Near FM Episodes (2024-?)

Feb 9^th – Feb 16^th

• applications are now open for DCAF April (13^th-14^th)
• That Social Centre open day – Sunday (UPDATE: Sunday.....the 18th)
• - New weekly film night for Palestine in Newry showing films and documentaries relevant to the war. £5 in. Organized by IPSC Newry.

 

ZINE NEWS: Boots n’ Ballads zine released Feb 9^th. New issue of City of Culture out now!!!

Glasgow Zine Library are hiring. Applications close 22^nd Feb.

 

GIGS, ETC:

THURSDAY:

Album launch for Def Nettle in Whelan’s in Dublin, with the Nilz on support.

Peer Pleasure, Tone Deaf, JoeMaxi & Ratio play the Bello Bar at 8pm, so you can still make it after this is over!

 

FRIDAY:

Feb 9^th-11th: Earth First UK are having a “Winter Moot” in the Sumac Centre in Nottingham, England. A meetup for people interested in environmentalism, with workshops and discussions.

 

Cherym launch their album “Take It Or Leave It” in the Nerve Centre in Derry, Problem Patterns & Reevah on support.

 

Gig for Gaza in McHugh’s in Drogheda, organized by Drogheda Stands With Palestine. Tickets are 10 euro on the door,

with all proceeds to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Bands/Artists: Meitheal, The Stone Cold Hobo,

Modernlove., Apollo, Grand.

 

It’s a Dance To The Underground David Bowie festival special in Fibber Magee’s with music and drag on a Bowie theme. €7 in.

 

 888 Lunar New Year at Daylight Centre. Potluck, karaoke, music by Julia Louise Knifefist & DJing by Foro4, polyp, Red40 & Onecanchan.

 

SATURDAY:

Coscradh, Sepulcre and Hasturian Vigil will play in the Soundhouse in Dublin. Looks like a heavy/black metal gig.

 

Radical walk in Glasnevin w/ DJ Mooncup & Conor McCabe, ending with a screening in Daylight Centre.

 

Feb 15^th: Table Quiz for Gaza in Sarsfields Bar in Drogheda. All proceeds to Palestine Red Crescent Society. Raffle prizes on the night.

 

Feb 16^th-17th: Nouvelle Vague play Opium in Dublin.

 

Feb 16^th: Peer Pleasure play McHugh's in Drogheda with the Spudguns, Bad Mothers Union & George Division. Tix are €5.

Feb 16^th: Cemetery Sunday play the Cookstown Railway Bar at 8pm with Zeal Machine & Homegrown. Fiver on the door.

 

Feb 16^th: Shark School play upstairs in Whelan’s in Dublin with the Amniotics & Slightly Dishevelled on support.

 

Feb 16^th: Jobseekers, Nichts, String Cut Puppets and Hectic Bins play upstairs for free in Fibber Magee’s.

 

Feb 16^th: The Hold, No Hassle, Aliens in Caves and Alphidemp play Fred Zeppelin. Fiver on the door.

 

Feb 16^th: Cherym release their album “Take It Or Leave It”

 

Feb 17^th: Daylight AGM at Daylight in Glasnevin, open to Daylight members only. Committee & constitutional election. Remote access provided. W/ Djing by Lúnasa Belaqua. Election submissions due February 9^th

 

Feb 18^th: The Rezillos play the Grand Social in Dublin, with Aoife Destruction and the Nilz on support.

 

Feb 18^th: Gaza Fundraiser at the Redeemer pub in Belfast. Talks, documentary screening, and food from Belfast Food Not Bombs. Tenner for adults, kids get in free. All proceeds to the Iqraa Mosque campaign for Gaza.

 

Feb 18^th: Dublin Overdose Prevention and Education are running a free naloxone workshop for drug users. DM them on instagram for a spot.

 

Feb 23^rd: New Peer Pleasure Single!!! It's going to be called "Rest In Bits".

