The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // September 30 – October 6
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Ticket giveaways:
- Friday: Subject: Prosumer, Murat Tepeli, Kyodai @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 11pm)
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 1pm latest for weekend gigs.
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Tuesday September 30
- U:mack presents Negative Approach @ The Grand Social (€15)
[Hardcore] Support Dublin Queercore kings Strong Boys and Live Fast Die, a new project from members of Wizards of Firetop Mountain and Altar Of Plagues.
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Wednesday October 1
- U:mack and Darklight present Jozef Van Wissem @ Whelan’s (€12)
[Composer] Lute player Performing The Music From Jim Jarmusch’s “Only Lovers Left Alive” And Q & A on Film Soundtrack Composition
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Thursday October 2
- Hard Working Class Heroes @ various venues (€20 per day, €45 for 3 nights)
[Irish new music festival] The best way to hear new Irish music returns. - Bello Sessions: The Furious Haze, Staring At Lakes, Jasper Rua, The Glasshouse Boys @ Bello Bar (Free)
[Showcase] New Irish music showcase. - Cymande @ The Sugar Club (€25)
[Calypso Rock] Reunion shows from 1974 active band Sampled by De La Soul, The Fugees, Beastie Boys and more.
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Friday October 3
- Hard Working Class Heroes @ various venues (€20 per day, €45 for 3 nights)
[Irish new music festival] The best way to hear new Irish music returns. - Strands Of Oak, Amidships @ Whelan’s (€16)
[Folk/rock] Folk-rooted Americana. - Summer Heart @ Whelan’s (€12)
[Electronic pop] Swedish chillwave dreamy pop - The Necks @ Christ Church Cathedral (€22)
[Improv] Cult Australian band.
- Richard Farrell and The Last Tribe @ Bellobar (€7/€10)
[Blues/soul/funk] With Support from Yong Buddha and Paranoid Erik. - Burnin’ Up @ The Grand Social (Free, 11pm)
[Disco DJs] TXFM/Today FM Kelly Anne-Byrne with DJ Louche( Ian O Leary). - Subject: Prosumer, Murat Tepeli, Kyodai @ Twisted Pepper (€15, 11pm, WIN TICKETS)
[Dance] House music plus Bedlam and Home downstairs. - Hidden Agenda 3rd Birthday: Cyril Hahn @ Button Factory (SOLD OUT, 11pm)
[Dance] Popular remixer of Haim and Destiny’s Child has a new EP out. - Wankelmut @ Opium Rooms (€12/€15, 11pm)
[Dance] German techno/house DJ. - Dusky @ The Academy (€18.35, 11pm)
[Dance] London house and techno DJs. - Gary’s Gang with Paudi Ahern & Shane O’Meara @ The Sweeney Mongrel (Free, 10:30pm)
[Electronic] “Old Djax records, fresh off the platter jams from Mood Hut, classic J Dilla jams, off-kilter wave hammers and everything in between”
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Saturday October 4
- The Breakfast Inn @ The Dark Horse Inn (€10, 7am)
[Early club] Shane Linehan (Basic Grooves), Ois Buttler-doyle (Mbrship), Giles Kay (Torque) - Abstract present DJ Sneak All-Day BBQ Party @ Opium Rooms (€12, 4pm)
[Dance BBQ] Chicago house originator. - Hard Working Class Heroes @ various venues (€20 per day, €45 for 3 nights)
[Irish new music festival] The best way to hear new Irish music returns. - The Riptide Movement @ Vicar Street (€19.50)
[Rock] Support from Rainy Boy Sleep. - Cold Comfort, Contour, Warehouse @ Bello Bar (€10)
[Indie/electronic] Launch of album Tainted Winds. - The Boxer Rebellion @ The Academy (€14)
[Indie] Yearning alt-rock. - Old Skool @ The Sugar Club (€14)
[Hip-hop] live 7-piece classic hip-hop group
- Retro Revival: The #1s, Me & My Dog @ Sweeney’s (€5, 9pm)
[Rock] All things six-stringed and /garage/ rock. - Pogo: Andrew Weatherall + Alle Farben @ Twisted Pepper (FREE but ticketed, 10:30pm)
[Dance] legendary DJ and remixer and German support. - Telephones: Afro Caribbean Acid House Laneway Party @ Dublin 2 Laneway (€12, 11pm)
[Special event] Snuff Crew (Snuffo Live, BPitch Control), Slowburn (DJ, Uzuri), Platinumray (Bop Gun), Joma (Telephones) and Louis Scully (The RnB Club) - Nightflight: Sol O’Carroll @ The Grand Social (11pm, Free)
[Electronic] House, disco and techno. - Hidden Agenda 3rd Birthday: Mount Kimbie DJ set, Darkstar DJ set @ Opium Rooms (€12, 11pm)
[DJs] DJ sets from UK leading lights in electronica. - Signal Code & Archetype present: Steve Rachmad vs. Sterac, Ed Davenport & Doug Cooney @ District 8 (€16, 9pm)
[Dance] Plus Loud Mouth Collective Take Over in second room.
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Sunday October 5
- Avi Buffalo @ Whelan’s (€15)
[Rock] Dreamy rock with new album At Best Cuckold out this week. - Late Nite Tuff Guy, Colin Perkins @ The Pygmalion (€5)
[Disco] Disco edits supremo. - Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny’s MOZAIK @ Vicar Street (€31.50)
[Trad/global] Planxty legends Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny with their world music ensemble
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Monday October 6
- Be with your loved ones, read a book, learn something new, write a song, call that friend you haven’t spoke to in a year.
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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.