The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week

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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

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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