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.

Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent,  Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,  and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.

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