New Village and Whelans gigs

A great tail-end of winter and beginning of summer line-up. Notable is the fact that Phantasm returns to its spiritual home - Whelan's on March 1st. Defiantely a welcome change from Radio City. It's a fun venue, but badly designed and, man, it took me so long to get to the bar there the other night.

* = UnaRocks recommends

AT THE VILLAGE
Friday 19 January
JOHN CALE & BAND
Awesome former Velvet Underground dude.
€32
 
Saturday 27 January
LLUTHER*
WOOWOO, Sarah's awesome band headline a Saturday night - get down there!
 
Sunday 28 January
PLAN B
Guitar rapper, who has a couple of alright tunes
€25
 
Thursday 01 February
SUGAR DADDY
Groove Armada's Tom Findlay and multi-instrumentalist Tim Hutton.
€23
 
Sunday 04 February
NERINA PALLOTT*
Great singer songwriter
€24.65

Thursday 15 February
THE BLIZZARDS
Choice-Prize snubbed, but they've got the pop
€15.50
 
Friday 23 February
TILLY AND THE WALL (Support: THE LITTLE ONES)
Hello Nebraska!
€17.50
 
Saturday 24 February
THE BLOOD ARM + very special guests
LA rocktastic
€17.50
 
Wednesday  28 February
CHILDLINE ROCKS!
Charity gig run by Griffith college people 
 
Thursday 01 March - Friday 02 March
SWEDISH MUSIC FESTIVAL*
ZEITGEIST / SAMURAJ CITIES / CONSEQUENSES / JUVELEN
I'M FROM BARCELONA
SALEM AL FAKIR
 
Saturday 10 March
A CERTAIN RATIO
Manch post-punk
€18
 
Monday 12 March
DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND
New Orleans brass band.
€27
 
Wednesday 14 March
THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS
Jamaican rasta-reggae
€30
 
Friday 16 March
TIM FINN
Dude from Crowded House
€22.65
 
Saturday 17 March
!!!*
Awesome American punk presented by U:mack

Wednesday 09 May
LOW*
Awesome lo-fi band. Saw their last gig in the Village, and it was so good, so check them out.
€25


AT WHELANS
January
Thu 18: Reemo €10
Fri 19: Martin Staunton Band €6
Sat 20: Liam O‘Maonlai & special guest €22.50
Sun 21: MCD presents Jesse Malin €20*
Mon 22: Bruce Cockburn €25
Tue 23: Diet of Worms €9
Wed 24:The Coronas €8
Thu 25: Murphy‘s Live presents The Marshalls (call 021 455 0434 for tickets)
Fri 26: MCD presents Air Traffic €14.50*
Sat 27: Messiah J & The Expert €12
Sun 28: Aiken presents Lloyd Cole €29
Mon 29: Aiken presents Lloyd Cole €29
Tue 30: New From Nashville presents Julie Roberts & Jace Everett €22.50
Wed 31:MCD presents Psapp

February
Thu 1: Dave‘s Radio €6.50
Fri 2: Boss Volenti €9.50
Sat 3: Ross Breen €11.50
Sun 4: Headgear €12
Mon 5: Debasement presents ... Line-up  & Ticket Price TBC
Tue 6: MCD presents My Brightest Diamond €15
Thu 8: MCD presents Royseven €15
Fri 9: Foggy Notions presents Ratatat €16.45*
Sat 10: Skaville UK (support: Harmonic Sound + The Gangsters) €18
Sun 11: SNAKES & LADDERS ft: David O‘Doherty, Jape, Donal Dineen, Neosupervital, Goodtime John, Maeve Higgins (in aid of Clowns Without Borders) €10.50
Mon 12: The Wah Wahs €11.50 - Ticket Price TBC
Tue 13: MCD presents Shiny Toy Guns €17.45
Thu 15: Foggy Notions presents The Wrens €15
Fri 16: Aiken presents Richmond Fontaine €19
Sat 17: Ham Sandwich €12*
Sun 18: MCD presents Junior Boys €17.50
Mon 19: MCD presents The 1990s €13.50
Thu 22: "You Are Not Safe" presents ... Manual and Syntaks and Aerosol €15.50
Fri 23: MCD presents Forward Russia €16
Sat 24: MCD presents The Holloways €15.15
Sun 25: Aiken presents Field Music €16.45
Wed 28: MCD presents Au Revoir Simone €15.50

March
Thu 1:Phantom 105.2 Presents "Phantasm"- Ticket Price TBC*
Fri 2: Pierre Bensusam €22.50
Sat 3: Absolute Swedish Music Festival presents: Taxi, Taxi! / Hello Saferide / Moneybrother €16.50
Thu 8: Niamh Ni Chara €11.50
Fri 9: Aiken presents Mick Flannery - Ticket Price TBC
Tue 20: MCD presents Howling Bells €14.50*
Fri 23: MCD present The Cooper Temple Clause €17.50
Sat 24: Emm Gryner €15.50
Sat 31:MCD presents Seth Lakeman €14.15

May
Thu 3: Magnolia Electric Co. €18.50
Wed 9: John Cooper Clarke €21.50
Sat 19: Aiken presents Tobias Froberg €15.95
 
June
 Fri 1: Country Joe Donald €21