 8th
- Milk @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€6+)
Native pop four-piece. - Fat White Family, Odd Morris @ The Button Factory (€23+)
Haven’t heard a better rock record, or maybe any other genre for that matter, all year. ‘Rock Fishies‘. - Eastbound Presents: Men I trust @ Workmans (€16+)
Candian electro-pop group. - Eastbound: The Howl & The Hum @ Sound House (€13+)
Pop and post-punk clash.
Thursday May 9th
- Great Irish Songs Live @ GPO (Competition)
An Post hosted night of music performance, marking the release of special stamps commemorating some of the most famous Irish tunes of all time. Win tickets. - The Princess Diana Fan Club Launch Night @ Underground (€8+)
Brand new LGBTQ+ friendly club night. - Bonsai @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Industry plant. - Blank Banshee, Marcus Woods @ The Grand Social (€20+)
One of Vaporwave’s pioneering producers.
Friday May 10th
- Eastbound: Boy Azooga, Hunk Papa @ The Workmans (€13+)
Cardiff slacker pop outfit. - Alternative Ulsters – Punk Rock and Teenage Ricks in Troubled Times @ Liberty Hall (€5+)
A night of discussion and discovery of Ulster’s iconic punk scene. - Sister Nancy @ The Sugar Club (€23+)
Legendary dub artist. - NLB @ Berlin D2 (Free)
DJ duo with a penchant for funk. - Crack Cloud @ The Sound House (€10)
Calgary lo-fi punk seven-piece. Swish Swash - Sally Cinnamon @ Hang Dai (10.30pm, Free)
Loose Joints co-host will be bringing the Disco. - SPACER Fridays @ Lost Lane (11pm, Free)
Niall and Lumo Simon spinning that disco all night. - Dancing Warriors @ Tengu (11pm, €13+)
As if stationary warriors weren’t enough. - Hunee, Papa Lou @ Wigwam (11pm, €10+)
The first of a two-night stint in the basement for German ace DJ.
Saturday May 11th
- Eastbound: Gwenno @ Sound House (€13+)
Cornish art-pop act. - Eastbound: The Murder Capital @ Whelan’s (€13+)
Irish noise rock outfit. - Eastbound: Kara Marni, JyellowL @ The Grand Social (€13+)
Support from the nation’s leading conscious rap MC.’Oh Lawd‘ - Iann Brennan @ The Cobblestone (€10+)
Dublin singer-songwriter launches his Start As You Mean To Go On LP. - Squarehead @ The Workman’s (€11+)
One of the nation’s finest indie bands. - Elkae @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€8+)
Irish pop artist. ‘Sold‘. - Island Times @ The Big Romance (Free)
Modern soul fanatic on the decks. - Yola @ The Academy Green Room (€17+)
English soul singer. - Gash @ Lucky’s (Free)
The first in the collective’s residency. - Levon Vincent @ Tengu (10pm, €11+)
NY head and Novel Sound owner. - Papaya: Roy Boss, Booties Alder, Robert Arcaz @ Wigwam (10pm, €10+)
Exotic party vibes for a new club night. - LUDUS: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs DJ Set @ Opium (10.30pm, €10+)
Iconic British electronic producer. - Ying Yang: Shampain & Thrust Collective @ Wah Wah Club (10.30pm, €3+)
The brainchild of some ambitious college students, headlined by Galway selector. - Richy Ahmed B2B Ejeca @ Index (11pm, €18+)
One of those house lineups you get all tingly thinking about. - Hunee, Papa Lou @ Wigwam (11pm, €10+)
The second of a two-night stint in the basement for German ace DJ. - The Herbaliser @ Button Factory (11.30pm, €22+)
The group’s first Dublin show in 12 years.
Sunday May 12th
- Manic Street Preachers @ Olympia Theatre (€66+)
Performing all of This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours. - La Casa Tropical @ Bernard Shaw (Free)
The dance label takes over for the night. - Eastbound: Just Mustard @ The Workman’s (€13+)
Post rock from Dundalk. - Eastbound: Rhys Lewis @ Whelan’s (€13+)
Farmboy turned singer-songwriter. - Eastbound: Bilk, Body Type @ Sound House (€13+)
Essex jazz group. - Sonntags @ Ukiyo (10pm, Free)
The leftfield electronic label continues its weekly residency.
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.
