Oh come on! this is just ridiculous! The start of the year is supposed to be a quiet time for gigs, but the tail end of January and February have got some promising shows lined up that are hard to ignore.

• Jan 18th – Surgeon - Wax – €12
• Jan 19th – Enduser - Underground, Kennedys (Kaboogie) – €10
• Jan 20th – Herv and more – The Lower Deck, Portobello- €6
• Jan 26th – Green Velvet – TBMC – €25
• Jan 27th – James Holden – Pogo @ Crawdaddy – €15
• Jan 27th – Messiah J and the Expert – Whelans – €12
• Jan 31st – Psapp – Whelans – €TBC
• Feb 2nd – Channel One w/ Butterfly Explosion & Sickboy – TBMC – €7
• Feb 3rd – CSS / The Klaxons / Sunshine Underground – Ambassador – Sold Out
• Feb 3rd - The Decemberists – Vicar Street – €22.65
• Feb 7th – 65daysofstatic- Crawdaddy – €13
• Feb 9th – Ratatat - Whelans- €16.45
• Feb 13th – ..Trail of the Dead – TBMC- €20
• Feb 16th – Ellen Allien – TBMC – €25
• Feb 16th – Drumcorps – Kennedys – €TBC
• Feb 16th – Bloc Party – Ambassador – Sold out
• Feb 18th – Junior Boys – Whelans- €17.50
• Feb 22nd – Charlotte Hatherley – Crawdaddy – €17.50
• Feb 23rd – Fujiya & Miyagi – Crawdaddy – €15
• Feb 24th – Ann Scott- TBMC – €TBC
• Feb 23rd – Tilly and the Wall – The Village – €17.50
• Feb 27th – The Hold Steady – TBMC – €TBC
• Feb 28th – Choice Music Prize (live performances from artists nominated) – Vicar Street – €25
• Feb 28th – Au Revoir Simone – Whelans- €15.50

Grr! I was planning on taking it easy during February ;)