Gigs for 2024

Melts absolutely brilliant, as were Pôt Pot. Fantastic night. @Mucker46 great company as ever. Loved the whole thing.

Good gig. Pot-pot are totally in my wheelhouse. Elaine Malone on Harmonium, not sure if she always plays with them. Her album Pyrrhic is worth checking out. Melts were grand, as usual with them some songs held my attention more than others. Really thought they would have made more use of the video screen behind them. A missed opportunity on the visuals front.

Biggest revelation of the night for me was discovering that A Place To Bury Strangers had played the Grand Social on Friday night and i knew nothing about it. Didn't see it mentioned anywhere. Dave Gahan's daughter Stella Rose was supporting them. I'm f#cking furious about it tbh!!! 🤬😥

What an incredible gig again tonight. Another deep dive from a very relaxed Costello. Tonight it ran to 2 and a half hours + Well worth the trip from Donegal 🛣️

Enjoy, anyone heading over the coming nights.

Don't know her but she looked **** cool tonight. Will definitely check her own stuff out.

She was out the back having a smoke with Eoin from Melts when I was heading off. I complimented them on their magnificence. Pôt Pot were also in the crowd for Melts, had a quick word with the guitarist, lovely fella. You don't get that stuff with the big gigs. People who don't go near the small venues really are missing out.

17 quid. You'd swear nights like that are from a bygone era when listening to some of the dynamic pricing commentary. They're happening practically every night in Dublin.

Not really, but the Hope Collective is pretty good. Yet even they miss some:

https://hopecollectiveireland.com/blogs/hope/gigs/upcoming-gigs/

Nialler9 blog also but it tends to be more a weekly thing rather than longterm listings afaik.

Replying to delbertgrady here!

The Dandy Warhols / The Black Angels in the Academy was a solid nights entertainment. Had the added bonus of a short Miranda Lee Richards support slot. Would've preferred her with a band as some of her solo material is decent, although i wouldn't be into all of it. Pleasant enough set anyway. The Black Angels played 70 minutes and took the honours for tonight imo. Seen them better and worse but they hit the sweet spot a few times. Dandys next up and, i dunno, it felt kind of flat. Mentioned something about not having their own equipment with them. I don't know if they meant everything or bits of it. It wasn't bad but they never really caught fire. Only 65 minutes from them and definitely one of their less impressive shows but like i say, it wasn't bad. They certainly had the crowd behind them. Zia still a fox and Courtney still has a punchable face!. Spotted a couple of Thumper boys in attendance up on the balcony taking notes.

The Go Team rocked the button factory last night. Really infectious energy from them all. The crowd was well up for it. A great balm to the terrible weather.

Lanegan tribute show going to be a suitably heavy end to a serious 'king year of live music.

I'm standing well back here but I went to the last night of Elvis Costello last night and I can only say it was truly awful. 2 of my party left their seats very early; I stayed until 20 mins from the end and could take no more.

It was billed as Elvis and Steve but at no point did I see mention that The Brodsky Quartet would be on stage and in a totally overwhelming fashion dominate about 75% of the material…

I've seen him a few times before with his full band and really enjoyed, he's one of my musical heroes and I'm well familiar with most of his material but why was a collaborator who featured on precisely 1 of his 20 odd past albums allowed so much prominence…ok bring them on for a couple of numbers maybe…in my view they ruined most of his great songs…

You get tickets? Would love to head to it