Dublin Gig Guide Highlights: Chloe Caillet, Luke Una, Maicín, E The Artist, Ora Cogan, Penelope Trappes, Danny Brown, Joan Shelley, BLAB, Damhsa with R.Kitt, Zero 7, DJ Heartstring, Jean Pack, Yumi Zouma, By Storm, Austra, Jehnny Beth.
It’s the Nialler9 Dublin gig guide
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Tuesday March 24th
ROSALÍA – LUX [Listening Party] @ The Big Romance (7pm)
First of two nights presenting the masterpiece of an album on vinyl with chat before and afterwards with Nialler9 and Louise Bruton.
Jehnny Beth @ The Workman’s Club
Former Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth play in support of her second solo album You Heartbreaker, You – a restless, shape-shifting post-punk and alternative rock record.
Tengu Jazz: Michael Buckley Quartet @ Tengu (Two shows)
Playing music of of Hank Mobley – Soul Station.
Bullpen, Ally Hyland + More @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Irish indie showcase. Doors 8pm.
Bring Back June, Hannah Kinsella, Avenue 68, VIXI @ Bello Bar
Live showcase: R&B, singer songwriter, folk and acoustic sets.
Wednesday March 25th
ROSALÍA – LUX [Listening Party] @ The Big Romance (7pm)
Second of two nights presenting the masterpiece of an album on vinyl with chat before and afterwards with Nialler9 and Louise Bruton.
Austra @ The Workman’s Club
Canadian synth-pop artist Katie Stelmanis’ with Toronto singer-songwriter Tess Roby in support. Austra’s dense, glacial electronics and Stelmanis’s operatic voice make for one of the most distinctive acts in contemporary electronic pop. ‘Fallen Cloud’
By Storm @ The Grand Social
Singular Artists presents alt-rap duo formerly Injury Reserve with new album My Ghosts Go Ghosts a contemplative avant treatise on dealing with this grief and the aftermath of the death of their bandmate.
Gene @ The Academy
Britpop stalwarts Gene mark the 30th anniversary of their debut album Olympian with a full live performance.
Remy Bond @ The Button Factory
Lana DR-coded nostalgic pop artist.
Thursday March 26th
Danny Brown @ 3Olympia Theatre
Detroit rapper Danny Brown brings his Stardust Tour to Dublin, performing material from his brilliant seventh album – a hyperpop, underground electronics and confessional rap record made with collaborators including Jane Remover, Frost Children and underscores. After the critical triumph of Quaranta and SCARING THE HOES with JPEGMAFIA, Brown sounds like a man with nothing to prove and everything still to explore.
Offgrid Fusion @ Bello Bar
Skyrocket Promotions’ grassroots multi-genre showcase returns with Mount Pyrus, the Shaun Garry Quartet, David Eamon and Arthur Noswitz on the bill – a cross-section of what the Dublin underground scene looks like right now.
Revolve: Dose & Delivery Service @ The Grand Social (10pm)
The Grand Social’s late night Thursday club night returns with two heavy hitters in Dose and Delivery Service, plus an exclusive DJ set from Western Girls. Doors 10pm, runs until 2am.
Friday March 27th
Yumi Zouma @ The Workman’s Club
New Zealand dream-pop quartet of breezy, sun-dappled indie pop. Support: Gag Reflex. ‘In Camera’
Penelope Trappes & Katie Kim @ Bello Bar
Brighton-based Australian artist Penelope Trappes (The Golden Filter) fifth solo album collects ten haunting, ambient soundscapes – incantations of dreams and nightmares, of death and grief, as well as power and autonomy. Support comes from Waterford’s avant songwriter Katie Kim (OXN).
Jean Pack and The Slay Babies, Cara Coyle, The Dolly @ Cleary’s
Amien Street spot is hosting some gigs again – this time lead by ’60s throwback girl-group indie Cork act.
Declan Synnott, Luxury Mollusc, Pike @ Anseo
Experimental electronics.
Bronagh Gallagher @ The Sugar Club
Derry soul-leaning songwriter and singer’s latest is a disco-tinged album. Two Nights.
Nils Hoffmann @ The Button Factory
German producer and DJ Nils Hoffmann brings his melodiccinematic, emotional dance music that sits somewhere between deep house and ambient techno.
Bren Berry & the Beautiful Losers @ Whelan’s
Revelino man Berry released his debut solo album In Hope Our Stars Align last year.
Clubs
Chez Spice 014 @ Kaldero (11pm)
Late night restaurant house with Slim Djing.
Stop the Lights! with Kelly-Anne Byrne @ Hen’s Teeth (7pm – 1am)
Expect 5.5 hours of disco, funk, house, electro and every decent tune in between.
BODYS: This is a Dance Floor @ The Racket Space (11pm)
House and disco with Charlotte Walsh, Yipp’d & Yang, Ru b2b Kevin!
