The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide

Email to be in the draw for free entry:

• Thursday: Cory Henry Revival Project, Ceo Experiment, Michael Buckley @ The Sugar Club
• Monday: Day Wave, SlowPlaceLikeHome @ The Workman’s Club

How to enter free entry comps – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number (for late contact) in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 1pm latest for weekend gigs.

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Tuesday May 10

• James Connolly Festival @ New Theatre (€10)
   [Singer-songwriter] Fiach Moriarty, Eoin Martin, Tommy KD, Evelyn  Campbell.
• A$AP Nast, DAH JEVU, LUI RWEGO @ Button Factory (€15)
  [Rap] A$AP Mob rapper.

Wednesday May 11

• Contour, Beach, Ben Bix, Hystereo, Carriages @ Hangar (Free)
   [new music ] Dance, indie, rock and folktronica.

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Thursday May 12

• Cian Nugent, Nap Eyes @ Whelan’s (€10)
   [Folk] Nugent’s new album Night Fiction is excellent.
• Wriggle presents: Kahn @ The Wiley Fox (€8/€10)
  [Dance] Bristol bass producer.
  
• Oren Ambarchi, The Jimmy Cake @ Bello Bar (€14)
  [Experimental/post-rock] Australian experimental multi-instrumentalist
  
• Gigonometry @ The Workman’s Club (€5/€8)
  [new music showcase] Three Underneath, Hawklion, The Southern Fold, Ian Brennan.
• Cory Henry Revival Project, Ceo Experiment, Michael Buckley @ The Sugar Club (€17.50, WIN PASSES)
  [Jazz] Snarky Puppy organist/pianist’s new project
• Daithí @ Whelan’s (€10, Late show)
  [Electro pop] Love’s On Top is the current banger.

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Friday May 13

• The Mighty Stef, Knoxville Morning, A Lazarus Soul @ Button Factory (€18)
  [Rock] Last ever Dublin show from the band.
• Tarantino feat. The Mushburgers & TADGH @ The Generator (7pm, Free register)
  [beatvyne surf / Pulp Fiction theme gig] Screening of Pulp Fiction and live music.
• Hamsandwich, Neon Wolf  @ The Academy (€22)
  [Indie/rock ] Sold out. Ltd tickets for Saturday.
• The Hot 8 Brass Band, Booka Brass Band @ The Sugar Club (€20)
  [Brass bands] First of two nights
• Pretty Beast, Farah Elle, This Other Kingdom @ The Grand Social (€10)
  [Rock] New single Afraid To Remember.
• Paper Trail Presents: Hot Cops and Simon Bird @ Bello Bar (€6)
  [New Irish] Belfast rock and Dublin electronica.
• The Henry Girls @ Whelan’s (€20)
  [Harmonic folk] Jem Mitchell, Jaime Nanci and Leila Keeney support.
• Hennessy Lost Friday: King Kong Company, Pete Pamf Sextette and Leila Jane @ RHA Gallery (€15 with two drinks)
  [Party] Curated by the Salty Dog stage curators.
•  Zehr Gut Presents – Kleintierschaukel (Laute & Luise) @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
  [Dance ]  HomeBeat & The Goethe-Institut Irland’s series of events promoting German musicianship & artistry here in Ireland.
  
• State’s Faces of May: The Beauty Sleep, Here To Help You Out @ Whelan’s (Guestlist, Midnight)
  [New Irish] The Dark is a nice debut track from The Beauty Sleep.
• Pyg & Discotekken present Hunee @ Pygmalion (€10, 10:30pm)
  [House/disco] Hunee is a popular booking for Dublin.
• Oneman @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
  [Dance]  UK producer incorporating dubstep, hip hop, grime, UK funky and UK garage.
  
• Modern Magic presents: Romansoff & Perseus Traxx, Signal Code Label Night @ Bar Tengu (€8)
  [House/techno] Signal Code Records Label Night
• Walk Under The Ladder: Snts (Live) @ Dive Bar (€10+, 10:30pm)
  [Techno] + Jon Hussey,  Oli Drakefordm Dylan Stephenson,  Ngoni Egan

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Saturday May 14

• Homebeat: Ciaran Lavery, Carriages @ Freemason’s Hall (€10-€15)
  [Singer-songwriter] ‘Let Bad In’ Dublin Launch. Okkervil River.
• Hamsandwich, Pleasure Beach  @ The Academy (€22)
  [Indie/rock ] Ltd tickets available.
• The Young Folk @ Button Factory (€12)
  [Folk/pop] Launch for First Sing Of Morning.
• Monster Monster  @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
  [Indie/pop] The City’s Ours
• The Hot 8 Brass Band, Booka Brass Band @ The Sugar Club (€20)
  [Brass bands] Second night.
• The Pale @ The Grand Social (€12)
  [Rock] New single Such Dumb Luck.
• Telephones @ Bar Tengu (€5+, 10pm)
  [Club]  Discotekken and The Local’s monthly club night. Daytime party too.
  
• Roisin O @ Whelan’s (€13)
  [Pop] New single Give It Up.
• WOB! @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free/guestlist, midnight)
  [Electronic] New single ‘Move’
  
• Matrixxman, Daire Carolan, Jack Thompson @ Opium Rooms  (€12, 11pm)
  [Dance] house & techno.
  
• Sense with Citizenn @ Button Factory (11pm, €10)
  [Dance] DJ Magazine’s Breakthrough DJ of 2013

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Sunday May 15

• Benjamin Francis Leftwich @ Whelan’s (€15)
  [Singer/songwriter] New material airing from the English musician.
• Furtive Room launch @ Crowbar (€6)
  [Electronic] Free copy of EP on entry. Here’s a highlight.
• Emma Lou & The Agenda @ The Grand Social (€5/€8)
  [Soul/pop] One Good Reason // EP launch.
• The Telescopes @ The Workman’s Club (€12)
  [Rock] Long standing English noise, space rock, dream pop and psychedelic band.

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Monday May 16

• Catfish and The Bottlemen @ Olympia Theatre (€26.90)
  [Dance] Dutch producer double bill.
• Day Wave, SlowPlaceLikeHome @ The Workman’s Club (€13, WIN PASSES)
  [US Indie ] Drag./ We Try But We Dont Fit In

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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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