Brahms' Third Symphony is not a 'racket'

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

SYBIL FAWLTY may have witheringly dismissed Brahms' Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 as "that racket" when she heard Basil playing a tape of it in Fawlty Towers, but Galway is about to hear why it is anything but.

Interskalactic - new EP and Monroe's gig

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

INTERSKALACTIC, hailed as “the future of ska in Ireland” by The Late Late Show's Ryan Tubridy, have released their new, eponymously titled EP, and play Monroe's Live this week.

Frightened Rabbit vocalist for Nocturne

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

SCOTT HUTCHINSON, lead vocalist of the acclaimed Scottish indie band Frightened Rabbit, returns to Galway for a solo show, playing the Nocturne night at Loam restaurant.

The return of The Blizzards

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE BLIZZARDS, one of the most popular bands in Ireland of the noughties continue their comeback, with a new single, the appropriately titled 'Second Wind', and a gig at Monroe’s Live.

Mary Black - Town Hall concert

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

MARY BLACK, one of Ireland's finest and best loved singers, makes a welcome return to Galway this month, when she plays the Town Hall Theatre as part of her 2017 Irish Tour.

Easter weekend at HALO

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

CAFOLLA and Engel, the DJ and saxophone duo who have become firm live favourites at HALO, return to the Abbeygate Street venue as part it's Easter Weekend events.

Electric’s Easter line-up

Thu, Apr 13, 2017

THE EASTER weekend will be a full and busy one at Electric, with a host of DJs programmed across three rooms in the Abbeygate Street venue on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Album review: The Jesus and Mary Chain

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 06, 2017

COULD THERE be a more quintessential Jesus and Mary Chain lyric than, "To old to crucify, but too young for suicide", the opening line of 'Song For A Secret', from their first new album in almost 20 years.

And So I Watch You From Afar @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

IN ITS fusion of metal, jazz, indie, avant garde, and movie soundtracks, post-rock should be a fount of constant fresh ideas. Too often it can sound like a group of lands practising their guitar scales backed by jittery drumbeats.

JANAJ - debut EP, two gigs - including an all ages show

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

JANAJ, THE Galway based alt-rock band, are set to release their debut EP this month, and ahead of that play two all-ages shows - at Monroe's Live and at Citóg in the Róisín Dubh.

The Seven Last Words of Christ

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

THE SEVEN Last Words of Christ, Haydn’s celebrated work, exploring Christ’s anguish on the cross, and more broadly, on suffering and the human condition, will be performed in Galway this month.

Music For Galway's Good Friday Concert

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

POPULA MEUS - Oh My People - is the title of this year's Music for Galway concert of reflective music on Good Friday, which will a performance from the Collegium Chamber Choir in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

RobotRock - Live in HALO

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

ROBOTROCK, the party band/DJ, best known for live re-mixing and mashing up music by Daft Punk, Groove Armada, The Prodigy, and The Chemical Brothers, hit the dance floor of HALO tomorrow night from 11pm.

Leonard Cohen protege to play Galway this month

Wed, Apr 05, 2017

SHE SPENT time with the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa, worked with street children in Egypt, and with Tribal Elders of Wekweti, an isolated First Nation community in northern Canada, but she is best known as the late Leonard Cohen's protege.

ASIWYFA - 11 essential tracks

Essential Playlist Mon, Apr 03, 2017

IT IS not easy selecting the best music by the game-changing, visionary Antrim post-rock band And So I Watch You From Afar - almost everything from their last two albums alone would make up an essential list. However here's a broad taste of the Ulstermen's brilliance ahead of their upcoming Róisín Duibh show:

Damien Dempsey - hbound for Galway in June

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

DAMIEN DEMPSEY, deservedly described by The Guardian as "one of Ireland’s great singer-songwriters" and by The Daily Express as "one astonishingly gifted individual", returns to Galway this summer.

EP review: Field Trip

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 30, 2017

NEVER JUDGE a book by its cover, or an EP for that matter. The sleeve of Field Trip's Evening's Over gives the impression this will be five tracks of slacker-rock and odes to student burn-out after one Buckfast too many.

FEAST - from punk to 'space neo-prog'

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

POST-PUNK, "space neo-prog", and Galway punk/hardcore with a sense of divilment, are all on the cards when the next FEAST gig takes place at the Róisín Dubh this weekend.

Dusky to play Electric tonight

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

DUSKY, THE London based duo Nick Harriman and Alfie Granger-Howell, and leaders of underground British dance, play the Electric Garden & Theatre, tonight from 11pm.

Athenry Music School's Guitar Orchestra Festival

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

THE MUSIC of Mozart and Rihanna, along with John Cage's non-music 4’33, will be performed as part of the Athenry Music School's first Guitar Orchestra Festival, part of the school's 10th birthday celebrations.

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