MÍLE BUÍOCHAS LE:

1^st-8^th of Feb

Photographer Al Scribbly, a former guest on PUNC and the unofficial photographer at the Dublin Punk Picnic, is doing a project for college. He’s looking for Irish punk bands to photograph. If that sounds like you, contact Al via instagram @ scribb.ly, or email me & I’ll pass on the word.

Low key is an artist studying at NCAD. They’re raising money to produce a stuffed toy of a crow. When they raise enough money, you’ll be able to buy the toy crow. I have seen pictures but have not handled the crow. I would describe it as blue. If you would like to buy a stuffed toy crow, you can give them 35 euro on ko-fi.com/lowkeyartist.

United Against Racism will be organizing a counterprotest on the 5^th of February in Dublin due to reports of an anti-refugee protest. Counterprotesters will meet at the Spire at 1pm.

ZINE NEWS:

Good Day are a Cork based website & they’re setting up what I would call a pro zine. The are looking for prose, poetry and art from Irish writers & artists. You can be published, unpublished, amateur, professional – it’s all good so long as you’re over 18. They particularly want to hear from people who haven’t been heard or have to fight to be heard, including queer people, travellers, disabled people and Irish people of colour. You don’t even have to be from Cork. For further details, see their website, gooddaycork.com.

Touch Excellent the band have a couple of zines which they are selling online on etsy. They are Who is Touch Excellent?, A Touch in Time and Touch Excellent Industry. You can buy all three for three euro plus postage on etsy, where the band are Touch Excellent Band. Or just go to Etsy's Dublin office (they used to be just off Capel Street) and ask at the reception for the zines. That'll definitely work.

Boots N' Ballads is a new Irish Oi! & punk zine. The first issue will be out on the 9^th of February. For further information, see the instagram account @ bootsandballads.

GIGS ETC:

THURSDAY:

Pabloved, Softdrink Millionaire & northsider punks A Dead Human will be playing at the Ol’55 pub in Galway city. Six euro on the door.

Right after this show is over, some of ye should head over to Outhouse on Capel Street, because Small Trans Library – Leabharlann Beag Trasinscneach? - are making St Brigid’s crosses there at 7pm. Wear a mask, le do thoil.

FRIDAY:

Feb 2^nd – 6^th: FESTIVAL: Féile na mBan in Bundoran. A festival of women with a mixture of free and paid events, including film screenings, talks by historians, and gigs. Among the gigs are two bands that the punks might be interested in, Shark School and Dea Matrona. For details and tickets, see the festival website, feilenamban.ie. That’s f e i l e....

Vselvelod Plotkin, Big Tears & Vulture Fun play Daylight in Glasnevin. It says here “Fiver in” and “Be Nice”. Gig starts at 8pm.

Conflict play the Grand Social in Dublin with Paranoid Visions and Coathanger Solution on support. €21.

SATURDAY:

Slí Eile will be holding a meeting at Django’s Hotel in Cloughjordan to plan this year’s Climate Camp. Email slieile@riseup.ie for more information.

Shut Up And Read in Paperclips bookshop in Belfast. From 5 till 7, silent reading with tea and coffee provided.

Arcadian Shadows, Peer Pleasure, Jobseekers and A Dead Human play Workmans

Drug Church play the Grand Social with Fulvetta and Meryl Streek on support.

Bat’s Womb goth clubnight at Workman’s.

SUNDAY:

Ghostwoman play Workman’s Cellar in Dublin.

TUESDAY:

Baest play the Grand Social in Dublin.

WEDNESDAY:

Feb 7th, 8^th, 9^th: A showcase of experimental electronic music from Cork tours England. Declan Synott, Rising Damp, Gadget and the Cloud and Eamon Ivri play dates in London, Leeds and Glasgow (in that order).

The Sex Workers Association of Ireland is having a banner-making meetup in Paperclips Bookshop in Belfast.

The Glasshouse Ensemble present a concert of music by David Bowie and the Velvet Underground in Whelan’s, as part of the Dublin Bowie Festival.

FRIDAY:

Album launch for Def Nettle in Whelan’s in Dublin, with the Nilz on support.

