The 30 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week
Tuesday November 21
Wednesday November 22
- The Shaker Hymn @ The Grand Social (€8)
Cork alt-rock. Dead Trees LP launch. - Jessy Lanza, I Am The Cosmos @ DBD Venue (€14)
Canadian electronic act. I Talk BB - Mac Demarco @ Vicar Street (Sold Out)
That old dog. - Richard Dawson (Full Band Show), Katie Kim @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
Richard’s new album ‘Peasant‘ is out now on Weird World Records
Thursday November 23
- Pussy Riot @ Button Factory (€20)
touring play Riot Days that promises to mix “punk, electronica, theatre, documentary footage and protest”. - Marlene Enright Live @ The Underground (€11)
Cork singer-songwriter. Bay Tree.
Hear Nocturnes new single.
Friday November 24
- Queens of the Stone Age @ 3Arena (Sold out)
Their new album is boss. - Molly Sterling, Elizabeth Moen, Tanjier @ The Workman’s Club (€6)
Three new Irish acts. MS’ Plain Sterling. - John Maus @ The Grand Social (Sold Out)
Weirdobop. Touchdown. - Pumarosa @ The Workman’s Club (€16)
UK rock. Dragonfly. - Rusangano Family @ Button Factory (€17.50)
Limerick rap trio released I Know You Know this year. - Lime & Fancy: Forever Young @ Wigwam (Free, 10:30pm)
80s pop music-fronted night from Jen and Cian. - Touch Sensitive, Kilnamana @ The Grand Social (€13.50)
Debut show for house producer with great Irish/Spanish support act. - ChoiceCuts Presents: Lapalux, Bad Bones, Wastefellow @ The Sugar Club (€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
Brainfeeder electronic artist. - Le Boom, Mix & Fairbanks @ Whelans (sold out, WIN TICKETS)
New single Don’t Need It Now - Out to Lunch with The Hacker, Simon Conway @ Tengu (€13, 11pm)
Electro. The bleedin’ hack of ya. - Pyg presents Simian Mobile Disco & Colin Perkins @ The Pyg (Free before 11pm)
SMD DJ set. - Techno & Cans presents Slam @ Hangar (€15, 10:30pm)
Old school techno head - Henrik Schwarz @ Wigwam (€11, €19)
German electronic producer.
Saturday November 25
- BAN BAM @ The Complex (€20, 4pm)
one-day festival from IMC with a focus on female artists in jazz and improvised music - Momentum, District: Essaie pas, Joni & Sunken Foal, Mythill Grim (Live) @ D Light (€18, BYOB , WIN TICKETS)
DFA Records electronic duo - Songhoy Blues, Katie Laffan @ Button Factory (€23.50)
Mali band. Bamako is a jam. - Bitch Falcon, Elm @ Whelan’s (€15)
New song Of Heart. - Third Smoke @ the Underground (€11)
Dundalk-based indie-folk band Maybe In Time. - Orchid Collective + Silences @ The Workman’s Club (€13)
New OC single LAZY. - Grayscale presents: The Water Will Rise Slowly @ Temple Bar Gallery & Studios (€pay what you like, BYOB)
A/V event with music from Dreamcycles, Lumigraph & visuals from Lilian Duthop, Slipdraft, Steve MacD, Tim Redfern - Dip @ Jigsaw (€10, 9pm – late)
Cáit + Enda + Robbie all night long - Sim Simma: Amy Becker @ Tengu (€10, 11pm)
London grime/club DJ.
Sunday November 26
- Royal Blood, At the Drive In, Black Honey @ 3Arena (€45)
Rock boys.
Monday November 27
- Mulatu Astatke @ The Sugar Club (€33.50)
Ethiopian jazz.
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