Tuesday Oct 10
- Dermot Kennedy @ Button Factory (sold out)
His next Dublin gig is headlining the Olympia - Fickle Friends @ Academy 2 (€15)
UK indie-pop. Glue.
Wednesday Oct 11
- Future Proof Season 2: Ye Vagabonds, Sylk, Dowry @ Bello Bar (€10+)
Nialler9 & Homebeat handpick 3 new Irish acts in association with O’Haras.
Thursday Oct 12
- New Wave: Damola, Tebi Rex, Nuxsensem, JyellowL @ The Grand Social (€10)
New Irish rap night. - Molly Sterling, Rosa Nutty @ The Bowery (€7)
Irish singer-songwriter. Fake The Cost. - Rosie Carney @ Whelan’s (€13)
Donegal singer-songwriter. Support Henri Jameson. - Jeff Ballard & Glenn Keating / Djackulate @ Fumbally Stables (€16)
Duo Series 2017. Jazz drummer in vs. mode. - Pursued by Dogs, 1000 Beasts @ Whelan’s (Free, Midnight)
indie-tronica + N9-featured 1000 Beasts - The Midnight Disco’s 1st Birthday with K-HAND @ Hangar (€8, 10:30pm)
Detroit-born Tresor regular.
Friday Oct 13
- Smithwick’s Soundtrack Series: Le Galaxie @ Whelan’s (€15 with pint)
Playing music reimagined from the film Apocalypse Now. With DJ Sally Cinnamon. - A.S Fanning @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
Launch of new album Second Life. - Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit @ The Academy (€20)
Live return for UK folk singer-songwriter. - Robedoor, African Fiction & Davy Kehoe (solo) @ Jigsaw (€10, BYOB)
“Psychic skyquake ritual and subterranean industrial voids” - DeepChord (Live) @ Sound House Dublin (€15, 11pm)
Detroit sound artist and Barry Greaves (Realsound), SoftStone (DDR) - Curve with Hot Chip (DJ Set) @ Button Factory (€20, 11pm)
It’s not clear which member(s) will show up. - SHXCXCHCXSH, ELLL @ Hangar (€10, 11pm)
Swedish ambient techno. - Melodic: The Drifter @ Tengu (€10, 11pm)
Greystones house producer based in Berlin.
Saturday Oct 14
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- When We Dip presents: Kora, Jimmy Rouge & More @ Secret location (2pm – 7pm)
Canadian visitor leads this secret party. - Indie Label Day @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free/€5, 2pm + late)
Irish indie labels in the daytime and Alien She, Girlfriend, Gross net in evening. - Distortion presents: Francis Inferno Orchestra @ Wigwam (11pm, €10)
Textured dream house, upbeat, melody-rich disco, pop, acid, and even techno, - Antal & Hunee @ Telephones (Sold out)
+ Project Pablo, Dreamcycles, Woweembeem DJs - Midland & Saoirse @ Index (€12.50, 11pm)
Midland’s Graded label has been releasing some great house/disco releases of late. - Sense with Paul Woolford & B.Traits @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
Aka Special Request and Radio One DJ.
Sunday October 15
- Priests @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
‘’a boisterous rampage through surf rock, savage cheerleader chants and dystopian murk’’ - The Dears @ The Grand Social (€20)
Canadian indie-rock.
Monday October 16
- The Breeders @ Vicar Street (€35)
Original lineup. New song.
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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.
