Highlights: Cymbals, New Jackson, Egyptian Hip-Hop, Foals, Holy Other+Wife, The Unthanks, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Jóhann Jóhannsson & Popical Island’s new night.
Ticket freebies this week:
Tickets to giveaway to Cymbals (Thursday), Egyptian Hip-Hop (Thursday) Foals DJ Set / Shadow Child (Thursday) , Bicep, Come On Live Long and DOGS (Saturday). Full details of each show and how to enter below.
If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter.
- How to enter – Email [email protected] with the gig in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full nameand phone number in the body before 5pm the day before the gig to enter. You can enter into as many as you like but only one entry/email per gig.
Pick a Day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon
Tuesday February 26th
- Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm)
With a set from Solar Taxi. - The Unthanks, Lisa O’Neill @ The Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire (€28/€25)
Northern English folk songs with Irish folk support.
Wednesday February 27th
- GI & Costello @ Twisted Pepper (€8)
Launch of the MaryJane album from Dublin rappers. - Loch Lomond @ The Workman’s Club (€14)
Not a Scottish but an American folk band signed to a Scottish label Chemikal Underground. ‘Blue Lead Fences’. - Bruce Willis: South London Ordinance @ Lost Society (€7/€5, 10:30pm)
UK producer is about to drop an EP on the Hotflush Recordings label. ‘Roofy’
Thursday February 28th
- Cymbals, Adultrock @ The Workman’s Club (WIN TICKETS, €8)
Excellent art-rocking indie from London & rising electronic Irish producer. ‘The Natural World’ - Egyptian Hip Hop, Vann , I ♡ The Monster Hero @ The Grand Social (WIN TICKETS, €14.20)
Manchester R&S Records band just released their debut album. New video for Tobago. - JG/BC, Be Honest, Sean Mac Erlaine @ The Joinery (€10 with free tape, BYOB)
Ian Maleney’s Fallow Records debut release of experimental guitar compositions launch. Sample the release. - Foals @ The Academy (Sold out)
New album Holy Fire sees them reaching bigger. Support from The Invisible. - Transmit & Junior Spesh present Shadow Child, Foals DJ set @ Twisted Pepper (€10, 10.30pm, WIN TICKETS)
House music producer on Dirtybird records. ‘So High’ + Afterparty DJ set from the Oxford band.
Friday March 1st
- First Second Label showcase @ All City basement (6pm-11pm, Free, BYOB)
Bobofunk, Ickis Mirolo, Lemonada, Lumigraph, Cam’ron Duffy and more. - Swim Deep @ Academy 2 (€12, over 14s show)
English indie-rock band – ‘The Sea’. - Liza Flume EP Launch @ Twisted Pepper (€TBC)
Folk songwriter – ‘What We Called Love’. - Foals @ The Academy (Sold out)
New album Holy Fire sees them reaching bigger. Support from The Invisible. - Mumblin Deaf Ro, Bill Blood, Skelocrats @ The Grand Social (€10)
Ro celebrates the Choice Music nominated album Dictionary Crimes by playing it. - Kaspar Rosa, The Continuous Battle Of Order, The Great Ocean Divide @ The Workman’s Club (€7)
Belfast rockers launch ‘Icebreaker’ single. - Ana Gog @ Unitarian Church (€10/€15 with album)
Launch of the Making Trails album from indie-folk band. Sampler. - Holy Other, WIFE @ Button Factory (€15, early show)
Cloudy ambient electronica all round. ‘Touch’. - Legowelt @ The Sugar Club (€11, 11pm)
Watch his recent Boiler Room set from London. - Funeral Suits @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight, Free before 10.30pm)
Fresh from a properly successful European tour. - Bedlam and Trainwreck present: Midland, Effy @ The Underground, Kennedys (€12, 11pm)
Expect a bit of this and a bit of this.
Saturday March 2nd
- Breakfast Club @ The Dark Horse Inn (7am)
Keep it going from the break of dawn with Gilles Armstrong, Barry Redsettaz, Andy Doyle & Con Allen. - Linnea Olsson @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
Swedish fantasy-pop cellist. ‘Dinosaur’. - Retro Revival: The Bonnevilles, The Pacifics, Fag Enablerz, Faux Kings @ Sweeney’s (€5, 9pm)
Garage and punk night. - The Unthanks @ Peppercanister Church (€25)
Northern English folk songs. - New Music Dublin: A Winged Victory for the Sullen @ NCH (€20/€18, 10pm)
Dustin O’ Halloran and Stars Of the Lid Adam Wiltzie’s ambient contemporary drone duo. - New Jackson, Daniel Avery @ Button Factory (€10/€8, 11pm)
Sat Around Here Waiting EP launch. - Quantic DJ set @ The Sugar Club (€12, 11pm)
Jazz, funk and electronic producer. - Bicep, Come On Live Long, DOGS @ Twisted Pepper (€15/ Concession – €13, WIN TICKETS)
Belfast rising house producers of ‘VIsion Of Love’ in the basement and good Irish indie-bands take the stage.
Sunday March 3rd
- 12 Sundays: Plutonic Dust @ The Bernard Shaw (Free, 6pm)
Laid back Sunday producer session. - New Music Dublin: Crash Ensemble @ NCH Engineering Room (€13.50/€15)
Introducing the work of major international composers to Irish audiences. - New Music Dublin: Jóhann Jóhannsson + The Hilliard Ensemble @ NCH (€20/€18)
Icelandic composer and vocal chamber group. - Popical Island @ The Stag’s Head (€8)
The Collective occupy March here with Land Lovers, The Objectorz, The Run Ons.
Monday March 4th
- Slash @ The O2 (€39.05)
He’s still got it. Hair that is.
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.
