Week 31

Monday July 31
Irish Unsigned, Temple Bar Music Centre 7.30pm €5
To celebrate the official launch of Outersounds downloads, and their inclusion in the official Charts panel, IrishUnsigned presents: Jaded Sun, The Chakras, The Ruby Tailights, Homestar Runner

Roche / Lyttle Exchange, The Boom Boom Room 8.30pm
A jazz night up in the Boom Boom Room on Parnell street with Cathal Roche, David Lyttle, Shane Latimer and Cormac O'Brien.

Tuesday August 1
Ruby Sessions, Doyles, 9.30pm, 5.-
A great evening of accoustic music. Check their message board Tuesday afternoon for the nights line-up.

Wednesday August 2

The Zodiac Sessions, Bruxelles, 8.30pm
Singer songwriter open mic night.

The Answer, Whelan's 9.00pm €12.5

"The Answer are superstars already, it would be cruel not to make their dreams come true" - Kerrang!

"There is nothing wrong with doing what comes naturally, and nothing seems more natural to The Answer than rock 'n' roll" - Rocksound

"The Answer have the languid swagger of Free and the Stones, this band are going to be huge" - Kerrang!

"The best british rock debut of the decade! Believe it!" - Classic Rock

Thursday August 3
The Potential Sessions, The Tram Inn, 8pm
Open mic night.

La Republique, Pravda 9pm
Experience a full night at Pravda with 2 live acts, 4 DJ's and short films from rising Irish talent and visual art exhibitions.

Friday August 4
Salsa Night, Mint bar Westin Hotel
Get your hips moving to the salsa or reggaeton beat.

Vertigo, Temple Bar Music Centre, 7.30pm €12.5
Even better than the real thing? Nah, but a good laugh it will be anyway. Vertigo, thé U2 Tribute Band.

Saturday August 5
Street Performance World Championship, Merrion Square 12.00pm
Acts from around the world competiting for the title 'Street Performance World Champion'.
(Playing from 05 August 2006 until 06 August 2006 - for 2 Nights)

Latin Fiesta, Sugar Club 8.30pm €15/10
Musicians Manu and His Latin House Band, Salsa Brava Band, Moncho (Colombia) and DJ Alejandro (LX).

Sunday August 6
The Conspirators Bleu Note Bar and Club 8.30pm
Enjoy some jazz at the new jazz club on Capel street.

Week 30

Unfortunately the true music lovers will have noticed that the summertime is a poor time for live music. Out of the few gigs I tried to select something for each day.

Monday July 24
The Greencards, Whelans, 8pm 26,-

Making Weather and Water?

Tuesday July 25

Ruby Sessions, Doyles, 9.30pm, 5.-
A great evening of accoustic music. Tonight will be a great surprise, as the line-up is not yet known.

Toots and the Maytals, Vicar Street, 7.30pm 28.50/32.50

Toots is one of the true architects of reggae - so much so that "Do the Reggay," a 1968 single by Toots and his group, the Maytals, is credited with giving the genre its name. Classic songs written and recorded by Toots and the Maytals have been covered by the likes of the Clash and the Specials, and the group was featured in reggae's greatest breakthrough event - "The Harder They Come," the 1972 film that became an international sensation.

The all-star guests on TRUE LOVE range from legends like Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, and Bonnie Raitt to younger stars including No Doubt, the Roots, and Phish's Trey Anastasio. The caliber of these collaborators reveals the impact that Toots has had on several generations of rockers and rappers, while appearances from reggae icons Bunny Wailer and Marcia Griffiths show the respect granted to the man who might be the music's greatest living vocalist. At the heart of it all is that voice - drenched in soul, rooted in gospel, and still breathtakingly powerful after almost four decades in the spotlight.

Wednesday July 26

The Zodiac Sessions, Bruxelles, 8.30pm
Singer songwriter open mic night.

Thursday July 27

The Potential Sessions, The Tram Inn, 8pm
Open mic night.

La Republique, Pravda 9pm
Experience a full night at Pravda with 2 live acts, 4 DJ's and short films from rising Irish talent and visual art exhibitions.

The BED Club Nite, Undeground at Kennedy’s, 9pm 6,-
Combining the stomp, punch and power of all that is vital in rock music with sultry and seductive electro, Danse Macabre brings you BED, where style and substance don't need to compete for your attention.

Bed is a new club night at The Underground (Kennedy's, Dublin) that promises to bring you a heady mix of riff and rhythm, sleazy synths and booming bass.

Get sweaty under the sheets to an electro-rock liaison. Supplied by Aleko Mendoza and Subzero.

Friday July 28

Salsa Night, Mint bar Westin Hotel
Get your hips moving to the salsa or reggaeton beat.

The Volt Sessions, Eamonn Doran’s 8pm 7,-
This night you can listen to fabulous The Kinetiks, Black Soul Stranglers and Hidden From Nowhere.

