NOISE/ROCK
A Place to Bury Strangers
The Workman's Club, Dublin 8pm €12, Also Wed, Belfast
theworkmansclub.com
New York-based A Place to Bury Strangers (APTBS) pride themselves on being louder than the average noise/space rock band, so as they deliver tracks off their album, Transfixiation, be sure to fend off tinnitus by inserting ear plugs. What's that you say? Sorry, I can't HEAR you!!
R&B
Nicki Minaj
3Arena, Dublin 8pm €70.45/€65.45/€44.05, Also Wed, Belfast
3Arena.ie
From flogging mixtapes to selling out arena shows in the space of 10 years isn’t bad business, but then they don’t come any more sussed or sassy than Onika Tanya Maraj. The downside? Sometimes her association with the more commercial aspects of being a branded R&B star (product endorsements, fragrance lines) overshadows the music. But them’s the beats and them’s the breaks in R&B, huh?
