The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Feel free to let me know if I missed anything of interest in the comments.

Top 3 gigs this week:

1. Fri 4th March: Ghostpoet, Meljoann @ The Grand Social (Win tickets)
2. Fri 4th March: Brassroots, Handsome Paddy, Forward/Slash & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12 , 10.30pm)
3. Sat 5th March: Toby Kaar, Coherex, Junior 85 @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)

Tuesday 1st March

• The Ruby Sessions: Champagne Animal, She’s A Beauty, Dem Fools @ Doyles (9pm, €6)
• Young Hearts @ The Workmans Club Upstairs (Free)

Wednesday 2nd March

• OTR Presents 2012: Daithi, The Kanyu Tree, Jennifer Evans & The Ripe Intent @ The Twisted Pepper (€10, 7pm)

Thursday 3rd March

• Choice Music Prize live event @ Vicar Street (sold out)
• The Seven Deadly Sins: Vengeance & The Panther Queen @ The Grand Social (€5, 9pm)
• Futures Apart, Sleep Thieves @ Whelan’s (€8)

Friday 4th March

• Roots Corner Meets the Rootical Soundsystem @ Dark Horse Inn, Georges Quay (Free, Flyer)
• Halves, Jennifer Evans @ Whelan’s (€10)
• U:Mack presents Brainfeeder’s Teebs & Jeremiah Jae @ Button Factory, Dublin (FREE)
• Thread Pulls + Catscars @ The Joinery, Arbour Hill (€10, BYOB)
• The Decemberists @ Vicar Street (€23)
• Phantom First Friday: Surfer Blood, Cashier no. 9, No Joy, Young Prisms @ The Academy (€10)
• Brassroots, Handsome Paddy, Forward/Slash & more @ Twisted Pepper (€12 , 10.30pm)
• Popicalia vs Long Lost at Popicalia #7! Porn On Vinyl, School Tour, Desperadow & Butterface @ Shebeen Chic (€5)
• B-MUSIC: DJs Doug Shipton (Finders Keepers Records), Micí Durnin, Darren McCreesh @ The Workmans Club Upstairs (Free, 9pm)
• Sacred Animals Takeover Night, Low Sea, Kohwi, DJ Loreana Rushe @ The Workman’s Club (€8)
• Ghostpoet, Meljoann @ The Grand Social (Win tickets)
• Little Comets @ The Academy 2 (€12)
• Sidetracked: Frank and Marcus Ignored Playaz, Two Charming Men, Hystereo @ Crawdaddy (Free before 11pm, €10 after)
• Riva Starr, The National Student DJ Competition Final @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
• Big Dish Go present Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe @ Kennedys (€15 before midnight, €20 after)

Saturday 5th March

• Toby Kaar, Coherex, Junior 85 @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
• The Danger Is, VerseChorusVerse @ Crawdaddy (€10)
• Beyond Hip: The Mighty Stef, Grum & The Duende Dogs & more @ The Pint, Dublin (FREE)
• The Naked & Famous, Cloud Control @ Button Factory (Sold Out)
• The Go! Team @ The Academy (€23)
• Pogo: Automatic Tasty & more @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10.30pm)
• Transmission: Brodinski & Mixhell @ Tripod (€17.50, 11pm)

Sunday 6th March

• Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
• Saucy Sundays: Kill Krinkle Club @ The Grand Social (Free)

Monday 7th March

• Liam Ó Maonlaí, Glen Hansard @ Whelan’s (€17.50)

Welcome Home (Strands Remix) by The Delphi Label

The Naked And Famous – Young Blood (Dave Sitek Remix) by The Naked And Famous

Little Comets //In Search of Elusive Little Comets by welle20

Brassroots – Gemini Rising by Nialler9

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