WHAT’S ON
Guitarist and singer-songwriter,
Matthew E White who has played with Sharon Van Etten and Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) among others will display his famed fretwork in Cyprus Avenue, Cork, this evening. The phenomenal success of Kildare duo Picture This is down to constant hard work and that commitment is rewarded with two sell-out shows this week in the 3Arena on Tuesday and Wednesday. They are also in the INEC Killarney on Friday. You can catch Berkshire rockers The
Amazons in Whelans in Dublin on Wednesday with support coming from this column’s favourite new Irish band TOUTS. Shock rock veteran Alice Cooper brings his camp horror spectacle to Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday for what promises to be a memorable show. Garage punk greats The Flaming
Stars will give Dublin’s Thomas House a shaking on Friday. Slightly more sedate fare will be on offer at the Ballymaloe Grainstore on Friday when the wondrous Martin Hayes &
Dennis Cahill take to the stage of the east Cork venue. Jake
Carter is attempting to follow in his brother Nathan’s footsteps. You can see how he measures up in Monroe’s of Galway on Friday night. In Galway city on Saturday night, Jake Bugg plays a comparatively intimate show in the Black Box. Daithí’s talent on the violin verges on virtuoso level but it is what he adds in terms of beats and samples that makes his shows almost unique. Go to Central Arts Waterford on Saturday night. A rare show by seminal Dublin post-rock legends God Is An
Astronaut is perhaps the mustsee gig this week. They play The Button Factory on Saturday night.