The Nialler9 weekly gig guide (April 5th – 11th)
A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All times are 7.30pm/8pm unless stated. Let me know if I missed anything of interest in the comments.
Ticket giveaway:
Five pairs of tickets to Cloud Control @ Academy 2 this Thursday. Email [email protected] with your full name before Wednesday at 8pm.
Friday is Love: Live Music Day so have a look at the listings for the country.
Tuesday 5th April
- Little Green Cars @ The Workman’s Club (€3)
- The James Cleaver Quartet, Hands Up Who Wants to Die, Wounds @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 8.30pm)
- The Ruby Sessions: Gavin Glass, Clive Barns, Cold Comfort, Matt McGinn @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
- Social Cinematic: Aliens @ The Grand Social (Free, 7.30pm)
Wednesday 6th April
- Thousands (Bella Union) & Owensie @ The Grand Social (€13)
- Bell X1 @ Vicar Street (€37.80)
Thursday 7th April
- Sleep Thieves album launch, Miracle Bell @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Vengeance & The Panther Queen, Eazy Tiger, Sweet Jane & More @ The Grand Social (€5, 9pm)
- Cloud Control @ Academy 2 (€13.50)
- Bell X1 @ Vicar Street (Sold out)
Friday 8th April
- Clockwork Apple: Brad Pitt Light Orchestra, Little Xs for Eyes, Seeping Into Cinemas @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
- State / Love Live Music Day: RSAG Soundsystem, The Danger Is, Laura Sheeran & KVX @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
- Bibio (electronic set) @ Button Factory (€12, 11.15pm)
- Esben & the Witch, The Ambience Affair & Squarehead @ Crawdaddy (€14)
- Earth @ The Button Factory (€13)
- Love: Live Music Day: Mick Flannery, Michael McHale, The Listeners, Dublin Guitar Quartet @ The Sugar Club (Free but ticketed)
- Sidetracked launch: Marcus & Bingo w MC Casso, Chris Wyse (Westway Flyover), Haido (Sidetracked) & more @ Crawdaddy (€10, 11pm)
- MUD: Artificial Intelligence, Fuck Art Let’s Bass, Dubstep Dublin @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 11pm)
- Lisa O’Neill @ The Grand Social (€10)
Saturday 9th April
- Toejam: Graphic Score Music Sessions / Orlando & Shortie DJ sets after @ The Bernard Shaw (5pm, Free)
- The Riptide Movement @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€TBC)
- Richer Than Astronauts, Trails, Japanese Eye @ The Joinery (€8, BYOB)
- The Unthanks, Trembling Bells @ Vicar Street (€25)
- ARTISIT? Dublin Closing Party: Hello Moon, Alarmist, Total Winners & Great Lakes Mystery (DJ) @ The Grand Social (€6)
- Saplings School fundraiser: The Gorgeous Colours, Odd Socks Revival, Attention Bebe @ Button Factory (€20)
- Beyond Hip: The Urges, The Pacifics, Niall Lawlor @ The Pint, Dublin (FREE)
- Portugal The Man @ The Academy 2 (€13.50)
- Estel comp launch, Hounds, Ginola @ The Lower Deck (€10 with free cassette)
- Tucan, Croupier, Stefan Galt @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
- The Beat / RIDDIM Festival Launch – Twisted Pepper (€18, 10.30pm)
- Skinny Wolves DJs @ The Workman’s Upstairs (Free, 10pm)
Sunday 10th April
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (FREE, 9pm)
- Saucy Sundays @ The Grand Social (Free)
- The Low Anthem, The Head And The Heart @ Vicar Street (€21)
- u:mack: 3epkano performing a soundtrack to
Diary Of A Lost Girl @ Button Factory (€12, Movie starts at 8.15pm) - Clare Maguire @ The Sugar Club (€15)
- Eleventyfour EP launch, Big Monster Love, comedian Colum McDonnell @ Matchbox Theatre, Basement Café des Irlandais, Sth. Great Georges St (€10, 9pm)
Cloud Control by infectiousmusicuk
Thousands – The Sound Of Everything by Bella Union
Bibio – Excuses (taken from forthcoming album ‘Mind Bokeh’) by Warp Records
Esben and The Witch – Marching Song by The Drift Record Shop
Lisa O’Neill – Bobby D by MondoManagement
“The Home” by Portugal. The Man by Portugaltheman
The Low Anthem – Ghost Woman Blues by Bella Union
The Head and the Heart – Down in the Valley by subpop
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