And so after four albums and a couple EPs since they founded in 2007, Drunken Boat are putting an end to their adventure tonight at the Twisted Pepper. They've done some great stuff in their six-year career, perhaps the culmination of which was last year's excellent album Tie The Knots [Read more]
One of my favourite bands We Are Losers are doing a little tour of Ireland with the Wakefield group Runaround Kids. After meeting at Leeds Festival last year they decided they should do something together. Hence, almost a year later, We Are Losers and Runaround Kids have put together a [Read more]
The Twisted Pepper is celebrating Record Store Day Saturday 21st April with a great afternoon of live music in association with Elastic Witch starring Optimo , Girls Names , The Last Days Of 1984 , Simon Bird , Ships, Adult Rock and Skinny Wolves DJs . All of this will be at The Stage venue from 12pm to 6pm and entry is free. More details on the Twisted Pepper Facebook page. Also, see Tower Records Record Store Day live event details .
Irish Punk music history will be celebrated saturday 14th April at The Twisted Pepper . The event will consist of a documentary debut screening on Punk Rock in Ireland called Fuck Off And Die by Steve Murray in The Basement, but also gigs from local and non-local bands Irish Punk/Pop-Punk/Hardcore bands (Loose Nut, Pulled Apart, Crows, Stick Around, Boardwalk) as well as a photography exhibition of Old and New Punk scene figures, featuring work from Wally Cassidy, Anto Dillion, Seanie Cahill and others in the Café/Ground Floor. ' 35 F**king years of Punk ' starts at 6:30pm. [...]
Another quality MUD presentation, Warp's Rustie is bringing his maximilast attack to The Twisted Pepper on Friday night (March 30th.) Mud Present... Rustie (Warp, UK) MUD DJs Spectrum w/ DBR UK (Irish Debut) Synergy MC Steo Tickets are priced at €12 (€10 for members), doors at 10.30pm. We have some passes to giveaway, send you details to giveaway@state.ie and we'll be in touch.
Always good to see more rap acts hitting the country. Bodytonic announced this week they are bringing over Albanian New York rapper Action Bronson to the Twisted Pepper next month on March 23rd. Support comes from Lethal Dialect & Costello. Tickets from www.bodytonicmusic.com/store & www.ticketmaster.ie

*This is a test post from my iPhone. Here are some photos taken at Sir David Rodigan's gig in the Twisted Pepper on Halloween night, two weeks or so ago. What a night!
Summer festival dance tents are a fading memory at this stage but the sun’s been out this week so let off some steam. Promoters Pogo and We Are Electronic are joining forces tomorrow for a night at Dublin’s Twisted Pepper, bringing over two of Europe’s heavy hitters. German-based Polish pioneer Robert Babicz aka Rob Acid will be in the Basement playing an improvised live acid techno set with a backbone of warm melodies, blissed atmospherics and analogue bass, drawing on nearly two decades of experience in dance music. There’ll be plenty of hopping between [...]
Next Tuesday October 4th sees the opening of Dublin's newest music shop Elastic Witch in the the Twisted Pepper building on Abbey Street in Dublin. The building run by Bodytonic, Dublin's most ambitious club promoters has also housed a successful café called 3FE with some of the best coffee in Dublin city centre (3FE have expanded with a new branch on Grand Canal Street last month) and most recently, The Loft Bookshop . Alongside a new barbershop called The Boxcutter downstairs, Elastic Witch will open in the main stage part [...]
Head to Dublin's Twisted Pepper tomorrow night, Saturday 5th, and you will hear our own Nialler9 and last night's champion Loreana Rushe spinning tunes under the State Social umbrella - free in before 10.30 pm. Loreana will be playing a mix of personal favourites, lo-fi, electronic and be sure to expect some ’80s anthems while Nialler will be playing electronica, dubstep, alt-pop and the best of new tunes from his blog. Nialler9 mixtape - Flying Overseas by Nialler9

So this coming December 11th Discotekken & Pogo present Danny Wang & Space Dimension Controller in the Twisted Pepper. Admission is €8 ( presale ), €10 door, or ONLY €5 if you're wearing a christmas jumper! We're also running a competition to DESIGN A DANNY WANG CHRISTMAS JUMPER, the winner of which will win a double pass for the night. To enter, submit a jpeg to discotekken at gmail dot com or stick it on the Discotekken Facebook Page . The event page is HERE , and we're also running [...]

