The 30 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week
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Tuesday February 13th
- The Front Bottoms @ Vicar Street (€24+)
American indie punk-rock band. - Public Access TV @ The Academy (€15+)
New York post-punk four-piece.
Wednesday February 14th
- Iron and Wine, Half Waif @ The Helix (€30+)
American indie-folk singer-songwriter Sam Beam - Suicideboys @ The Tivoli (Sold Out)
New Orleans rap duo Scott Arceneaux and Aristos Pertrou - Hatchlings, Neomadic @ Whelan’ss (€5+)
Two Maynooth based acts alt-pop five-piece and hip-hop duo play upstairs Whelan’s - The Ocelots, Lowli, Matilda O’Mahony @ The Workman’s Club (€8, 5 for students)
Small Town Moon Presents their Valentine’s day special - Techno and Buckfast with Tadhg Ó Míocháin, Robbie O’Brien, Gearóid Peggs @ Wah Wah Club (€6+)
Also playing the valentines day special is Jish McDonagh, Cóilí Collins, James Cherry and KT Dagg
Thursday February 15th
- Maria Kelly, Anna Mieke @ Fumbally Stables (Sold Out)
Homebeat presents Mayo singer-songwriter and Wicklow-native folk singer in an intimate setting - Wild Beasts @ The Olympia (€28+)
English indie-rock band play their final tour before they split - Kandce @ East Side Tavern (€7)
Alternative disco-Pop band from Dublin.
Friday February 16th
- Lonely Dear @ The Workman’s Club (€16)
Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emil Svanängen - Sorcha Richardson @ The Grand Social (€12)
Dublin-born Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter - Max Cooper, Bad Bones @ District 8 (€15+)
London-based electronica and techno producer brings his audio visual show to Dublin - Answer Code Request, Aeron, Mode_1, Rob Whittle @ Index (€15+)
Subject and Research team up for Index’s first birthday - Agathe Max, Aonghus McEvoy, Gavin Prior @ Drop Dead Twice (€11+)
Presented by Dhalgren Sound - Lime & Fancy: Two Of Hearts @ Wigwam (Free)
Pop club night playing all your favourite love anthems.
Saturday February 17th
- My Tribe Your Tribe, Cat Turner @ Whelan’s (€10, free before 10:30pm)
O’Hara’s midnight hour presents Kildare electro-trio and Galway-based singer - O Emperor, Comrade Hat @ The Bello Bar (€11+)
Presented by Merakindie - Fundraiser For Our Friend with Brona Keogh, Marcas Carcas, James Gilmartin, Graham Sharpe (Alright You Restless), Caoimhe Barry (Wyvern Lingo), Christina Quill @ Sin É (€10)
With all proceeds going to the Jocelyn Blake Cancer Fund - Ralph Rolle and The Funk Patrol, Munky @ The Button Factory (€9+)
Chic drummer plays with full Irish band - Word Up Gala, JyellowL, Outsiders Ent, Jordan Adetunji, Jayronic @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Also featuring Why-Axis, Kevi Knight, Dre$vp, Rogan, Suli, DJ R3D and spoken work from the Word Up Collective - Out To Lunch with Sunil Sharpe, Giant Swan @ Tengu (€12+, 11pm)
plus a back to back set from Noid the Droid vs Lolz - Dense and Pika, Hybrasil @ District 8 (€12+, 11pm)
British electronic duo Alex Jones and Chris Spero - DJ Seinfield, Kettama, Jack Thompson @ The Button Factory (€12+, 11pm)
Lo-fi house producer - Kornel Kovacs @ Wigwam (€12+, 11pm)
Stockholm native dance-electronica DJ on Studio Barnhaus - nd_baumecker, Sage and Sexshop, Ryan Healy @ Pyg (€10)
German DJ/producer and regular at the Berghain plays Dublin - The Number Ones, Protex, Extravision @ Jigsaw (€10)
Retro garage-rockers celebrate the release of their 7″ EP - Donal Dineen @ Hang Dai (Free)
Ain’t No Disco presenter and DJ
Sunday January 18th
- Word Up Gala with Felispeaks, Sasha Louise Terfous, Dagogo Hart Dagogo, Brian MacMahon Gallagher, Beatrice Adomaityte
@ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
Also featuring spoken word from the Word Up Collective - Feel the Illinoise with Glasshouse @ The Sugar Club (€15+)
Dublin ensemble Glasshouse perform Sufjan Steven’s album Illinose - Vinyl & Wine presents Purple Rain @ The Liquor Rooms (€13+)
A night celebrating Prince’s Purple Rain album
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