MAVERICK
Marc Almond
National Concert Hall Dublin 8pm €50/€45/€40 nch.ie
Even in the early 1980s, as a member of the duo Soft Cell, Marc Almond was a charming maverick. He returns to Dublin to plug his latest album, The Velvet Trail, but he'll also be performing several Soft Cell songs that started his audacious life in music. Will we get to hear Sex Dwarf in the august environs of the National Concert Hall? We can but wish.
TRAD
Laoise Kelly and Tola Custy
Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, Galway 8.30pm €12/€6 araseanna.ie
Harp and fiddle, played on the island of Inis Óirr on a bank holiday weekend: it doesn’t get much better than that, when it comes to sampling the tradition. This venue lures a rich mix of musicians throughout the summer, but this duo promise to bring something very special. Kelly’s intricate style pays close attention to every detail, while Custy’s fiddle is a languid, loose-limbed creature that creates the finest of shapes around his chosen tunes. Definitely an encouter worth witnessing.
CLUB
Out To Lunch
Bar Tengu Dublin 10pm €15/€10/€5 yamamori.ie
The irregular night for Dublin city’s discerning underground electronic music fiends looks to New York for this outing. Veronica Vasicka has many irons in the fire, from photography to music. The founder of the Minimal Wave label – and one of the leading lights in East Village Radio – Vasicka will be dishing up a rub of cold wave, post-punk and minimal synth sounds. Support from fellow Big Apple dweller Willie Burns, the dude behind a rake of smashing tunes for Rush House, L.I.E.S, Crème Organisation and his own W.T. set-up, Lumigraph (live), Ellll (live) and Mariah Black.