Here's I-F's set from the Discotekken birthday back in September. Can you fill in any of the gaps? Lots of big recognisable italo tunes I can't put a name to atm. I-F @ Discotekken, Bodytonic Podcast 1. Company B - Fascinated 2. Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk 3. 4. Kano - Ikeya Seki 5. Mr Flagio - Take A Chance 6. Skatt Bros / Bent Boys (not sure which version) - Walk The Night 7. Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Loud E Edit / Patrick Cowley mix?) 8. [...]
Dmx Krew rolls back into town to play the Twisted Pepper basement at Discotekken on Saturday week, Nov 13th. To add to that, Pogo have Francois K playing on the stage on the same night as part of the Twisted Pepper's 2nd birthday celebrations! If you fancy winning a double pass for the night, just answer this simple question: What is the name of EDMX's label? a] Batin b] Breakin c] Berlin Email answers to discotekken at gmail dot com with DMX COMP in the subject box. Winners [...]

Bingo is 21 year-old producer Frank Sweeney from Dublin who makes luscious tracks with nods to dubstep, garage and UK funky. His music recalls the likes of Mount Kimbie, James Blake and Burial. Frank is a resident MrJones in Twisted Pepper and is soon to launch a new twice monthly club called Float which will take place once a month in Twisted Pepper and once a month in Tripod. The launch nights take place on July 24th in the Mezz in Twisted Pepper and July 31st in Tripod. with a variety [...]
Grand Pocket Orchestra will be launching their new single 'Basketballs' in the Twisted Pepper on May 22nd before they depart on a European tour this summer. Special guests on the night will be Futures Apart and No Monsters Club. The band have also produced a rather gross video to accompany the single, which you can see right here: Related State Social #4 - Twinkranes interview Bodytonic & POGO 'Bring the Toys' for Children's Hospitals [...]
The State Social is back tonight for it's monthly outing at the Mezz in Twisted Pepper. This month we've got DJ Sets from Twinkranes and The Jimmy Cake, along with our own Christian Lorenz, Damien McGlynn and Loreana Rushe. Doors open at 11pm and entry is free. Twisted Pepper's famous 10 x €10 drinks offers will be available from the bar all night. Make sure to join the State Social's Facebook group to keep up to date! Related State Social #4 - Twinkranes interview [...]
State Social #4 takes place this Wednesday and the night will see Twinkranes take command of the decks for what is sure to be one of the more interesting DJ sets we've hosted so far. The past 12 months have been great for the band, which saw the release of their debut album Spektrum Theatre Snakes on the Twisted Nerve label to rave reviews. Early on a Monday morning they braved a list of pre-Social questions... What are you expecting from the State Social? The croop. What [...]
Well look who's coming to town to help me celebrate/commiserate my PhD viva on March 19th. Only mysterious dubstep-chiptune-ardkore-maske d-enigma Zomby, that's who! Why thanks Colin from IT, ahem, sorry, Zomby - you really didn't have to do this man and your gruesome secret is safe with me. It's an Analogue night, and the details are below... Analogue presents Zomby - March 19th Twisted Pepper, Abbey Street, Tix €10 or €8 if you get presale.
Ahead of his basement-rocking this Saturday in the Twisted Pepper, here are some of Ed's tunes and remixes from his soundcloud page. Edmx - Come To Me (Edit) Mic Murphy and Melle Mel - Electro Soul Satisfaction (Edmx Remix) Buy the latter here .