The 25 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week
Tuesday August 22
- Ruby Sessions curated by Little Green Cars @ Doyle’s (€6,9pm)
+ Wyvern Lingo // Gypsies on the Autobahn // Brian Mooney
Wednesday August 23
- Montauk Hotel, Last Days of Elvis, Party Fears @ The Hut, Phibsboro (€7)
debut live show in Dublin from Art poppers PF.
Thursday August 24
- Pure M Awards @ Eastside Tavern (Free)
Live music by D-Day, Vulpynes, Brand New Dead Things, The Klares, Rofi Jame
- SOMA #011 ft. Silverbacks @ Whelan’s (Free)
Slacker pop band and Soma DJs. - Psychedelic Furs @ The Academy (€30)
Vintage English rock - Roy Ayers @ The Sugar Club (€23)
Beck’s Rhythm Series: Everybody Loves the Sunshine.
Friday August 25
- PL Presents #4: Fiction Peaks, Joshua Burnside, Floating Ballroom @ The Bowery (€8)
Fine lineup of new Irish talent. - Mistake #06: No Monster Club, Half Forward Line, Girlfriend @ The Hut, Phibsboro (€7)
Indie lo-fi chancers, Brian So Cow’s new band and more. - CARRON, I Am Niamh, Hvmmingbyrd, Vulpynes @ The Workman’s (€6)
Gigonometry show. All female show.
- Wyvern Lingo @ The Grand Social (€17.50)
Launch of I Love You, Sadie. - Search Party Animal @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
new single Enemies
- Woven Skull 10 Inch Release Party @ Jigsaw (€8, BYOB)
+ Cholera House,King Snif, Ailbhe Nic O, DJS til late - Fish Go Deep @ Tengu (€12, 10pm)
Cork house duo. - Tommy Holohan (All Night Long) @ Hangar (11pm, €5+)
Techno & Cans Resident Series - Green Velvet & Yousef @ Wright Venue (€25)
Classic house. it’s in the Wright venue though.
Saturday August 26
- SÍOMHA @ Bagots Hutton (€13)
jazz soul pop. Also Friday. - Sister Ghost, TFATF, Chinese Newspaper @ Sin É (Free)
Belfast punk-flavoured rock leads this lineup - Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs @ DBD (€10)
U:mack show. Psych rock. - Chirps, Junk Drawer, Eat Your Book @ The Grand Social (€6, 10:30pm)
Retro Revival Indie Club. - Lumo Club: Sound of Silver @ Tengu (€7+, 10:30pm)
Two rooms. Lumo residents and Distortion presents LCD/NYC/DFA. - Floorplan [Robert Hood] @ District 8 (€20, 11pm)
We Magnify His Name - Axel Boman B2B Space Dimension Controller @ The Pyg (€10+, 10:30pm)
Read my B2B interview with them. - Boots & Kats @ Hangar (Free before 11pm with guestlist, €8 after)
Feel So Good. - Bailiú006 @ The Soundhouse (Free, 11pm)
D&B and Jungle with Executive Steve and more.
Sunday August 27
- A quiet Sunday.
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Monday August 28
- Perspectives: Magnetic Fields @ National Concert Hall (€27.50+)
50 Song Memoir. Also Tuesday 29th.
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