The best gigs & clubs nights in Dublin this week

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Tuesday November 9th

• Self Esteem @ The Workman’s Club (Sold out)
  Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s second Self Esteem album Prioritise Pleasure is among this year’s best.
• Black Midi @ Vicar Street (€25)
  English experimental rock band’s second album Cavalcade is also one of the best of the year. KEXP performance.
• Nothing But Thieves @ 3Olympia (€30)
  English rock band. ‘Futureproof’.
  Rock Against Homelessness Screening @ The Sugar Club (€15)
  A special gala showing of Independent.ie’s Rock against Homelessness in aid of Focus Ireland featuring Pillow Queens, Panti Bliss, Jim Sheridan, Tolu Makay, Blindboy Boatclub, and Wyvern Lingo. Jim Sheridan will speak on the night as will the founder of Focus Ireland Sister Stanislaus Kennedy. Guests performing after.
• Elderbrook @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
  Multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer/songwriter. ‘Why Do We Shake In The Cold?’

Wednesday November 10th

• A Tribe Called Quest Listening Party @ The Big Romance
  A listening party. Cute.
• Skull The Pierre, Ellen Sleator & Callum Wall @ The Workman’s Cellar (€12.50)
  Dublin-based rapper from Stockholm with two supports. Ex Oh promotions.
• TV People, Dead Manifest, Mossy @ The Grand Social (€10)
  Boom Volume 3.
• Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes @ The Academy (€23)
  UK rock band. ‘My Town’.
• Elderbrook @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
  Multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer/songwriter. ‘Why Do We Shake In The Cold?’

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See Also

Weezer to play Trinity College Summer Series

Thursday November 11th

• NewDad @ The Workman’s Club (Sold Out)
  Galway indie/rock band. ‘Ladybird’.
• Joy Crookes @ The Academy (Sold Out)
  Rising UK R&B artist with Irish roots .‘Trouble’.
• Loose Tooth presents DentalClub @ The Wiley Fox (€11)
  Electronic music night with DJs Rory Sweeney, Murcadh, JuliaLouiseKnifeFist and more
• Paro Pablo @ Bow Lane (€10)
  Finglas rapper.
• Nowhere @ The Big Romance
  DJ set in the bar on Parnell Street.
• Pastiche @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Sold Out)
  Irish pop artist. ‘Heaven’.
• Just Wondering @ The Workman’s Cellar (€12)
  Dublin electronic pop trio. ‘Drive’.
• Sky Atlas @ The Grand Social (€12)
  Debut EP Launch. ‘Threads’.
• Willy Mason @ Whelan’s (€16)
  American singer-songwriter whose career kicked off with ‘Oxygen’.
• Honey Dijon @ Index (10pm, €20)
  Revered Chicago house DJ. Absolut DJ set.

Friday November 12th

• Kumar Klub Launch Party @ Bow Lane Social Club (6pm – 10pm, €10)
  Tara Stewart’s new club night hosted by: Anziety and Viola Gayvis. DJ sets from: GawdX Mercorn, Mango B2B R3D, Plantain Papi
• Lerosa @ The Big Romance
  DJ set in the bar on Parnell Street.
• Anya Stafford @ The Circular (8pm)
  DJ set in The Other Hand bar.
• Wastefellow @ Lucky’s (8pm)
  DJ set on Meath Street.
• M(h)aol @ The Workman’s Cellar (€12)
  Irish alt-rock band. ‘Gender Studies’.
• Maria Kelly @ The Workman’s Club (€15+)
  Launch show for Mayo singer-songwriter’s album The Sum Of The In-Between.
• JYellowL @ Opium Rooms (€20)
  Kildare rap artist. ‘Home’.
• John Francis Flynn @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
  Folk artist whose album I Would Not Live Always is one the year’s best. ‘My Son Tim’.
• Tolü Makay @ The Grand Social (Sold out)
  Three shows from the rising Irish R&B singer in a week. ‘You Are Enough’
• This Is The Kit @ Button Factory (€22.50)
  UK folk band. KEXP live set.
• Andi @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
  Launch of debut EP from artist formerly of The Stoney Brokes. ‘Giving Up’.
• Interference @ The Sugar Club (€35)
  Live show from Irish band with Glen Hansard singing. A documentary is out this month.
• Wilma: Karl Guest b2b SHEE @ Bow Lane (10pm, €10)
  with support from Presswork, ROCCO & Marc-V.
• Jacidorex @ Bow Lane Social Club (11pm, €25)
  Vision Records present the neo-rave and acid DJ from Brussels.
• Mella Dee @ Index (10pm, €18)
  English DJ and producer. Techno Disco Tool.
• All City presents: Jon K & Frog of Earth (Live) @ Tengu (11pm, €10+)
  Manchester NTS resident DJ Jon K + ambient amphibian producer.
• Barry Can’t Swim @ Lost Lane (11pm, €17)
  New Scottish producer releasing on Shall Not Fade. ‘Jazz Club After Hours’.
• BÉ @ The Bernard Shaw (10pm, €6)
  Viva Deane DJ set.
• DVS1 + Sunil Sharpe @ Opium Rooms (11pm, €20)
  Techno night with Shannen Blessing on support.
• Bella Festa, Senor Chugger @ Izakaya Basement (11pm)
  Italo disco with Bristol DJ guest.

