A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments. This post gets a lot of hits every week.
Highlights this week include Tune-Yards, Machinedrum, State vs. Dan Hegarty with Planet Parade and Bearbones, Le Galaxie, Grinderman, Krystal Klear and Retarded Cop.
Tuesday 14th June
- Ruby Sessions: The Young Folk, Tiger Cooke, Jane Willow, Dec @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Rua Unplugged: Mail Order Messiahs, Leanne Harte, Empty Trees @ Anseo (9pm, Free)
- The Cult, The Minutes @ The Academy (€42.50)
- Declan O’Rourke @ Whelan’s (€23.50)
Wednesday 15th June
- The Cult, The Minutes @ The Academy (€42.50)
Thursday 16th June
- Bulmers Live at Leopardstown 2011: The Undertones @ Leopardstown Racecourse (6pm, €15)
- Hard Working Class Heroes launch: Toby Kaar, No Monster Club, Morning Claws @ The Grand Social (Invite required)
- Declan O’Rourke @ Whelan’s (€23.50)
- Seeping Into Cinemas, Sacred Animals @ Odessa Club (€10, 8.30pm)
- Let’s French Festival: Stranded Horse @ The Mercantile (€10)
- White Collar Boy EP launch, Bingo, Harbourmaster @ The Grand Social (9pm, €6)
- Chewn: Krystal Klear & more @ Pod (€5)
- The Jagermeister Freezer Sessions: General Fiasco, The Danger Is, The Shoos, The Kanyu Tree @ The Sugar Club (Free tickets)
Friday 17th June
- Mariem Hassan, Niwel Tsumbu 4tet Feat. Francesco Turrisi @ Twisted Pepper (€10/15)
- Dinosaur Pile-up @ The Academy 2 (€12.55)
- Le Galaxie album launch with guests @ The Workman’s Club (€6/€10 with album)
- State vs. Dan Hegarty: Planet Parade, Bear Bones, In Valour / Songs of Praise after @ The Mercantile (9pm, Free)
- Tune-Yards @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
- !Kaboogie: Baobinga, Machinedrum @ The Grand Social (win tickets)
Saturday 18th June
- Body And Soul @ Ballinlough Castle, Co. Meath (Win tickets)
- Seeping into Cinemas @ Tower Records (6pm)
- Dublin Econo Blowout: Mike Watt & The Missingmen, Adebisi Shank, Tera Melos, Estel @ Button Factory (€12)
- Chewing On Tinfoil @ The Mercantile (€5)
- 6th Borough Project @ the Grand Social (10.30pm €TBC)
- Grinderman @ Vicar Street (€49.20)
- Retarded Cop, Hassle Merchants, Kill Kill Death Death @ Sweeney’s (€6)
Sunday 19th June
- Body And Soul @ Ballinlough Castle, Co. Meath (Win tickets)
- Wall Of Death: Gretta Gunn, Disk Jockeys, Micí Durnin, T-Woc (Alphabet Set) @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
- Grinderman @ Vicar Street (€49.20)
- Gomez, Little Comets @ Olympia Theatre (€26)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
Monday 20th June
- Paul Simon @ Vicar Street (€81.25)
