Hey
I went last November for the day/night with the girls. I didnt really rate it to be honest, over priced and not anywhere really playing good music. We tried to do a bar crawl (in the pouring rain) and it was good but its mostly just pubs out there.
Our taxi driver told us we should have avoided Temple Bar area as its wayyyy too touristy but someone on here might be able to give you better information as to where to go.