The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (17th – 23rd May)
A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Let me know if I missed anything of interest in the comments.
Anyone in Belfast, I’m DJing at Animal Disco after Le Galaxie’s album launch in Auntie Annie’s on Friday night.
Ticket giveaways:
- A pairs of The Minutes album launch in The Workman’s Club on Saturday. Email [email protected] with your full name before Thursday 6pm to win.
Tuesday 17th May
- Ruby Sessions: Gabrielle Aplin, Vertigo Smith, Carol Ann McGowan @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Rua Unplugged: Little X’s For Eyes @ O Byrne’s, Bolton St. x Capel St (9pm, Free)
- Cold War Kids, Royal Bangs @ The Academy (€26.50)
- Sufjan Stevens, DM Stith @ Olympia Theatre (€39.20)
Wednesday 18th May
- Sufjan Stevens, DM Stith @ Olympia Theatre (€39.20)
- The Secret Sisters @ The Academy (Sold out)
- Owensie, Norabelle, Seeping Into Cinemas @ Whelan’s (€5)
- Solar Taxi, Katie Kim @ Crawdaddy (€8)
- Mercury Rev perform Deserter’s Songs @ Vicar Street (€33.60)
- Perfume Genius @ The Sugar Club (€19.50)
Thursday 19th May
- Queens Of The Stone Age @ Olympia Theatre (Sold out)
- Fred @ Whelan’s (€14.50)
- Yngve And The Innocent, Little X’s For Eyes @ Odessa Club (€10)
- The Dead Flags @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Friday 20th May
- The Minutes @ Tower Records (1pm, Free)
- Ciaran Lenehan @ The Lower Deck
- Julianna Barwick @ Unitarian Church, St. Stephen’s Green (€12)
- MUD: Breakage, MoFoHoBo, North Strand Kontra Band, Cause N Effect & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10.30pm)
Saturday 21st May
- The Ha’penny Flea @ The Grand Social (Noon-5pm, Free)
- The Last Sound 7″ Launch with Legion of Two, Thread Pulls @ The Joinery (€10, BYOB)
- The Minutes @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- Pogo: A Guy Called Gerald, Ceephax Acid Crew, Ed Chamberlain @ Twisted Pepper (€15)
- Ginola, Turning Down Sex @ Whelan’s (€5/€8 with a tape)
Sunday 22nd May
- Saucy Sundays @ The Grand Social (Free)
- Pathways to Africa: Guinean djembé master Nansady Keita; Wassa Wassa Rhythm and Dance Collective; Congolese musician Niwel Tsumbu; Dub Investigation @ The Button Factory (€7, 7pm)
- The Mountain Goats @ Whelan’s (€20)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
Monday 23rd May
- Roger Waters – The Wall Live @ The O2 (€59.80/86.50)
The Last Sound – Only the Lonely know the Glow is Failing by osakaRecords
The Minutes – Marcata
I Saw The Flashing Lights: Aliens Summer Remixes by owensie
Julianna Barwick – Prizewinning (Alias Pail remix)
Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place
