The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide / November 17 – 23
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Tuesday November 17
- Paul Weller @ Olympia Theatre (€50)
[Rock] Weller’s had a decent run of albums recently. Also Wednesday.
Wednesday November 18
- Perspectives 2015: In Dreams David Lynch Revisited @ National Concert Hall (€37.50+)
[Special] Stuart Staples (Tindersticks), Jehnny Beth (Savages), Mick Harvey (ex-Bad Seeds), Conor O’Brien (Villagers), Cibo Matto, Stealing Sheep, Sophia Brous and Kirin J Callinan - Strut: Ibrahim Electric @ Abbey Theatre (€15)
[Jazz festival] Danish organ trio - Paul Weller @ Olympia Theatre (€50)
[Rock] Weller’s had a decent run of albums recently. Also Wednesday. - The Album Leaf @ The Workman’s Club (€19.50)
[Indie/rock] San Diego band. Into the Blue Again.
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Thursday November 19
- Rabbit Hole Viii: Tribal Circus with Shriekin, Wirey Wizard, & West African Percussion @ The Wiley Fox (10pm, €5-€9)
[Club] Psytrance, Grime, African drumming and DJs playing all -sorts. - Strut: Blue Eyed Hawk @ Abbey Theatre (€15)
[Jazz festival] eclectic music that traverses art-rock, jazz, minimalist and electronic soundworlds. - Listen @ Bello Bar (€10)
[music and spoken word] singer-songwriter Rebecca Collins // Traditional musicians Donal McCague (fiddle) and Tommy Fitzharris (flute/concertina) - Good Name: Dah Jevu @ The Bernard Shaw (Free)
[Rap] Alternative hip-hop. - Mongoose, The Young Folk, The Eskies @ Whelan’s (€12)
[Folk] Harmonic folk band. + smore support. - Thumper, M(h)aol @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Free before 10:30pm, guestlist)
[Midnight hour] New Irish band rock. Lonesome Freak!
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Friday November 20
- Van Morrison @ 3Arena (€76)
[Rock] He’s too old to do those high-kicks now. - All Tvvins, Pleasure Beach @ The Academy (€15)
[Indie/rock] Synth rock duo. Darkest Ocean. - Fatima and the Eglo Band @ Button Factory / Tengu (€10-€20)
[R&B/soul] Alexander Nut, The RnB Club & friends afterparty in Tengu - Juggernaut Music Monthly Feat: Contour @ Sin É (Free)
[New music] Live A/V set + Antonov, New Cicero. - Patrick Freeman @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Singer-songwriter] launch of debut album Cherry Blossom Fall. Support from The Bonk. - DJ Premier @ Hangar (€20)
[Rap] Gang Starr DJ - Backstory No. 1: Donal Dineen & Stevie G @ The Sugar Club (€5, 11:30pm)
[Club] tunes from all decades of dance music from 1930’s West Africa to the present day.. - Kid Karate @ Whelan’s Upstairs (Midnight, Free before 10:30pm, guestlist)
[Rock] playing new tunes. - Fatboy & Strictly Deep present: DJ EZ @ The Wright Venue (10pm, €15)
[Dance] UK garage DJ in Swords. - Curve present Tough Love @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] UK Dance duo. - Ben Sims & Randomer @ District 8 (€15/€20, 11pm)
[Dance] Techno.
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Saturday November 21
- Abner Browns & the Word Up Collective: Damola + Uniiquesoul @ Abner Brown’s (Free)
[Hip-hop/soul] rapper, musician, producer and member of the multi-faceted BackShed Inc - The Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock @ Hangar (€17.50)
[Folk/trad] Performance of Lockout 1916. - Beach @ The Grand Social (€6)
[Rock] Listen to the new song Arabia. - Charity Gig For Syria: I Am Niamh, Contour, Old Hannah @ The Wiley Fox (€10)
[Irish] Pine For Pilcrow, Ain’t Saint John, Mongrel State. - Strut: The CEO Experiment @ Abbey Theatre (€15)
[Jazz festival]featuring Richie Buckley & Brian Dunning. The Necks also playing that night. - The Underachievers @ District 8 (€20)
[Rap] Brooklyn hip-hop. Early show. - Lumo #2 @ Bar Tengu, Yamamori Sushi (10pm, €6/€8)
[Club] A new dancing club night from Nialler9, Adultrock and State Magazine’s Simon Roche playing great tunes from Grimes to John Talabot to Jape to Fleetwood Mac. Club Chart. - Kiasmos @ District 8 (SOLD OUT)
[Electronic] Cinematic neoclassical electronica. - Sense with Paul Woolford @ Button Factory (€10, 11pm)
[Dance] Special Request DJ. - Pyg presents Nick Curly @ Pygmalion (€10, 9pm)
[DJs] Bit Records head honcho. + Aaron Nolan. - Ben Pearce & Abstract present: The Sextape Series @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)
[Dance] new disco inspired project. Mix. - Wino Boys + Daire Carolan @ South William Basement (Free)
[DJ] New EP forthcoming.
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Sunday November 22
- The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses @ National Convention Centre (€105 / €55)
[Zelda soundtrack] high price due to 90-piece Orchestra & Choir with a Giant Screen. - Of Monsters And Men @ Olympia Theatre (SOLD OUT)
[Pop] Icelandic folk pop. - Mercury Rev @ Button Factory (€30)
[Indie/rock] Still playing a lot of Deserter’s Songs live. - Titus Andronicus @ Whelan’s (€16.50)
[Alt-rock] No Future. - Discovery Gospel Choir @ The Sugar Club
[Gospel] Ireland’s first intercultural choir,
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Monday November 23
- U2 @ 3Arena
[Rock] iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015
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