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Ticket freebies this week:
- Friday: MUD: Loud Mouth Compilation Vol 6 Launch @ Twisted Pepper)
- Friday: Dice presents Monkey Safari @ Button Factory (11pm)
- Saturday: Alarmist, Go Wolf, Zebra @ Button Factory
- Saturday: Hidden Agenda & Emergence: Midland @ Button Factory (11pm)
How to enter – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig.
Tuesday February 18th
- Squareyes, Carriages @ Twisted Pepper (Free)
[new bands] Benny Smiles’ new project and folk-tronic duo. - Ruby Sessions @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
[Acoustic] The long-running night of new music awakens from its slumber.
Wednesday February 19th
- We Cut Corners @ St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra (1pm, Free)
[Lunchtime gig] The duo play a string quartet in their old college. - George Ezra @ The Sugar Club ( SOLD OUT)
[Acoustic] Rather good Bristol singer-songwriter.
Thursday February 20th
- Note Productions Curator’s Club: September Girls @ The Odessa Club (€11.50)
[Eclectic] Tony Clayton Lea-curated night. Plus talks, spoken word and more. - Jnr Spesh: DJ Rashad @ Twisted Pepper (€12)
[Dance] Chicago footwork DJ. - Habitat: The Golden Boy, dE$iGNATED @ Button Factory (€10/€8)
[DJs] UK Bass Eton Messy producer and 18 y/o South London duo.
Friday February 21st
- LSG & Retro Revival presents The Revellions, This Other Kingdom, Exploding Eyes @ The Grand Social (€6)
[Rock] Garage rock band returns with first new single in few years. - Low Steppa @ The Grand Social (€10/€12, 11pm)
[DJs] UK garage house remixer and producer. - MUD: Loud Mouth Compilation Vol 6 Launch @ Twisted Pepper ( WIN TICKETS, 10:30pm)
[Electronic/hip-hop] Live sets from Calzone Kelly, Lüke B & Kali, Redahan, Mangetout and very special guest Eamonn Doyle + DJ sets from Loud Mouth artists. - Dice presents Monkey Safari @ Button Factory (11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Dance] Halle ambassadors of house and techno. - Night Moves presents: George Fitzgerald @ The Academy (€12/€15)
[Dance] Plus DJ Deece and Colin Perkins. - Together Disco @ The Pint (€12)
[Disco Club] One year celebration of the club.
Saturday February 22nd
- Cowtown house gigs @ various houses, Stoneybatter (Free , 1:30pm – 9pm)
[House shows] Chequerboard, Patrick Kelleher, Paul G. Smyth, Clang Sayne, David Lacey & Colm O’Hara, Carry On Troubadour, Brian Mooney and more. - St. Vincent @ Olympia Theatre (€25)
[Alternative] The week she releases her awesome self-titled album and all. - Paddy Hanna, Other Creatures, Me & My Dog @ Whelan’s (€8/€5)
[indie] Listen to the album Leafy Stiletto. - Alarmist, Go Wolf, Zebra @ Button Factory (€8/€10, WIN TICKETS)
[Indie] Three fine Irish bands on one bill. Visuals by Slipdraft. - Orla Gartland @ The Academy (SOLD OUT)
[Folk-pop] Very popular young singer-songwriter - Oldskool presents Snoop Dogg’s DoggyStyle @ The Sugar Club (€12)
[Tribute] Snoop album performed by a seven-piece band. - Note Productions present BB&C, OKO @ The Workman’s Club (€22)
[Jazzers] Alto saxophonist Tim Berne, downtown drummer Jim Black and the Wilco’s Nels Cline on guitar. - James Holden & JD Twitch @ Twisted Pepper (€13/€15, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Plus Adultrock, New Jackson and more. - Hidden Agenda & Emergence: Midland @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronica] Check out his Boiler Room.
- Get Right with Donal Dineen and Mouse @ The Pygmalion (Free, 11pm)
[DJs] Mr Dineen for free.
- Mother: Alex Metric @ Copper Alley (€10/€12, 11pm)
[DJs] Prolific remixer in the Mother house.
Sunday February 23rd
- Midlake @ Vicar Street (€23)
[Alternative] Texas band have a new album Antiphon. - 12 Sundays @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 5pm til late)[DJs] Diskotekken DJs.
Monday February 24th
- To be continued…
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.
