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Ider and Emotional Education is their 2019 debut album. It’s full of millennial teen angst eagerly seeking out that Taylor Swift sweet spot. And they almost nail it. It’s catchy as fuck. Ider are ‘Busy Being a Rockstar’ and ‘Clinging to the Weekend’ in their suave synth pop way. This is the last date on their US/European tour so there might be a sleepover. If so, get ready for pillow talk, take selfies for the ‘gram and bring your best onesie to this occasion. If you miss these gals, check out Lennon Stella in the Olympia on Wednesday February 26. Sound House, Tuesday February 11, €15 GIG Beak> Beak> is an English electronic music band, consisting of Geoff Barrow (of Portishead) with Billy Fuller (Robert Plant) and Will Young (Moon Gangs). From doom to krautrock, noise to poignant soundtrack and most recently embracing dance on their latest EP, Life Goes On, Beak> is freedom without constraint. They have released all three of their albums on Invada Records which Barrow co-owns and have self-produced them too. D.I.Y. Music for people who like music. The Button Factory, Thursday February 6, €22 exhibition Home made Home The works by Sharon Ramsey, Carrie Anne Channon and Ella Bertilisson in this exhibition reference home turf, paths well trodden, no-man’s land, and the domestic home. Interior and exterior are confused and the psychological and social aspects of location and spaces are foregrounded. The artworks address intersecting yet dissonant concerns around generation, memory, belonging and alienation. Through disparate approaches, each of the artists interrogate a persistent yet elusive idealisation of home as a permanent, inhabitable place and state. The Mart Gallery, Rathmines, until Thursday February 20 theatre Mamafesta Memorialising “My mum has senile dementia. I made my last piece about her. But it wasn’t enough. I still have more to do and more to say. I’m worried that what’s happening to her will happen to me. So, this piece is a memory exercise for three male dancers. All pushing to see how much abstract information our bodies can retain. The title comes from a line from the Irish writer James Joyce’s epic novel Finnegan’s Wake. It references a letter (or manifesto) written by Annalivia Plurabelle. Annalivia represents the archetypal female character in this extremely complex masterpiece and, though she may not be a classic heroine, she is very definitely all essence. It is this essence or shifting between past present and future that reminds me of the fragility of our own identity. If we are more than the sum of our parts, what’s left as some of those parts disappear? Who are we when it’s all gone? In this work it’s my own demons I’m dealing with. My need to tell my stories. To not forget or be forgotten.” – Philip Connaughton Project Arts Centre, February 19-22, €16-€18 90