Lee 'Scratch' Perry - reggae legend to play The Loft

Tue, Dec 01, 2015

VISIONARY, ECCENTRIC, legend - Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the man who produced the early music of Bob Marley and The Wailers, and an enormously influential and significant figure in reggae music in his own right, is coming to Galway.

Citóg - saving the best until last

Tue, Dec 01, 2015

THE FINAL round of Citóg gigs for 2015 really are a case of saving the bet until last, with a trio of events showcasing some of the best talent in indie, folk, hard rock, and singer-songwriter to emerge from, or be based in, County Galway.

Damien Dempsey announces two gigs for St Patrick's festivities

Mon, Nov 30, 2015

DAMIEN DEMPSEY, one of Ireland's greatest contemporary songwriters, has announced he will play two gigs in the Róisín Dubh in 2016 - Wednesday March 16 and Thursday 17, St Patrick's Day.

Girls Names announce Róisín Dubh show

Mon, Nov 30, 2015

GIRLS NAMES hail from Belfast but instead of describing themselves primarily as an Irish, Northern Irish, Ulster, or British band, they regarded themselves, first and foremost, as a European band.

Album review: Adele

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 26, 2015

ADELE DESCRIBED 21 as a "break-up album", but 25 as a "make-up album...making up with myself", but the fall-out from break-up still haunts many of these, often melancholy, songs of regret for what has happened, what has gone, and what can never return.

Delorentos - acoustic show at the Town Hall

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

DELORENTOS' HOME Again Acoustic Tour is billed as the Dublin quartet's most ambitious acoustic tour to date, promising special arrangements of songs from across their catalogue, with some special guests aiding and abetting the renditions.

Eoin Dolan - new single and upcoming gig

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

EOIN DOLAN, the Galway singer-songwriter whose music fuses folk, surf-rock, and melodic pop, launches his new single, 'Something Good', with a show in Bell, Book and Candle, The Small Crane, this Saturday at 2pm.

Lunchtime concerts to start December

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

DECEMBER WILL be ushered in to the sound of classical music, with two lunchtime concerts taking place in NUI Galway's Aula Maxima, early next week.

Aine Cahill - jazz and torch song @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

JUST 48 hours after performing her song 'Black Dahlia' on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, Cavan singer Aine Cahill saw it clock up 62,000 views on the Today FM Facebook page.

Punk, metal, and noise @ FEAST

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

SPANISH PUNK, alternative, noise band Betunizer will make their Irish debut when they play the next FEAST night, upstairs, at the Róisín Dubh, this Saturday at 9pm.

Sam Binga to DJ @ The Loft

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

ACCLAIMED PRODUCER and DJ Sam Binga will be hitting the decks in The Loft at Seven next Thursday [December 3], the first of two appearances by the Bristol native in Galway city that week.

Nirvana tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

NEGATIVE CREEPS, the Nirvana tribute band who take their name from the final song on side one of Nirvana's debut album Bleach, are coming to Monroe's.

Gin'n'Juice @ The Loft

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

TAKING THEIR name from one of the great songs on Snoop Dogg's classic debut Doggystyle, Gin'n'Juice hit the stage of The Loft at Seven this Saturday at 11pm.

110th Street Birthday bash

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THIS SATURDAY, 110th Street, one of Galway's leading clubnights, will celebrate its 17th birthday with a set in The Blue Note, from 8.30pm until late.

Listen to stream of debut EP by Galway 'supergroup' Cranky Face

Essential Playlist Tue, Nov 24, 2015

CRANKY FACE, the Galway group featuring guitarist Fuz Reilly (Boyfights), vocalist/guitarist Simon Noble (Spats Colombo, Mugger Dave), drummer Mosey Byrne (Rural Savage), and bassist/Citóg co-organiser Hob Junker, have released their debut EP, We Should Hate.

Titus Andronicus - 'selling out' in American punk style

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

ON THEIR website Titus Andronicus declare themselves to be "specialising in punk solutions since 2005", and now, 10 years into the game, they find themselves 'selling out'.

Album review: Ty Segall

Music Reviews Thu, Nov 19, 2015

ALTHOUGH HIS death is approaching its 40th anniversary, Marc Bolan's influence remains potent for musicians, not within the mainstream, which he dominated from 1971 to 1973, but within indie/alternative.

Anderson - 'the real deal' plays the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

SOME PEOPLE are honest about their influences, and make no bones of where their inspirations lay. Take Dublin singer-songwriter Anderson and his most recent single 'Cecilia's Sister'.

ConTempo - classical music's Fab Four

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

THE CONTEMPO Quartet have firmly established themselves as a Galway institution and one of Ireland's most popular classical groups, and as 2015 comes to a close they play two shows and have a new album.

British and Irish metal at The Cellar

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

THE BRITISH invented heavy metal, and the genre begun by Black Sabbath and taken in myriad directions by later acts, will be represented by very different British and Irish bands in The Cellar this Saturday.

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