Peer Pleasure, Tone Deaf, Joe Maxi and Ratios play the Bello Bar in Dublin. Tenner online or fifteen euro on the door. Doors at 8pm.

MÍLE BUÍOCHAS LE:

* NIAMH CITY & EMMY CULTURE * JAYE & ALAN & THE CREW AT NEAR FM * ROB "THE ELECTRIC WAVE" GARVEY * ST BRIGID *

CONDOLENCES TO:

* GAVIN PLASTERPIG, WHO WANTED ME TO PLAY "TELEVISION ADDICT" BY THE VICTIMS * BEARS IN SWEDEN, WHO WANTED ME TO PLAY "THE SOUND OF CONFUSION" BY BEARS IN SWEDEN * THE FRUSTRATED MOTORISTS OF NORTH DUBLIN, WHO WATCHED ME WOBBLE IN & OUT OF THE CYCLE LANE ALONG COOLOCK DRIVE *

25th Jan -1st Feb

Gav has mysteriously disappeared, and Plasterpig have broken up. But my informants tell me that a posthumous Plasterpig album may be coming sometime soon....

Applications for table at the Glasgow Zine Fest’s zine fair are open until the 31^st of January. Glasgow Zine Library dot com has the details.

GIGS, ETC:

FRIDAY:

Peer Pleasure, Spit, Marrowbone and No Hassle play Anseo in Dublin. Tickets are a tenner on the door.

The Making A Scene drag night has its debut in Fred Zeppelin’s in Cork city. Going forward this will be a regular night at Fred’s on the last Friday of the month for punk, goth and emo, “alternative” drag night. Drag Queens, Kings and Things performing this Friday include Richard Joke, Corpse Rhyde, Heist Homicide, Abra Kedavre, Angel Reign, Billie Mystique, Noire Cauchemar and organizer Boo Boo Oopsie. Any Cork punks interested in doing a bit of drag should get in touch via instagram or talk to Boo Boo.

SATURDAY:

Metal To The Masses continues, with Lugosi, Oíche Fuar, Sica, Stanton’s Grave and some other band whose logo I can’t read playing upstairs in Fibber’s for free.

Heavy metallers Morbid Romance, Sacrilegia and Incessant play Dolan’s Kasbah in Limerick.

The ‘Our Hearts For Gaza’ art showcase is being held at the Temple Bar gallery as a fundraiser for Islamic Relief Ireland’s Palestine Emergency Appeal. The artists involved will show art that responds to the Israeli government’s ongoing occupation of Palestine. Entry is 15 euro or whatever you can afford on the door. Prints of some pieces will also be on sale.

Also on the 27^th, A4 Sounds and Dublin For Gaza are hosting a very interesting sounding evening of documentaries and discussion about Irish and Palestinian solidarity. It’s called Oranges and Watermelons and it’ll be on in the A4 Sounds building on St Joseph’s Parade, near Blessington Street. A4sounds.org has all the details.

SUNDAY:

28^th: Bohemia Flea Market will be on in Phibsborough, it’s a covered market so don’t worry about the cold. Brian Brand New Retro will be DJing throughout.

TUESDAY:

Jeff Rosenstock plays the Button Factory in Dublin with Shit Present on support.

Belfast Comics Jam, upstairs in the American Bar.

WEDNESDAY:

Jeff Rosenstock plays the Ulster Sports Club in Belfast.

THURSDAY:

February 1^st: Pabloved, Softdrink Millionaire & local legends A Dead Human will be playing at the Ol’55 pub in Galway city. Six euro on the door. A Dead Human stated on instagram that Galways fans should, quote, “park the john deere in Eyre Square” because, quote, “ADH are coming to blow the culchie head off ye”.

FRIDAY:

Vulture Fun, Vsevolod, Slightly Dishevelled & Leon Henry, Daylight Centre (D11). Fiver on the door, 18s and up only, bring your own energy drinks. And if you don’t know where the Daylight Centre is, hit them up at daylightglasnevin @ gmail dot com. They’re daylightglasnevin on instagram as well.