Busy week of gigs in Dublin this week with the DEAF festival in full swing and current indie darlings Grizzly Bear playing the capital, but our highlights this week are the Album Launches of two hard working northside bands. Friends of the Site Blue Syndrome are launching their debut album this week with a night in The Village on Thursday and an all ages gig in Academy 2 on Friday. The other album launch is by a band we didn’t think would be producing a second album. Delorentos return from the brink will be complete this week with two nights in Whelans to celebrate the launch of their second album.

Other gigs this week…

Tues

The Ruby Sessions @ Doyles

Nighthawks @ Project Arts Centre

Handsome Furs @ The Academy

Box Social (EP Launch) @ The Button Factory

Clowns without Borders Fundraiser @ Whelans

Devon Sproule @ Crawdaddy

Weds

The Wailers @ The Olympia

Kate Walsh @ The Sugar Club

Blue Syndrome (Album Launch) @ The Village

Nick Kelly @ Upstairs in Whelans

Thurs

Biffy Clyro @ The Olympia

David Geraghty @ Odessa

Babylon Circus @ The Academy

Neon Stars @ The Button Factory

Ulrich Schnauss @ The Sugar Club

Indigo Girls @ Tripod

Delorentos (Album Launch) @ Whelans

Fri

Blue Syndrome (All Ages Album Launch)@ Academy 2

Delorentos @ Whelans

The Intern @ The Academy

Sean Miller @ Project Arts Centre

Rebecca Storm @ Vicar St.

Elton john @ The O2

Goldie @ ALT

Scan One @ The Twisted Pepper

Sat

Van Cleef @ Lower Deck

Dr Hook @ The Olympia

DEAF 2009 Closing Party @ The Good Bits

Kila @ The Purty Kitchen

Red Kid @ Upstairs in Whelans

Hope Sandoval @ Vicar St.

Mayer Hawthorne and The County @ Crawdaddy

Hardfloor @ The Twisted Pepper

Sun

CKY @ The Academy

Grizzly Bear @ Vicar St.

Kevin Doherty @ Whelans