The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events.
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Ticket freebies this week:
- Bodytonic & Not Saying Boo Present: Joy Orbison, Fold @ Twisted Pepper (Friday)
- Misery Beat Presents: Basic House (Opal Tapes) Eomac (Lakker/Trilogy Tapes) @ Siteation (Saturday)
- Harmless Noise & Doolittle presents: WIFE, Lust Lost, Lurch (Saturday)
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. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig.
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Tuesday October 8th
- Everything Everything @ The Academy (€22.50)
[Pop] UK alt-pop falsetto purveyors.
Wednesday October 9th
- Lil Wayne, Mac Miller, 2Chainz @ The O2 (€45 up)
[Rap] Heavyweight rap show. Lil Wayne did nearly die recently right? - Glasvegas, Little Bear @ Whelan’s (€17)
[Rock] Scottish anthemic rock. Derry band supports. - The Altered Hours @ The Workman’s (€6)
[Rock] Cork alt-psych-rock. Dolittle presents. - Madu And DJ Dubble V @ The Odessa Club (€5, 8:30pm)
[Dub] Irish/Malaysian brother and sister dub roots duo. - Movements: Satin Jackets @ Button Factory (€8/6, 11pm)
[Dance] German four-to-the-floor basement dance music. ‘Hollywood’
Thursday October 10th
- Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip @ The Workman’s Club (€16.50, Sold Out)
[Hip-hop] New album and a grittier sound for the UK duo. - Sean Millar @ The Odessa Club (€12, 9pm)
[Folk] Part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. - The Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year @ The Academy (1:30pm /7pm, tickets)
[Classical] Semi-finals of the bursary competition award by the shadowy society.
Friday October 11th
- Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip @ The Workman’s Club (€16.50, Sold out)
[Hip-hop] New album and a grittier sound for the UK duo. - The Would Be’s @ The Academy 2 (€10)
[Folk] Returning Irish band with new album. - Cry Before Dawn @ Button Factory (€25)
[Rock] Returning Irish band with no new album. - Ann Scott @ The Grand Social (€12)
[Folk] Launch of new album Venus To The Sky. - Dioscó na Mbó, Ancient Alien, Modown @ Sweeneys (Free, 10pm)
[Electronic/funk] Live electronic funk band. - Anti-PoP: Coma (Kompakt) @ The Grand Social
[Dance] Kompakt Records producer heads up a new night. Also support from: SWAG (Greece) Nando PGM (Brazil) Manjero (Anti-PoP / Portugal). - Bodytonic & Not Saying Boo Present: Joy Orbison, Fold @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Dance] Prominent UK electronic producer + Frankie Grimes. - Dam Son! @ Damson Diner (Free, 11pm)
[Club] With Steven Manning, Colin Perkins, Gianni Dolce.
Saturday October 12th
- The Powers Book launch with Groom and Land Lovers @ Whelan’s (2pm -5pm, Free)
[Indie-rock] Joint book launch and gig. - The Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year @ The Academy (7:30pm, €TBC)
[Classical] Finals of the bursary competition award by the shadowy society. - Move D instore @ All City (7pm, Free, BYOB)
[Dance] Techno DJ instore + 4WD GRAD. - Misery Beat Presents: Basic House (Opal Tapes) Eomac (Lakker/Trilogy Tapes) @ Siteation, Little Britain Street (€8, BYOB, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] Messed up, beat-driven, tape-degraded music / avant-garde/ Plus ambient set from M. Buckley, DJ Daire Carolan - Laura Mvula @ Olympia Theatre (€24 up)
[R&B/Soul] Mercury- Prize-nommed singer with the soulful pop songs. - Reekus Records: Buffalo Sunn (formerly Sweet Jane), Sonance Hotel @ The Grand Social (€5)
[Rock] Plus and Cronin (ex Aftermath). - Harmless Noise & Doolittle presents: WIFE, Lust Lost, Lurch @ The Workman’s Club (€12, WIN TICKETS)
[Electronic] Irish music blogger Nay McArdle presents James Kelly of the soon to be defunct Altar Of Plagues under his Tri Angle Records electronic music guise. - Subject presents Move D @ Twisted Pepper (€12, 11pm)
[Dance] Techno DJ Move D [Running Back/Workshop, DE], Lee Kelly, The Producers - Bedlam & Abstract Present Breach @ The Pygmalion (€10/€12, 11pm)
[Dance] Ben Westbeach brings the Jack. - Hidden Agenda: Ben Pearce @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Manchester producer. ‘What I Might Do’.
Sunday October 13th
- 12 Sundays: The Third Policeman @ The Bernard Shaw (From 3pm, Free)
[Live/DJs] Discotekken Live presents The Third Policeman (Live), Louis Scully & guests. - Tropicalia Movie Screening @ The Sugar Club (€7/€10)
[Film] Tropicalia features rare footage of Brazilian music legends Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Gal Costa and Tom Zé as it explores a revolution animated by music and art.
Monday October 14th
- Parquet Courts @ Whelan’s (€14)
[Rock] American rock from Brookyln with the #1s and Otherkin.
