Highlights: Shabazz Palaces & THEESatisfaction, Todd Terje, Villagers, Honningbarna, Alabama Shakes, Untold, 2ManyDJs, Colin Stetson, Mo-roder…
This is the weekly list of recommended Dublin gigs taking place over the next seven days published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below. If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
Ticket giveaways:
- Monday: Bedlam: Todd Terje @ The Workman’s Club
- How to enter – Email [email protected] with your full name, the gig in the Subject line you’re entering for and phone number before 5pm FRIDAY to enter
Day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Tuesday November 13th
- Villagers @ Whelan’s (Sold out)
Debuting songs from {Awayland}. - Rufus Wainwright @ Vicar Street (€40)
Theatrical pop singer with support from Adam Cohen & Teddy Thompson. - Ruby Sessions: In The Willows and more @ Doyles (€5, 9pm)
Long running acoustic night.
Wednesday November 14th
- Alabama Shakes @ Olympia Theatre (sold out)
Belting indie-blues. - Matt Corby @ Whelan’s (sold out)
Promising Aussie singer-songwriter. - Opeth @ Vicar Street (€32.50)
Long running progressive Swedish metal band. - Honningbarna @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
The brilliant Norwegian punk band return for the 3rd time this year.
Thursday November 15th
- Forward/Slash: EatenByBears, Crouper @ Twisted Pepper (Free)
Two good Math rock / post-rock Irish bands with vocals. Listen. - Destroyer, Sleep Thieves @ Whelan’s (€18.50)
Dan Bejar’s oddball indie chamber pop band. - Bottlenote Festival @ Block-T (€10)
Irish and European improv musicians collaborate. - TP is 4/Junior Spesh: Nina Kraviz @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 10pm)
The Siberian house and techno DJ helps celebrate Twisted Pepper’s 4th Birthday.
Friday November 16th
- Club Sandwich @ Twisted Pepper (12:30pm-2.30pm)
Go clubbing on your lunchbreak. - Shabazz Palaces, THEESatisfaction @ Twisted Pepper (€18)
Idiosyncratic rap and soul double bill. - Band Of Horses @ Olympia Theatre (€26)
Cinematic American rock. - The Young Folk @ Whelan’s (€11)
Self-explanatory. - 2ManyDJs @ Olympia Theatre (€29.90, 11pm)
They probably need new material but still the best party dance DJs around. - Robert Hood @ The Kitchen Nightclub (11pm, €15)
Minimal techno. - TP is 4: Untold, Frankie Grimes @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10.30pm)
Hessle Audio artist.
Saturday November 17th
- Bellx1 @ Vicar Street (€30)
The lads. - Colin Stetson, Justin Grounds @ Twisted Pepper (€16)
Bon Iver’s saxophonist makes out-there trumpet music. - Stiff Little Fingers @ The Academy (€25)
Belfast punk rockers. - Bouts @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€7)
Indie-rockers with support Tremoya & Amateur Historians. - BarryGruff: Our Krypton Son, Ciaran Lenehan & Sea Area Forecast @ Flanagan’s Newbridge (Free)
Newbridge music blogger brings it back home once again. - TP is 4: Julio Bashmore, Frank B, Barry Redsettaz, Tayor, Eoin Cregan @ Twisted Pepper (Sold out)
It’s a sell out - Hidden Agenda: Jimmy Edgar, REID @ Button Factory (€5/€10, 11pm)
Detroit and Cork electronica.
Sunday November 18th
- 12 Sundays: Mo-roder: Great Lakes Mystery, Diamond Dagger and more @ The Bernard Shaw (Evening, Free)
A Giorgio Moroder tribute night for Movember. - Beak> @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow loose and limber other band. - Si Schroeder, Glimmermen @ Whelan’s (€8)
Second of a three Sunday residency.
Monday November 19th
- Bedlam: Todd Terje @ The Workman’s Club (€19, 11pm – WIN TICKETS)
‘Inspector Norse’ and some other songs too! Kidding.
