The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // May 13 – 19
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Ticket giveaways this week:
- Wednesday: Steve Averill talks about U2′s visual aesthetic @ Little Museum of Dublin, St Stephen’s Green (€11, 7pm)
- Thursday: Ben Frost: A U R O R A Live @ Button Factory (€20)
- Friday: Hidden Agenda & Dolittle: Trust @ The Workman’s Club (€14, 9pm)
- Saturday: Sense: Bodhi @ The Academy (€15, 11pm)
- Saturday: Hidden Agenda: Frank B, Lumigraph, Terriers @ Button Factory (€5/€8)
How to enter ticket comp – Email [email protected] with the gig above in the Subject line you’re entering for along with your full name and phone number in the body of the message. Full info on each show below. Draw closes at 6pm the day before the gig or Friday 3pm latest for weekend gigs.
Tuesday May 13th
- Damien Rice – Whelan’s 25th Anniversary Special @ Whelan’s (SOLD OUT)
[Folk] Not a chance of getting in to this. Rice’s first Irish show in years. - Blue Moon Rising Launch Night @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[New music night] Soldiers Can’t Dance, Adela & The Meanits, We The People, Fierce Mild Music, Donal Quinn
Wednesday May 14th
- Steve Averill talks about U2′s visual aesthetic @ Little Museum of Dublin, St Stephen’s Green (7pm, €11 WIN TICKETS)
[Talk] As part of the Dublin Lectures series, Lisa Godson charts the development of U2’s visual aesthetic in a public conversation with legendary graphic designer - The Octopus Project, The Ambience Affair, Elastic Sheep @ The Workman’s Club (€10)
[Alternative] Austin, Texas Synth indie pop band headline.
Thursday May 15th
- Culture Vultures @ The Odessa Club, Dublin (€10)
[Salon] Daithí, Father Ted writer Arthur Mathews and comedian Sean Nolan. - Gigonometry present: I Heart the Monster Hero, Fallen Rule, Travis Oaks and El Grey @ The Workman’s Club (€10
[Indie] Local lineup put on by an online based community of live music lovers - Hiss Golden Messenger, Cian Nugent & The Cosmos @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€15)
[Folk/rock] North Carolina-based songwriter M.C. Taylor and multi-instrumentalist and recordist Scott Hirsch. - Ben Frost: A U R O R A Live @ Button Factory (€20, WIN TICKETS)
[Experimental] futuristic avant-garde industrial music - Milk: Hackman, Talkboy, Mel K @ Twisted Pepper (€8/€6, 10:30pm)
[Electronic] Milk is a night aimed at art and design students across Dublin, creating a hub for students to exhibit their work in a comfortable surrounding, with a music policy of Chicago and non-generic deep house.
Friday May 16th
- The Minutes @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Rock] Launch of the band’s new album Live Well Change Often. - Fight Like Apes @ Tower Records (Free, 6:30pm)
[Rock] Playing songs from the band’s Whigfield Sex Tape. - I Have A Tribe @ Chancery Lane (€10)
[Folk/indie] Launch of the Yellow Raincoats EP - Neutral Milk Hotel @ Vicar Street (SOLD OUT)
[Indie] Revered band lead by Jeff Mangum return.
- Hidden Agenda & Dolittle: Trust @ The Workman’s Club (€14, 9pm)
[Electro/rock] Dark and atmospheric Canadian electro rock with ties to Austra.
- Für Immer, Walpurgis Family, Nicholas Fitzgerald @ Whelan’s Upstairs (€5)
[Indie-rock] launch of the album March!. - Abner Brown’s Big Night Out: Gavin Glass, Sinead White, We Went Down @ The Mercantile (€5)
[Folk] All proceeds go to Aidlink an Irish overseas development organisation. - Network: Blacknecks, Sunil Sharpe, Simon Conway @ The Grand Social (€10/€12, 11pm)
[Dance] Truss and Bleaching Agent playing techno. - DJ Yoda, DJ Kormac @ The Twisted Pepper (€15, 10:30pm)
[DJs] Two A/V funk/hip-hop/rap shows.
Saturday May 17th
- Sumdaze party @ Athy, Kildare (Buses from Nassau street 4pm, €45)
[Dance] Craig Smith (6Th Borough Project), Luke Unabomber, Billy Scurry , The Disconauts
- HSSH & Discotekken present Telephones @ Pallas Studios, off Francis Street/Cork Street (€5-€10, Noon – 9pm)
[Day Party] Out in the fresh air…food, drink, decor, great sound, pals, chatting, dancing - I Have A Tribe @ Chancery Lane (€10)
[Folk/indie] Launch of the Yellow Raincoats EP - Gruff Rhys @ Whelan’s (€20)
[All-dayer] Super Furry and Neon Neon man playing solo material as part of the Dublin Writers Festival. - John Cooper Clarke @ Vicar Street (€29)
[Poet] Punk poet, rock star, satirist and stand up comedian. - Elastic Sleep, Otherkin, Segrasso @ Bello Bar (€5)
[Rock] Launch of new EP from Cork band – ‘Leave You’
- Turin Brakes @ The Workman’s Club (€23)
[Folk] UK acoustic-leaning indie pop. - Zaska @ The Sugar Club (€7-€10)
[Funk/ hip-hop/ soul] In Your Own Sweet Time” EP Launch / Full 70s disco band after - Neon Disco Club @ Pacino’s (€10, Midnight)
[Disco/house] Kelly-Anne Byrne, Claire Beck, and Starlite .
- Sense: Bodhi @ The Academy (€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Dance] Cardiff funk-indebted house duo. - Vision Collector: Horse Meat Disco @ Twisted Pepper, Dublin (€15, 10:30pm)
[Dance] Disco stalwarts / Berlin techno DJ Pete and residents Barry Redsettaz, Niall Dunne and Conor L. - Hidden Agenda: Frank B, Lumigraph, Terriers @ Button Factory (€5/€8)
[Dance] The pair have been residing in New York throughout 2014. Hometown show.
Sunday May 18th
- The Liffey Banks Festival @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Trad / roots] One-day traditional, folk and roots festival. - Sim Simma – Launch Party @ The Twisted Pepper (Free)
[Reggae/dancehall] Sim Simma is a sunday celebration of reggae, dancehall and afrobeat vibrations. - Archie Bronson Outfit @ The Workman’s Club (13.50)
[Rock] English guitar band - All City x Major Problems Party @ The Pygmalion (€5, 9pm)
[DJs] Barry Redsetta, Daire Carolan, Sonel Ali,
Monday May 19th
- Mutual Benefit @ The Workman’s Club (€14)
[Rock] Soft-voiced lush indie comfortable in house shows.
