Highlights: Mmoths EP launch, Errors, We Have Band, Maya Jane Coles (pictured), State vs. Loudmouth Collective, The 2 Bears, Ghost Estates and support, Kurt Vile and The Violators.
This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below.
Ticket giveaways:
- Friday February 17th: Not Saying Boo! presents DJ Funk, Objekt, Lando Kal @ Twisted Pepper (10pm)
- Saturday February 18th: Mmoths EP launch, Adultrock @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
- Saturday February 18th: We Have Band @ Academy 2 (8pm)
- How to enter – Email [email protected] along with your full name, your preference and phone number before 2pm on Thursday to be in with a chance to win.
Tuesday February 14th – Valentine’s Day
- Rua Sessions @ Anseo (9pm, Free)
- Ruby Sessions: Valentine’s special @ Doyles (€6, 9pm)
Wednesday February 15th
- MeltyBrains?, Ghosts, Bony Bujes @ Whelan’s (Free)
- Camden Crawl Dublin launch with James Yuill, Tieranniesaur @ Whelan’s (invite only)
Thursday February 16th
- The Minutes in-store @ Tower Records (7pm)
- Jinx Lennon @ Bewley’s Theatre (€10, 8.30pm)
- Cathy Davey: Songs from the 40′s, 50′s & 60′s @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
- Forward/Slash: Simon Bird & Lorem Ipsum @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
- Ann Scott @ The Odessa Club (€10)
- Banter: The Evolution of the Hipster @ Twisted Pepper (€5)
- ERIC: Versives, Wiltz and Dogs @ Electric Lounge (€5)
- Maya Jane Coles, Perc, Junior Spesh DJs @ The Twisted Pepper @ Twisted Pepper (Sold out, 10.30pm)
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Friday February 17th
- Lost Brothers in-store @ Tower Records (5pm)
- The Manhattan Syndrome, Nanobot @ Whelan’s (€5)
- Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ The O2 (sold out)
- Ghost Estates, The North Sea, White Collar Boy @ The Grand Social (€10)
- Nanu Nanu (Laura Sheeran, Mark Aubele) , Mia Sparrow @ The Joinery (BYOB, €8)
- State vs Loudmouth Collective: Mick. E Rawrk, Benny Smiles, The Notas @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)
- The 2 Bears, Benoit And Sergio @ Button Factory (€15, 11pm)
- Ten Past Seven, Bantum @ Whelan’s (€10 , Midnight)
- Not Saying Boo! presents DJ Funk, Objekt, Lando Kal @ Twisted Pepper (Win tickets above, €12/€15, 10pm)
Saturday February 18th
- Ham Sandwich, Little Xs for Eyes @ The Academy (SOLD OUT)
- Deaf Joe Album Launch with Jennifer Evans @ Block-T (€8, 8.30pm)
- Mmoths EP launch, Adultrock @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
- Wizards of Firetop Mountain, The Jimmy Cake, Disguise @ Whelan’s (€7)
- Errors, Thread Pulls, Remember, Remember @ The Grand Social (€15)
- We Have Band @ Academy 2 (€13, Win tickets above)
- Pogo: Apartment Records, Alarmist, Tr-One, Lre Rosa, Eaten By Bears @ Twisted Pepper (€10/8 €10pm)
- Nanu Nanu @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€10, Midnight)
Sunday February 19th
- 12 Sundays @ Bernard Shaw (Free, noon)
- Saucy Sundays @ The Grand Social (Free, 5pm)
- Kurt Vile, Windings @ Whelan’s (€18.50)
- Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Olympia Theatre (€39)
- Sunday Roast @ The Mercantile (Free, 9pm)
Monday February 20th
- Michael Winslow @ Whelan’s (€21.50)
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.
