20 gigs for November: Palestine benefit, Waterboys, Playboi Carti and more...
Some of gig scribbler Mike McGrath-Bryan's gigging picks for the coming month, clockwise from top left: The Waterboys' Mike Scott; Number One-selling artiste CMAT; rapper Playboy Carti.
Electronic duo unleash a full audiovisual show at the former Point, brandishing beloved floor-fillers and new tunes.
US punk veterans, joined live by The Pogues' Rocky O'Riordan and Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, tour 2023 long-player They Live in My Head, and mine tunes from both periods of their work.
Hollyhill plays host to an all-ages music marathon for UNICEF at the Kabin Studio, from 2pm to 2am, featuring Ophelia, Outsider YP, Stevie G, and the Creative Tradition Friday-night trad sessions - suitable for all ages and abilities.
Donations at the door from 7pm at PLUGD Records, meanwhile, are to benefit Medical Aid for Palestine, with sets from Elaine Howley and Cathal MacGabhann of The Altered Hours, Elaine Malone, Maija Sofia, and more.
Northern punk-metal trio tour latest album, Hard Cold Fire, as well as marking the anniversaries of previous albums Semi-Detached and High Anxiety.
Rapper Curtis Jackson reprises chart-topping album Get Rich or Die Tryin' for its twentieth anniversary.
Mike Scott and collaborators have continued their odyssey into the folk idiom, latterly exploring electronic music - but still have all the hits in store.
Goth icons The Cult reprise their earliest form for their fortieth anniversary, playing songs from their pre-The Cult period.
Moving past her time with pop band 10,000 Maniacs, the American songwriter has fashioned a singular, expectation-bucking career - including a cover of Lankum's Hunting the Wren, on latest full-length Keep Your Courage.
Though more than capable of filling major venues, Cork-based psychedelic rockers have opted for a weekend with Seanie Buttons, as part of the latter's ongoing curation at the Opera House's Green Room.
Trad-fusion octet continue their hard-gigging reputation with a stop in the Treaty City, showing a discography that veers from explorations of various world music traditions, to film scores.
Genre-confounding US rapper swings into Dublin on his Antagonist Tour, with support from fellow wordsmiths Destroy Lonely, Ken Carson and Homixide Gang.
If Corkonians haven't had enough jazz after the October Bank Holiday, the chance to catch this Ballymun ensemble performing visionary EP 'Ina Crueler' will more than scratch that itch.
UK pop star has roped country icon Shania Twain in for a guest appearance on the title track of third LP UNHEALTHY - which gets played out as part of her UK and European touring.
UK ska legends, fronted as ever by the bold Buster Bloodvessel, head for the Treaty City.
French duo hit Dublin for a headliner after supporting Eels on European excursion - somehow finding time to balance rock 'n' roll with running a farm!
Galway rockers had a busy 2022, including festivals and a sold-out Irish tour, and are back with material new and old.
Dublin singer and songwriter takes his cues from Ireland's sean-nós tradition - reframing it around songs of solidarity, hope and defiance.
Legendary US singer and songwriter mines over forty years of punk and alt-rock history as he helped make it, including hardcore pioneers Hüsker Dü, chart-toppers Sugar, and a long and ongoing solo career.
The queen of Irish pop music is riding high, with second LP Crazymad, for Me landing at the top spot in the Irish album charts, and popular demand driving the announcement (and sellout!) of four Dublin headliners at the Olympia.
Cork indie-pop five-piece Iris have been putting in the hard yards over the past year, including gracing the stage of the Everyman - headlining at Cyprus Avenue sees them continue the rolling momentum.