Ballroom of Romance #54, Lower Deck, 9pm 8,-
A night of Irish and Aussie pop. It features The Blue Poles, Crayonsmith and The Family Mule. Free CD-r to the first 100.

Saturday July 29

Bill Coleman, Crawdaddy 8pm 10,-
This Irish singer-songwriter will blow your socks off tonight with his full band. I bet you will like this. Especially now that he has teamed up again with Lauren Guillery for support. Also The Adventures will make an appearance tonight.

Sunday July 30

Planes Mistaken For Stars, Crawdaddy, 8pm 12,-/10,-
Support by Kidd Blunt, The Remorse

Red X, Foggy Dew 7pm
Reggae / Ska

Week 29

Monday July 17
Wayne Brennan, Gibneys, Malahide Co. Dublin, free

If you have some time, listen to the songs of Wayne’s album which has been released last week live in front of you. You have to cycle a bit though, or take the Dart, because it is all the way in Malahide.

Roche / Lyttle Exchange, Boom boom room 8.30pm
Jazz with Cathal Roche, David Lyttle, Shane Latimer and Cormac O'Brien.

Lauren Guillery, Thomas Reads, 9pm

My favourite lady of rock! Rockin' female singer/songwriter with balls, attitude and a great voice, Lauren Guillery was born in Lille (North of France) in the late seventies and has been living in Dublin, Ireland since early 2000.

Justin Manville, Bewley’s café, 8.30pm

Sounds like ‘My Life, Jeff Buckley, Seal, Damian Rice, Indie Arie, jose gonzales and unknown musicians...’

Tuesday July 18
Ruby Sessions, Doyles, 9.30pm, 5.-
A great evening of accoustic music. Tonight with SJ McArdle, Rebecca Hart, Minus Circus and Torben Stock

Parchman Farm, JJ Smyth’s 9.pm 8,-
The Irish Blues Club

Wednesday July 19
The Zodiac Sessions, Bruxelles, 8.30pm
Singer songwriter open mic night.

Ken Burke, Pravda, 9pm

Dive into a relaxed atmosphere with Ken Burke at our beloved comrades in Pravda

Cowboy X, Crawdaddy 10pm

Taking a break from writing soundtrack music, David and John met Karen and started writing songs. Cowboy X was a Cowboy, from Sesame Street, and had a strange obsession with branding everything X and eventually O. Why we have no idea, but he seemed like a nice guy. What more do you need to know?

Thursday July 20
The Potential Sessions, The Tram Inn, 8pm
Open mic night.

Transistor Night, Spirit, 7.30pm 7,-

This is Spirits great indie night. Tonight you will be entertained by twiNkranes, Blue Ghost and Special Guests

Friday July 21
Salsa Night, Mint bar Westin Hotel
Get your hips moving to the salsa or reggaeton beat.

Or

Have a quiet night in with your girl, sipping a wine, munching an olive and listening to Josh Ritter ;)

Saturday July 21
* your suggestion here *

Week 28

Tuesday July 11
Ruby Sessions, Doyles, 9.30pm, 5.-
A great evening of accoustic music. Tonight with Una Healy, Nell Bryden, Herm and Paul Hourican.

Wednesday July 12
Cowboy X, Radio City, 8pm
Dublin based electro rock band will play the songs from their debut album Who are these people? Support comes from The Eclectic, New York Fashion Week.

The Zodiac Sessions, Bruxelles, 8.30pm
Singer songwriter open mic night.

The Rubes, Sugar Club, 8pm, 8.-
A trubute to Jeff Buckley. Hear all your favourite Buckley songs tonight.

Thursday July 13
Giuliano Nistri & Juan Jose Manzano, Slattery's Capel Street, 8.30pm 8.-
Flamenco guitar duo will get your hands together and your feet moving.

The Potential Sessions, The Tram Inn, 8pm
Open mic night.

Porco Dio Present, The Lower Deck, Portobello, 8.45pm E6/E5 before 9pm
Porco Dio proudly presents the debut Irish performance of two of
Europe's best bands in the post-hardcore field.
- Amanda Woodward (France / Level Plane Records)
- Aussitot Mort (France / Level Plane Records)
- Kidd Blunt
- Tunguska

(thanks to Lauren)

Ham Sandwich, Spirit Nite Club, 10pm
Not you average rock band, but so entertaining!

Friday July 14
Hospital, Wax, 11pm, 7.-/5.- students
Electroclash madness!

Salsa Night, Mint bar Westin Hotel
Get your hips moving to the salsa or reggaeton beat.

Saturday July 15
The Guggenheim Grotto, Crawdaddy, 8pm 15.-
This amazing Dublin based band will drown you in soothing melodies and poetic lyrics.

TKO, Sugar Club, 8pm
Support by Adventures and Lotusland