May Gig Guide: SPRINTS, Mitski, Danny Brown & More
As evenings get a tad sunnier, it’s time to cleanse yourself of any remaining winter sadness with some great music. There’s a bit of a cathartic theme to this month’s gig guide, so get it all out before we’re knee-deep in summer.
SPRINTS
Venue: The Button Factory
Doors: 19:00
Tickets: €20.00, available here
Since the release of their album ‘Letter to Self’, it feels like SPRINTS have become the poster group for everything right with the Irish alternative music world. Coming off of a tour which saw them sell out New York, London, Paris and many more cities all over Europe, these two Dublin dates see the album tour come to a terrific end. If you miss them this time, you might catch them at Glastonbury.
Mitski
Venue: 3Arena
Doors: 19:00
Tickets: €54, available here
We don’t expect to see a dry eye in the crowd at this one. Mitski’s soft-spoken tone has a way of intertwining with your arteries and going straight to the heart. Her gloomy and cinematic aesthetic is worryingly addictive. Gonna catch this one then I’m done being sad for summer I swear.
Curtisy
Venue: The Workman’s Cellar
Doors: 20:00
Tickets: €15.00, available here
It’s Curtisy season. To celebrate his debut album, What Was The Question, dropping on 3 May, the unofficial Mayor of Jobstown is hosting rap purists in The Workman’s Cellar. With the recent singles scratching that itch for West Dublin goofy bars that have no right going as hard as they do, we’re looking forward to this one.
Faye Webster
Venue: The Button Factory
Doors: 20:00
Tickets: €20, available here
You could float on Faye Webster’s voice it’s that delicate. Lending her vocals to all facets of music, most recently collaborating with Lil Yachty as the only feature on her most recent project Underdressed at the Symphony. Who need therapy when you have Faye at The Button Factory?
Sign Crushes Motorist
Venue: Whelan’s
Doors: 20:00
Tickets: €16, available here
What is it with May and soul-crushingly sad music? This time it’s homegrown with an artist who has had one of the most impressive years in Irish music. If you have never heard of Sign Crushes Motorist, you almost definitely have and you didn’t know it. This man has TikTok in a chokehold and is basically the ambassador for the younger generation’s teenage angst.
Fizzy Orange
Venue: Dalymount Park
Doors: 19:00
Tickets: €20.00, available here
Nobody in Ireland invokes that vintage feel much like these boys. Their most recent visuals for their track CHOO CHOO took us on a surrealist DART ride down memory lane to the late ’60s. The lead single was a perfect precursor to their newest EP FIZZY ORANGE IN MONO. Immerse yourself in time gone by with their Dalymount gig this month.
Cosha
Venue: The Workman’s Cellar
Doors: 20:00
Tickets: €13.00, available here
Cosha’s connections to some of the biggest names in her sound run deep. Born in Indiana but made in Wicklow town, District recently sat down with her to talk through why her inbound project MurMurs matters so much in the metamorphosis from her former moniker Bonzai to a flourishing modern artist.
Danny Brown
Venue: The Academy
Doors: 19:00
Tickets: Sold Out
CHECK! We’re excited for this one. The black sheep of hip-hop and one of the most entertaining personalities in the game will touch down in Dublin for the first time in two albums at the end of the month. Truly nobody has lived a life or created a world much like Mr.Brown. Nowadays, sobriety has never went so hard.
