Dublin Gig Guide Highlights: They Are Gutting A Body Of Water, CC:Disco, Dangerous Currents, Magdalena Baty, Leftfield, Halina Rice, Burglar, Euroworld, Ben UFO, 49th & Main, Ricky Chong.
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Tuesday February 3rd
Eppie, VIXI, Casio Kill @ Bello Bar
Indie and alternative bands.
Ho99o9 @ Whelans
Electronic punk duo.
Heavy Lungs & Bucket @ The Workman’s Club
Bristol indie post-punk and Dublin electronic industrial punk trio.
Wednesday February 4th
Dangerous Currents II @ The Big Romance
Hip-Hop R&B Live Performances with Jehnova · Luthorist · Sushee · $ona Blu€ · Visionali · Zimback.
Cortisa Star @ The Sound House
19-year-old trans rapper from the Washington as promoted by Foggy Notions. ‘What You Want’
Hayden Calnin @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Australian singer-songwriter sounds a bit like Justin Vernon.
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Thursday February 5th
Dig Deep, Grá, Fizzy Orange DJ set @ The Grand Social
F*CK YEAH! Thursdays night.
Halina Rice @ Button Factory
“immersive-first” electronic music producer and AV artist.
Magdalena Bay @ Vicar Street
Dreamy thematic electronic avant-pop.
Casio Kill, Mark And Luke, Arabú @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Indie and rock. All proceeds to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF)
Forces in Motion Trio @ Kirkos
A new trio – Izumi Kimura, Marco Colonna, and Stephen Davis – play an improvised mix of modern jazz, contemporary classical, underground hip hop and electronica.
Late Clubs
Starlight Project ࿔⋆°‧ﾟfirst birthday <3 @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
Surferboy & Enclave (2) {vinyl set} ✧˚₊ Donncha & Ali Rivera ✧˚₊ Marie Eli ✧˚₊
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Friday February 6th
Danny Groenland, Eluna @ Chillers On The Green
Danny Groenland is a soul singer, songwriter & flautist who is playing this show with Eluna, a Cuban-American multi-genre singer, songwriter and producer based in Dublin.
HotPress – The Concert @ 3Arena
Van Morrison, The Boomtown Rats, Noel & Mike Hogan of The Cranberries ft Dermot Kennedy, Imelda May, The Frames, Damien Dempsey, Picture This, Clannad, Florence Road, Belters Only, Denise Chaila, Irish Women in Harmony Gavin James
Burglar @ Upstairs At Whelans
I’m digging the Dublin duo’s new song ‘Lovey’.
EXTC @ The Grand Social
XTC’s drummer, Terry Chambers, is back on the road with his band EXTC (named and approved by XTC frontman, Andy Partridge).
Mik Pyro @ The Purty Kitchen, Dun Laoghaire
Full Band Show. Mik Pyro performing Songs from his latest album Exit Pyro plus Republic of Loose greatest hits.
Euroworld26 @ CURVEBALL
Ireland’s rap underground with Yeire13, Celine WAR, Vexxodus, Noahsex
Playback presents Stop Making Sense @ The Sugar Club
A very good Talking Heads covers band.
Josh O’Keefe @ The Cobblestone
Irish trad singer plays 3 nights in row.
Jane Deasy, Berghain Nights talk @ MOLI (6pm – 9pm)
First Fridays. Composer and electronic musician Jane Deasy performs and Donal Fallon talks to the author Liam Cagney about his book Berghain Nights.
25 Years of Cafe 1001 @ The Big Romance
Brick Lane London late-night cafe’s ell.iot & Leo Saunders bring a wide-ranging vinyl selection: from Balearic and deep house to post-punk and left-field gems.
Late Clubs
CC: Disco @ Fidelity Studio (9pm – 1am)
“Disco, House, and Boogie cuts with her heart at the controls.”
The Cheek with DJ RÍ @ The Grand Social (11pm)
The Cheek is a queer-led, inclusive club night built on two ideas: the Soft and the Daring.
Ben UFO @ Block. (10pm)
block 1st birthday with the Hessle Audio boss All Night Long
All Groove No Ego @ The Racket Space (10pm)
[techno, garage, house and electro] Childsmind, Royce Laroca, Tunney, Hera
Brat Rave @ The Workman’s Club (11pm)
The Charli XCX moment continues.
The Shed Residents @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
RUIZ OSC1, FAXE ON FAXE, GJ504B.
NeoN invites Ellen Trenn @ Wigwam (11pm)
Techno, Rap, and Breakbeat.
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Saturday February 7th
Classic Hiss Listening Party @ Downstairs in Chelsea Drug Store
Celebrating the release of Volume 2 of Classic Hiss: Boreens & Backroads, an album where Irish artists cover Pavement and Silver Jews. Vol 2 features Skinner, The Bonk, Soft On Crime, Clara Tracey, White Sage, Aoife Wolf and more.
Noise Meditations @ The Space Between
A new kind of listening experience from musician and composer Brian Dillon of Meltybrains? and more – part gig, part sound bath, part listening party, part
meditation, it’s an invitation to slow down by tuning in.
they are gutting a body of water @ Whelans
Philadelphia noise-shoegaze band who made one of the best albums of last year.
LOBE’PARTY #2 @ The Hendrick Hotel
Four acts play live including Debbie MacLachlan (A cappella Traditional Scottish Music), Late Met Dawn (Folk), Tenzin (Rap) , LOBEPINE (Indie Pop).
49th & Main @ Vicar Street
Kilkenny electronic pop duo who release on Ninja Tune sublabel Counter. ‘Good Times’
Josh O’Keefe @ The Cobblestone
Irish trad singer plays 3 nights in row.
Shrem’s Janet Jackson night @ The Big Romance
Shrem brings his deep diva vinyl collection centred on Janet’s discography.
Late Clubs
Leftfield @ Centre Point (11pm)
DJ Set from the English ’90s dance mavericks. Support Surka.
New Tropicalista’s Carnival Party @ Fidelity Studio (10pm – 1am)
Ana Beer & Graham C play a night of Brazilian sounds, spinning everything from samba-rock to bossa, carimbó, boogie, and rare tropical grooves.
Burp Audio @theracketspace (8am – 3am)
Hip hop, punk, techno and the likes spread out over 7 hours downstairs in the racket space. An immersive experience of underground sounds
Ricky Chong Residency with Marini & Emmy Shigeta @ Tengu (11pm)
House and disco mostly with the Sligo selector and friends.
Obskür @ Index (11pm)
Bayside Irish house duo.
sunflwr @ Wigwam (11pm)
LA-based producer produces dreamy house music for the dancefloor.
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Sunday February 8th
ESPRESSO RAVE @ Wigwam (2pm – 4pm)
Sober Sunday afternoon dance party.
Carnival Dublin @ Button Factory (5pm – 11pm)
Dublin’s Brazilian Carnaval party.
Josh O’Keefe @ The Cobblestone
Irish trad singer plays 3 nights in row.
Organ Freeman @ The Big Romance (6pm – 9pm)
Live jazz band every week. Booking recommended. DJs after til 11.30pm.
Monday February 9th
Imelda May @ Vicar Street
Raised On Songs & Stories Tour.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s Bar
Weekly singer-songwriter night.
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.
