Album review: Parquet Courts

Music Reviews Thu, May 17, 2018

PARQUET COURTS have been making excellent albums for some time now, but Wide Awake! is the one where they finally step out from under the shadows of Pavement and The Velvet Underground.

Coilguns - Swiss metal/hardcore for FEAST

Thu, May 17, 2018

COILGUNS, standard bearers of the 2.0 DIY metal/hardcore scene since 2011, when they accidentally formed with the purpose of playing fast and simple music, make their third visit to Ireland this weekend.

Baile an Salsa late show @ Monroe's

Thu, May 17, 2018

BAILE AN SALSA, the great Galway-based international band, who fuse Latin American music and Irish folk and trad, will play a late show at Monroe's next weekend.

City and county concerts from ConTempo

Thu, May 17, 2018

A CONCERT in the county, and the final show in the 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music series, await the ConTempo String Quartet next week, and all the upcoming shows are free.

Charity night to help local man with heart condition

Thu, May 17, 2018

A NIGHT of music to raise funds for local man Brendan Doran to undergo stem cell therapy, will take place in the Galway Rowing Club, tomorrow from 8pm.

Whiplash - Metallica tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, May 17, 2018

WHIPLASH, the Galway based Metallica tribute act, play Monroe's next week, and can be expected to deliver a thrilling set drawn from the LA band's classic 1983 - 1991 era.

Gospel Rising Music Festival 2018

Thu, May 10, 2018

THE NINTH annual Gospel Rising Music Festival – Ireland's biggest gospel music and choral festival – returns to Galway this month, with choirs from across Ireland, and beyond, performing throughout the city.

Album review: Beach House

Music Reviews Thu, May 10, 2018

BEACH HOUSE have become a strong argument that dream-pop, and more specifically, shoegaze, should not be considered as just eighties/nineties genres which newer bands revive, but as a living form of music, still ripe for exploration.

Jealous Of The Birds to play Róísín Dubh

Thu, May 10, 2018

HER SONGS have "a bedroom lo-fi acoustic folk feel...albeit with an advanced skill for creating an atmosphere through arrangement and tone” according to Nialler9, while BBC Radio Ulster's Stuart Bailie said, "Behold, a hummingbird."

Trad on the Prom is back

Thu, May 10, 2018

"IF YOU ever thought Irish music and dancing weren’t sexy and cool, go - and be converted." So said The Irish Times about Trad On The Prom, the Galway based Irish music, song, and dance show, which returns next week.

A night of Irish trad at the Town Hall

Thu, May 10, 2018

THE TURBULENT, inspirational, and ever-evolving journey of Irish music, will be performed by 16 traditional musicians, in the Town Hall Theatre tomorrow night.

Punk and ska from the north of England

Thu, May 10, 2018

DIY DUB-punk and ska from the north of England, and a one man acoustic comedic whirlwind, will be in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh, next week.

Seattle Grunge Experience comes to Monroe's

Thu, May 10, 2018

NIRVANA, SOUNDGARDEN, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains - the Holy Quartet of Grunge and late 1980s/early 1990s sound of the Pacific Northwest, will be recreated in Monroe’s Live.

Album review: Liz Phair

Music Reviews Thu, May 03, 2018

IF MOST people found Madonna's 1992 album Erotica shocking, there was no way in 1993 the largely sexless world of indie/alternative rock was going to be able to handle Liz Phair's debut, Exile In Guyville.

Patrick Bergin to launch Galway Sessions Festival 2018

Thu, May 03, 2018

ANDY IRVINE, John and Pip Murphy, and the actor Patrick Bergin, are heading west for the 2018 Galway Sessions Festival, the city's annual celebration of traditional, folk, and roots music.

Jinx Lennon - new album, Róisín gig

Thu, May 03, 2018

JINX LENNON, the agit-punk, performance poet, singer-songwriter is back, and as confrontational and challenging as ever, with his new album, Grow A Pair, and a show at the Róisín Dubh.

The Mouse Outfit - new album, Monroe's gig

Thu, May 03, 2018

TOMORROW SEES the launch of Jagged Tooth Crook, the new album by Manchester hip hop production team The Mouse Outfit, and later this month they play Monroe's Live.

Mary Black plays Town Hall this weekend

Thu, May 03, 2018

MARY BLACK makes a welcome return to Galway and will play the city's Town Hall Theatre this Saturday, May 5, at 8pm, singing the songs of Jimmy McCarthy.

Repeal the Eighth Indie disco

Thu, May 03, 2018

THE REPEAL Session, an indie disco in support of the campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment, will take place in the Galway Rowing Club, Woodquay.

Album review: Kacy & Clayton

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 26, 2018

THIS IS a new album, but the cover instantly declares that in Kacy Anderson and Clayton Linthicum's world, every day is somewhere between 1965 and 1972, an impression confirmed and copper-fastened by the music within.

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