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Saturday November 13th

• Dublin Social Disco Brunch with Rob C @ The Well (1pm – 5pm, €30 per person)
  A Brunch and music buzz.
• Glenn Davis @ The Big Romance
  DJ set in the bar on Parnell Street.
• Nialler9 DJ set @ The Circular (8pm)
  Here’s a collection of mixes.
• Dark Trax @ Lucky’s (8pm)
  DJ set on Meath Street.
• Fears, Laura Groves @ Pepper Canister Church (€16.50)
  Foggy Notions presents Flotations. Constance Keane’s solo electronic project.
• Chewie, The Winter Passing, Problem Patterns @ The Workman’s Club (€15)
  Three Irish guitar/rock bands on one bill.
• Stop Making Sense screening @ The Sugar Club (9pm, €12.50)
  Screening of the Talking Heads film with an afterparty.
• 49th & Main @ Whelan’s (Sold Out)
  Kilkenny dance duo on the rise.‘I Want You’.
• Fya Fox @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€12)
  Irish soul pop artist. ‘Body’.
• Sam Wickens @ The Workman’s Cellar (€12)
  Northern Irish singer-songwriter of folk, soul and blues .’Civil’
• Idlewild @ Button Factory (€23)
  Scottish indie-rock band who peaked in the late ’90s/ 2000s.
• True Tides @ Opium Rooms (€18)
  Irish pop/rock brother trio. ‘The Answer’.
• Really Good Time @ Sin É (€6)
  “four piece, apres-garde, post-crunk supergroup from Dublin. ‘Best Medicine’.
• Headie One @ 3Olympia (€29)
  UK Drill artist and FKA Twigs collaborator. ‘Cry’.
• DMA’s @ The Academy (Sold Out)
  Australian rock band. ‘Silver’.
• Rebekah & DJ Stingray 313 @ Index (11pm, €20)
  + Fran Hartnett, VLAD MLR, Daftax Lyndz, Jack Nolan, Marks
• Boots & Kats @ The Top Deck (10pm, €10)
  Irish disco/house duo.
• Skin&Blister: DJ Fart In The Club, EMA, Mercornn, Small Crab @ Tengu (11pm, €11)
  Seoul-born Berlin based DJ plays dubstep, breaks, electro, trance, house and more.
• Slither: Tim Reaper @ Wigwam (11pm, €20)
  Jungle DJ and producer. The Lab set.
• Krystal Klear @ Button Factory (11pm, €15)
  All night long set from the local DJ and producer. ‘Piano Banana’.
• EVE, Mulljoy b2b Ste Flynn @ The Pygmalion (10pm, €7)
  The electronic trio of Eve headline this night.
• Mother @ Lost Lane (€11pm, €10)
  Weekly queer disco and electro club night.
• Church @ The Well (11pm, €11+)
  A pounding pop party.
  

Sunday November 14th

• Tolü Makay @ The Grand Social (Sold out)
  Three shows from the rising Irish R&B singer in a week. ‘You Are Enough’. Final show Nov 16.
• Fred Again.. @ Button Factory (SOLD OUT)
  UK producer who samples well-known songs, Youtube clips and voice memos. Live set.
• Bella Festa @ The Bernard Shaw (10pm, €6)
  Italo Disco DJs.
• DMA’s @ The Academy (Sold Out)
  Australian rock band. ‘Silver’.

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Monday November 15th

• April @ The Academy 2 (€15)
  Kildare R&B pop artist. ‘Piece Of Me’.

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