Mama Snake, Ayolxi & Talinho @ Tengu (11pm)
Tengu X Hidden Love presents minimal techno, trance and ambient.
DJ Heartstring @ Index (11pm)
Trance Dance Music (TDM) duo.
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Saturday March 28th
E The Artist @ Tengu
E presents Six, his debut album for Nyahh Records; an incendiary opus of blown-out electronics and daring sonic abstractions, inspired by the seven seals, that posits E as a daring force within the Irish underground.
Ora Cogan @ Whelan’s
Vancouver-based singer-songwriter known for her ethereal blend of gothic country, hazy folk, and psych rock. Support from Mantua and Cormorant Tree Oh.
Maicín @ Whelan’s Upstairs
Rising Cork indie-trad band. “Imagine the lovechild of Billy Bragg and Jarvis Cocker… now get your head out of the gutter and picture Maicín.”
The Divine Comedy @ National Concert Hall
Neil Hannon brings The Divine Comedy to the NCH for two nights, performing his meticulously crafted, orchestrally rich chamber pop.
Bronagh Gallagher @ The Sugar Club
Derry soul-leaning songwriter and singer’s latest is a disco-tinged album. Two Nights.
MATE Comedy Variety Hour @ Bello Bar
Mikey Fleming and Kate Moylan’s variety night features sketch comedians, clowns, rappers and possibly wrestlers performing.
Roisín Gowen @ Dublin Unitarian Church
Irish singer-songwriter launches her debut album Out of Grief, Into the Garden a nine-song record that charts a journey through grief and loss – an intimate, acoustic-centred collection. Support from Molly Donnery and Alba Rose.
Pier @ The Hut, Phibsborough
Ethereal/alt-rock artist. Support Eve Montgomery.
Alva Noto @ Button Factory
German artist Carsten Nicolai brings his audiovisual performance HYBR:ID UNI PARA – a hybrid blend of glitchy, data-driven electronics, expansive textures, and rhythmic abstraction.
DJ Dandelion @ The Big Romance (8pm – 1am)
Northern Soul, Ska, Rocksteady.
Late Clubs
Luke Una @ The Big Romance (8pm – 1am)
Sheffield DJ and E Soul Cultura figurehead Luke Una plays a five-hour set at The Big Romance to celebrate the launch of Soul É Cultura Vol. 3 – his ongoing compilation series celebrating global soul, leftfield dance and musical adventurism. Limited to 150.
Chloe Caillet @ Index (11pm)
French electronic producer is also a great DJ.
Zero 7 DJ set @ Wigwam (11pm)
Expect an eclectic set of records. Support from Pablo Fatty Fatty.
Chez Spice 015 @ Kaldero (11pm)
Late night restaurant house with Limerick open format DJ Ali Daly.
Cáit’s Residency @ Yamamori Tengu (11pm)
Tengu presents the final night of the residency with Cáit all night.
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Sunday March 29th
Damhsa with R.Kitt @ Flux Studios (2pm – 9pm)
A Sunday daytime party in a community arts venue in the heart of Dublin city. R.Kitt will once again be going deep into his collection with a marathon 7 hour set. BYO.
Woman in Stem Q1 Check In @ The Sound House (3pm – 9pm)
Resident pop girlie DJs Woman in Stem and Feral Pen host a daytime pop diva DJ party at the Sound House – expect vision boarding, tarot card reading and wig snatching alongside the music. A fun, queer-leaning Sunday afternoon session.
Organ Freeman @ The Big Romance (6pm)
Live Jazz every Sunday. Breffini (DJ) from 9pm.
The Divine Comedy @ National Concert Hall
Neil Hannon brings The Divine Comedy to the NCH for two nights, performing his meticulously crafted, orchestrally rich chamber pop.
Joan Shelley, How I Became A Wave @ Whelan’s
Kentucky-based luminous acoustic folk singer Joan Shelley plays Whelan’s with support from Irish songwriter Pat Carey (The Hard Ground), who releases his debut How I Became A Wave album this same week.
Redd @ The Grand Social
Turkish rock institution Redd – one of their country’s most iconic rock acts – play Dublin.
Sallins Inquiry Now Benefit @ Vicar Street
A benefit concert at Vicar Street for the Sallins Inquiry Now campaign. Damien Dempsey, Kíla, John Spillane & Pauline Scanlon, Theo Dorgan, Paula Meehan & Colm Mac Con Iomaire and more.
Big Fat Slut @ Pawn Shop (10pm)
DJ SexyT and the DJ F*aggot.
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Monday March 30th
BLAB001 @ The Grand Social Ballroom
BLAB – a new Dublin music, community and physical media collective – launch their debut cassette and magazine with a live showcase at the Grand Social Ballroom featuring Burglar, Delivery Service, Digdeep and Nixer. One to support.
Song Cycle @ Whelan’s
Whelan’s 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.
