ART
Reverse! Pugin
Lismore Castle Arts, St Carthage Hall, Lismore, Co Waterford Until Dec 6
Augustus Pugin put some of the Gothic into the remodeling of Lismore Castle. Sean Lynch nods to his contribution in a show exploring how environments are shaped by chance and design, friction and conflict. Skellig Michael of Star Wars fame, a proposed fake megalithic stone circle in Dublin, books made of rubbish scavenged on the streets – all feature in works by Fiona Marron, Sam Keogh, Michele Horrigan, film director Werner Herzog, stonemason Philip Quinn and more.
ELECTRONIC
Gary Numan
Cork Opera House 8pm €30 corkoperahouse.ie
Now looking towards his 60th birthday, Gary Numan is more at the top of his game than ever. From his early mainstream success with Tubeway Army (the still very odd Are 'Friends' Electric?) to influencing the likes of Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails (and in 2002 helping The Sugababes get to No 1 with Freak Like Me), Numan remains a steadfast practitioner of electronic music – loud, hard, serrated.
CLUB
Sense
Button Factory, Dublin 11pm €15/ €13 junglejunglejungle.com
If you like the sound of Jungle’s debut album from last year, you may well like what Josh Lloyd- Watson, Tom McFarland and sundry friends have to offer as DJs. Judging by the album’s superfried funk, disco, soul and feel-good pop grooves, we could be in for quite a blast as they visit Dublin for a Sunday night dance-off. Support from Kelly-Anne Byrne (Today FM’s The Beat Goes On) and Andy Clarke.
BEATS IN SPACE
Pgy Sundays
Pygmalion, Dublin 9.30pm €10/€5 beatsinspace.net
A welcome return to Dublin for Beats in Space, the weekly radio show. There are many reasons why so many tune into Tim Sweeney's broadcast on New York's WNYU, be it the calibre of guests he attracts (Steinski, James Murphy, Todd Terje, Joy Orbison, hundreds more) or his ability to join the dots between vintage and new sounds. Support from Decent Perks.
TECHNO-JAZZ
Music Network Tour: GoGo Penguin
Triskel, Cork 8pm €20/€18 musicnetwork.ie Also Tues, Dublin; Wed, Letterkenny; Thurs, Castlebar
Manchester piano trio GoGo Penguin are part of a new jazz generation who have grown up in the era of sequenced electronic grooves. Rather than fight them, this acoustic trio (recently seen on Later . . . with Jools Holland) embrace the urban sounds of influences Aphex Twin and Massive Attack, and fuse them with the improvisational approach of a traditional piano trio.
PARADE
The Shadow Lighter
Galway City 5.30pm Free Also Dublin, Monday
Macnas celebrate Samhain in fine shtyle in the wesht with its parade celebrating transformation, life, death and rebirth. Among those stalking the streets are Danu, a 15ft high shadow lighter mistress of old stories, magic and medicine, her wolf, and Danu’s Stilters, older and younger versions of the main attraction. The parade will also feature the Macnas Brass Ensemble and Youth Ballet West.
