The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

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Tuesday June 14

• Skinny Wolves: CC Dust, School Tour , R.Kitt @  Live in Tenterhooks (€18, BYOB)
  [Electronic] Olympia, Washington synth electronic, ghostly Dublin atmospherics
• Slayer, Anthrax @ Olympia Theatre (€40)
   [Metal] A quiet night out.
• Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
  [Acoustic club] to be announced on Facebook.

Wednesday June 15

• Per Oddvar Johansen and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh @ National Concert Hall (€17.50)
  [Fiddle] collaboration with acclaimed Norwegian percussionist Per Oddvar Johansen.
• Travis Oaks @ Whelan’s (€8/€10)
   [Rock]  Love You More
• Heineken Sound Atlas Dublin: Etienne De Crecy @ Opium Rooms (€10, 11pm)
   [Dance] disco-inspired French House from the well-known French DJ.

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Thursday June 16

• The Academic @ Live at Leopardstown (€18)
  [Rock/pop]Horse racing and tunes.
  
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre @ The Academy (€25)
   [Rock] Dig! the band
• De La Soul, Hare Squead @ Olympia Theatre (€40)
   [Rap] old school rappers still rocking. Trainwreck
• DJ Maseo of Del La Soul @ The Sugar Club (€5/€10, 11pm)
   [DJS] Official De La Soul AfterParty / DJ Scope

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Friday June 17

Irish Festivals

• Body&Soul @ Ballinlough Castle (Sunday tickets only)
  The Gloaming, Girl Band, Badbadnotgood,  Optimo, Lumo, Talos & more

• Bronagh Gallagher @ Whelan’s (€15)
  [Soul] The Derry lady plays songs inspired by Motown.
• Fast/Shape/Sound: Temper Drone @ Sweeney’s (Free)
  [Drone/ electronics] Aggressively ambient electronics produced by multi- mentalist Gary Lonergan
  
• An evening with Paddy Casey and Friends  @ The Cobbles Stone (€17)
  [Charity] in aid of The Gaza Kids
• No Monster Club, Richard album @ Whelan’s (guestlist, Midnight)
  [Indie/rock]Bobby Aherne’s prolific indie slacker pop and Chicago pop-songwriter.
• Timo Maas @ Button Factory (€17, 11pm)
  [Dance] First irish gig since 2008. His Paul McCartney remix is the biz right now.

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Saturday June 18

Irish Festivals

• Body&Soul @ Ballinlough Castle (Sunday tickets only)
  Hudson Mohawke, Floating Points, Junior Boys, Neon Indian, Mother, Mercury Rev & more.

• Natty Wailer and The Reggae Vibes @ The Academy (€25)
  [Reggae] Bob Marley and the Wailers legacy.
• Megacone, Junior Brother @ Whelan’s (€8)
  [Rock] Irish instrumental band
• The Tapestry, The Temps @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10)
  [Indie] Manchester indie pop
• The Rubber Wellies @ The Cobblestone (€10)
  [Folk] Dublin & Bilbao band.
• The Glimmermen, Windings @ The Grand Social (€10)
  [Rock]Breaking Out LP launch
  
• Olympic 25 @ Button Factory (€15+, 11pm)
  [Club] A Celebration Of Red hosts a 25th anniversary celebration of the music made famous in the Olympic Ballroom Dublin from 1991 to 1994
• Flashback @ The Voodoo Lounge (€12/€15, 9pm)
  [Old school dance] Slipmatt plays Acid House set, Pat Hyland, Chris D, Al Stevens, Derek Cully
  
• Division: Sexshop, Lauren Kenny & Micu @ Pygmalion (€10, Free before 10pm)
  [Dance] Sexshop, Lauren Kenny, Micu

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Sunday June 19

Irish Festivals

• Body&Soul @ Ballinlough Castle (Sunday tickets only)
  Santigold, Wolf Parade, Gold Panda, Rusangano Family, Kate Bush/Stevie Nicks Singalong, Solar Bears & more.

• Salty Buns: Slow Roast Disco @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
  [DJs] A day for nice disco groovers.
• U:mack: “How To Ru(i)n A Record Label” @ The Grand Social (€5/€7)
  [Reading] A book reading and Q & A With Larry Livermore (founder of Lookout Records)
  
• Grace Wilde @ Whelan’s (€6)
  [Pop] Bring me to my knees

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Monday June 20

• Take a breather you nutjob.

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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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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