On the bill for next Thursday's Club NME gig at the Button Factory (August 14) are the Hot Sprockets, Kill City Defectors and Distractors.

Expect one heck of a show, with two of the three acts – the Sprockets and Distractors – impressing industry types enough to make it in to this year's Hard Working Class Heroes festival.

The Kill City Defectors, meanwhile, will be gearing up for Carlow's Solas Festival on August 16, following a storming gig at Oxegen last month.

As far as the Club NME gigs go, tonight's (August 7) line-up is impressively quirky, featuring as it does UK hip-hop artist Lethal Bizzle, with support from Dublin indie-pop foursome Grand Pocket Orchestra.

The week after next, then, features thecocknbullkid, a Futureheads DJ set and local electro hero Robotnik.

Tickets for all shows are €8, or €5 after 11.30pm.