This week is a quiet enough week, end of January, maybe MCD and Aiken were having the early 2010 blues, who knows, but thats not the worst thing when it comes to music sometimes instead of being overloaded with giant acts (The biggest this week is probably Vitalic) we have a little more focus on smaller acts who can get forgotten under a snow of international artists visiting the shores.

The week we have gigs like Craig Walker (and Sweet Jane) at Whelans, Donna Dunne at Whelans, Goat boy launching their EP and Lauren Guillery at Le Cirk, and all of those gigs were in the toss up for gig of the week, each will be intimate and exciting with acts who are pushing for deserved attention. This week however we have plump for Gemma Hayes in The Odessa Club.

Gemma Hayes was Nominated for Best Female Act at The Meteor Awards 2009 and Nominated for Best Solo Female at the Irish Music TV Awards. Her Song Chasing Dragons has received a hefty amount of  radio play over the last 2-3 months, She’s currently working on a new album so you might get tidbits of it at the gig if your lucky.

Also on this coming week is

Wednesday 27 January

. Adam Green @ Mandela Hall
. Adam Green @ Speakeasy Bar
. We Will Rock You @ The O2
. Nick Kelly @ Whelans €5

Thursday 28 January

. Craig Walker (Power of Dreams) w/ Sweet Jane @ Whelans
. Phil Vassar @ Upstairs Whelans
. Phil Vassar@Whelans
. Tubelord@Academy 2
. We Will Rock You @ The O2
. Lauren Guillery @ Le Cirk
. Gemma Hayes @ The Odessa Club – €10

Friday 29th January

. Vitalic (with Japanese Popstars DJ Set) @ The Academy – €33.60
. Tom Russell @ Crawdaddy – €15 – €20
. Lacuna Coyle w/ Dirty Little Rabbit @ The Academy – €28
. Mr Scruff (DJ) @ POD – €20
. Donna Dunne @ Whelans – €10
. Malcolm Middleton @ The Academy 2 – €16

Saturday 30th Janaury

. Stand @ Whelans – €15
. More Tiny Giants @ POD
. Talib Kweli @ POD
. Bocs Social @ Pravda
. Goat Boy (EP Launch) @ The Academy 2
. Gemma Hayes @ The Mill Theatre – €18/€15

Sunday 31st January

.Pendulum – Puck Fair @ JJ Smiths – €10/€8
.Lloyd Daniel @ The Academy – €28
.Machine Gun Baby @ Upstairs Whelans

Monday 1st February

. Jeromes Law @ Whelans

Tuesday 2nd February

. Marduk @ Whelans

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