Gig announcements: Múm, No Age, Midlake and more.

Múm for Button Factory on 19th November

Giggedy giggedy. Ahem…

Time for a bit of a catch up on the gigs news front.

Múm to Dublin
With new record Smilewound on the way, Icelandic aural angels Múm will play Dublin’s Button Factory. This is very, very good news. The date is 19th November. The price is €17.50. Now listen to their whistle duet with Kylie. Yes. That Kylie.

Midlake and Villagers for Sligo Live
Having just wrapped up an Irish tour, Midlake have revealed a return to Ireland is on the cards pronto as the Denton, Texans confirm an appearance at Sligo Live alongside Villagers and Imelda May. More on Conor O’Brien and co. below. For further details on the October festival in Connacht visit www.sligolive.ie.

Villagers for Vicar Street
Following two sold-out shows in the Olympia back in March, Conor O’Brien and Villagers have announced a Christmas date in Vicar Street. Booked for 17th December, the gig will serve as a perfect finale to a year that has seen the Dublin band top the charts with {Awayland}, the follow-up to the Choice Music Prize-nominated Becoming A Jackal. Tickets are priced at €25 and go on sale from the usuals at 9am on Friday, 23rd August.

Myles Manley announces Irish tour
Sligo pop-prince Myles Manley  has unveiled a whole host of Irish dates to coincide with the release of Greatest Hits 2012-2013, a collection of Myles’ work released over the past 18 months including new single ‘Next Please’. For a full list of tour dates, including a stop-off in Stradbally next weekend and a Cork date in Coughlan’s, see below.

• Aug 27th – Kenny’s Bar, Lahinch, Co. Clare
• Aug 31st – Body & Soul Area, Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Co. Laois
• Sep 1st – De Barra’s, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
• Sep 5th – Roisin Dubh, Galway
• Sep 6th – McGarrigle’s, Sligo
• Sep 12th – Bourke’s Bar, Limerick
• Sep 14th – No Place Like Dome, Temple House Estate, Co. Sligo
• Sep 19th – Whelan’s (main room), Dublin
• Sep 20th – Coughlan’s, Cork
• Sep 27th – The Pavilion, Belfast

Mmoths for Cork and other places
Following a successful outing in The Pavilion last time ’round, Kildare electro wunderkind Jack Colleran aka Mmoths returns to Carey’s Lane for another night of ambient sonic slaloming. The dates in full:

• Oct 10th – Roisin Dubh, Galway
• Oct 19th – Dolan’s, Limerick
• Nov 1st – The Pavilion, Cork
• Nov 2nd – Button Factory, Dublin

No Age
Not only will Sub Pop punk pirates No Age play The Grand Social on 5th October but the L.A.-based twosome will also take time to visit Limerick with a second date scheduled for Bourke’s Bar on the very following night. I repeat. This is very good news.

– For further listings see the gig guide section