A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend gigs in the comments as this post gets a lot of eyes every week.
Dublin highlights: Tower Records 18th Birthday,Shonen Knife , The Scientist, Alarmist’s EP launch, NUTS in Block-T, Donal Dineen’s Parish Nights, The Gloaming, Pick For The Picnic, The Former Soviet Republic.
Tuesday August 16th
- Ruby Sessions: Jukebox Gypsy, Sonia & Disappear Fear, Gavin Glass @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Spies @ Whelan’s (Free)
Wednesday August 17th
- Daithí @ The Mercantile (Free)
- Pick For The Picnic: Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters, The Midnight Phil Eoin Callers, The Depravations, Fred & Bob @ Crawdaddy (Free)
- Anti-Parent Culture Presents: Logikparty (€5, €11)
Thursday August 18th
- Gavin Glass And Clive Barnes @ The Grand Social (€10)
- Pick For The Picnic: Zombie Computer, Leaders Of Men, Cheap Freaks, Ghostnote @ Crawdaddy (Free)
- Solar Taxi, The Casanova Wave @ Twisted Pepper (€5)
- Niwel Tsumbu @ Liberty Hall Theatre (€22.50)
- The Gorgeous Colours @ The Sugar Club (€5)
- Tower Records 18th Birthday: Spies, Riptide Movement, Strypes, White Collar Boy, LaFaro , Alarmist, Hot Sprockets, Miracle Bell, Declan O’Rourke @ Tower Records (Noon to 8pm)
- Tower Records 18th Birthday: White Collar Boy, Hot Sprockets, Spies @ The Workman’s Club (10pm, Free)
- Ana Gog @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight show, €10, Free before 10.30pm)
- Retarded Cop @ Odessa Club (€10)
Friday August 19th
- LoveMusicHateRacism Festival Fundraiser: 28 bands @ Sweeneys (2pm-7pm – All Ages – Free / 5pm late gig – €5)
- Decoy – 2-Step/Post-Dubstep: Clu, Mr. Devitt & more @ The Lost Society (€8)
- Shonen Knife @ Whelan’s (€14)
- Niwel Tsumbu @ Liberty Hall Theatre (€22.50)
- I Ate Mercury featuring Raven Aflakete and CAH 44 @ The Joinery (€8, 8pm)
- Alarmist (EP launch), The Dying Seconds, The River Fane @ Block-T (€8, BYOB)
- Parish the band with Donal Dineen, Madu, Niwel Tsumbu and New Jackson @ The Button Factory (€10)
- The Scientist, Goulash Disko, Dj Click, Don Rosco, T-Woc @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 10.30pm)
- The Low Sea @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight show, €10, Free before 10.30pm)
Saturday August 20th
- The Gloaming: Dennis Cahill, Martin Hayes, Iarla Ó Lionaird, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Thomas Bartlett @ National Concert Hall (€35, €30, €20)
- NUTS: Angkorwat, Donnacha Costello, T-woc, Shepherd, Sunken Foal, Platinum Ray @ Block-T (€10, BYOB)
- Niwel Tsumbu @ Liberty Hall Theatre (€22.50)
- Jungle Boogie 1st leg: Jungle, UK Hardcore and Old School Badness @ Rutas, 199 Capel Street (€5)
- City Sessions: Sea Sessions preview: The Mighty Stef, El Hombre Jokes, Mishaps @ The Workman’s Club (€10 – all to Haven charity)
- The Former Soviet Republic, Big Monster Love, At Last An Atlas @ Whelan’s (€17/€15 with CD, flyer)
- Henrik Schwarz, Merchantsville @ Twisted Pepper (€15)
Sunday August 21st
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (9pm, FREE)
- Zoiband, Ilex, Maschine @ Crawdaddy (€5)
Monday August 22nd
- What The Folk? @ The Workman’s Club (Free)
Shonen Knife – Blitzkrieg Bop by ronnierocket
Are you going by TheFormerSovietRepublic
Mysterious woman by Niwel Tsumbu
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.
Arrow In The Sky & Peter Doran Double Header Acoustic Tour (w/ special guest Lisa McLaughlin) 8pm Adm: €5
http://www.thegrandsocial.ie/event/arrow-sky-peter-doran-acoustic-tour
Zoiband is on Sunday in Crawdaddy not Saturday