Super Silly - top class Irish r'n'b tonight

Thu, Apr 26, 2018

DO NOT be fooled by the name, there is nothing silly about Super Silly, the Dublin band who are fast become one of the key names in the emerging, fascinating, Irish urban music scene.

Ladies sing the blues

Thu, Apr 26, 2018

WOMEN ARE pivotal in the story of blues music, with Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Mamie Smith being among its earliest recorded exponents and first major stars, but they have been overshadowed by the men who came later.

Unblessed - Chilean extreme metal

Thu, Apr 26, 2018

UNBLESSED, ONE of the leading bands in the Chilean underground extreme metal scene, are about to unleash their ferocious black metal/death metal fusion on Galway.

New Valley Wolves - new EP and Monroe's gig

Thu, Apr 26, 2018

NEW VALLEY Wolves latest single 'Cut-Throat', the first from their new Gospel EP, went straight to #1 in the Irish Rock charts, and the band are coming to Galway as part of their latest tour.

Galway Youth Orchestra - concert and auditions

Thu, Apr 26, 2018

GALWAY YOUTH Orchestra, now in its 36th year, will hold auditions for new members next month, in St Mary’s College, St Mary’s Road.

A lunchtime Beethoven concert

Thu, Apr 26, 2018

THAT MONTY Python sketch, with John Cleese as Beethoven, all roars, shouts, irascible temper, and prone to shooting things, may have been closer to the truth than we realise.

Steven Sharpe - new single, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

STEVEN SHARPE writes about gay male sex with the kind of ribaldry and attention to salacious detail Prince and Snoop Dogg brought to their songs about straight male sexual adventures.

Album review: The Shacks

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 19, 2018

OVER THE last 10 years indie music has rediscovered and re-explored 1990s genres, but it is rare to see young musicians going back any further than that. Recently however, a new series of disparate bands - School Damage, Mermaidens, Starcrawler, and now The Shacks - have delved into different aspects of sixties and seventies rock, delivering fresh new presentations of those forms.

Guitar great Albert Lee to play Town Hall

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

ALBERT LEE boasts a career that is the envy of many musicians, having worked with numerous legends in rock and country, and becoming something of a legend in his own right.

Galway Loves Music #1

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

GALWAY LOVES Music is a new evening of discussion and performances in the Róisín Dubh, and a chance for musicians in Galway to meet local and national voices who will share their knowledge of how music works.

Olivia to spin the decks @ Electric

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

DJ OLIVIA, a key player in the Polish electronic music scene for more than a decade, returns to Galway to play the next Factory night at the Electric Garden and Theatre.

The Hot Sprockets @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

TAKE SOME good-time revolutionary spirit, add a pinch of psychedelic flavour, simmer with some indie-soul and seventies style rock, and you have the cosmic vibe of The Hot Sprockets.

State Lights set for Monroe's

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

"STYLISTICALLY PERCHED between classic U2 and The Killers, State Lights songs are made for radio." So said Golden Plec about the rising Irish band who are playing Monroe's Live.

NC Grey - a jazz show for Galway

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

NC GREY, the British-Nigerian jazz singer begins her British and Irish tour with a show in The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street, this weekend.

Jenny Greene and RTÉ Concert Orchestra return to festival Big Top

Wed, Apr 18, 2018

JENNY GREENE and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, which was the fastest selling music gig in Galway International Arts Festival’s 40-year history, have announced they will return to the 2018 festival.

Allman Brown to play Róísín Dubh

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

HE WAS BORN and brought up in Hong Kong; has lived in England since he was 11; and was inspired to write songs by Bon Iver's 'Flume'. Since then, Allman Brown has won notice for the single 'Sons and Daughters', and acclaim for his album 1000 Years.

Album review: Hinds

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 12, 2018

IT says something about the confidence of Hinds, that they come up with a riff most indie bands would have killed for to built a song around, but which the Spanish quartet are content to use merely as an interlude.

Fangclub's 'take no prisoners rock' @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

FANGCLUB'S SINGLE 'Bullethead' had critics salivating upon its release. "123 seconds blasting your skull with a bludgeoning grunge rock riff that'll make you want to hit repeat," said Nialler9, while Joe.ie declared it "just glorious".

Scythian return to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

THE SCYTHIANS were a group of Iranian people and Eurasian nomads who inhabited the western and central Eurasian steppes from the ninth to the first centuries BC. Scythian is also the name of a US roots-rock band.

Croí8 take One Step Closer with new album

Wed, Apr 11, 2018

AFTER A long hiatus, Galway folk-rock band Croí8 have released their new album, One Step Closer, the long awaited follow-up to their 2010 EP, Flying Through the Ash.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.