The Kilkennys - live @ OMG

Thu, May 07, 2015

FOLK BALLADEERS The Kilkennys will perform a live set at OMG Zhivago, Shop Street, on Friday May 15 at 12 noon.

Neev Kennedy launches new album

Thu, May 07, 2015

LOUGHREA SINGER-SONGWRITER Neev Kennedy has released her debut album From The Depths, which sees her returning to her folk roots after a number of years working in dance music.

Puzzle returns to The Cellar

Thu, May 07, 2015

DUBSTEP, GLITCH-hop, neuro funk, and drum’n’bass will be the order of the night when Puzzle returns to The Cellar Bar this Saturday from 9pm.

Ansome to DJ @ Factory

Thu, May 07, 2015

THE KINETIKA Clubnight celebrates its first birthday in Factory on Friday May 15 with a live set from English Techno aficionado Ansome.

Bows, curtseys, Beethoven, and ConTempo

Wed, May 06, 2015

IN GERMAN-speaking countries, Beethoven’s Quartet No 2 in G major, Op 18, No 2, is called the Komplimentier-Quartett, “the quartet of bows and curtseys” and Galway will hear why this weekend.

A new night for emerging songwriters

Tue, May 05, 2015

THE SONGWRITER’S Collective is the name of a new night which seeks to develop a strong knitted community of songwriters within Galway city, holds its first event downstairs in The Cellar Bar tomorrow [Wednesday May 6] from 9.30pm.

Race the Flux to launch new EP @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

“A GODZILLA-sized monster boasting melodies that could level a mountain,” say Hotpress; “Dynamic lifts and jumps give their sound a full-scale post-grunge feel”, according to The Last Mixtape; while The Irish Times says “they truly are ones to watch”.

Album review: Rose Windows

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 30, 2015

WHEN THE Seattle sextet unleashed their debut album The Sun Dogs in 2013, its audacity and wide scope was as much part of its appeal as the stunning music that lay within.

Freddie White to play Monroe’s in May

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

FREDDIE WHITE may live in Sydney these days, but the Cork singer-songwriter has never forgotten his roots, and is coming back to Ireland to play a nationwide tour.

The Italian underground comes to FEAST

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

THE DARLING of the Italian underground Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo, makes his first visit to Ireland with (r), a cocktail of introspective-ambient-noise and lyrical songwriting at the next FEAST night in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 9pm.

Donál Lunny to play Town Hall

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

DONÁL LUNNY, one of the pivotal figures in Irish folk and trad, will join forces with a fellow Irishman, and a Breton, for a concert of Celtic music.

Vinyl night in aid of Marriage Equality

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

DJS, MUSICIANS, and music journalists will spin favourite 7” vinyl records in the Róisín Dubh next week in support of gay marriage and in aid of the YesEquality campaign.

The Still Tide - new EP and Monroe’s Live gig

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

AMERICAN INDIE-rock band The Still Tide play Monroe’s Live on Thursday May 7 at 9pm as part of their international tour supporting their Half Empty Rooms EP.

Helena Hauff to DJ @ Factory

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

HELENA HAUFF, one of the most exciting emerging techno and electro DJs, makes her Galway debut at Factory, Abbeygate Street, this Sunday at 11pm.

SHAKE! is back - and coming to HALO

Thu, Apr 30, 2015

SHAKE! ONE of Galway’s most influential and best loved clubnights returns this Bank Holiday Weekend, when DJs Ray and Aran spin the decks in HALO this Saturday from 11pm.

Lucy Spraggan to play Róisín Dubh

Wed, Apr 29, 2015

LUCY SPRAGGAN may describe her music as ‘A-Flop’, but that self-deprecation is really another way of saying her songs fuse acoustic, folk, and hip hop.

Neil Young tribute @ Monroe’s Live

Mon, Apr 27, 2015

PSYCHEDELIC PILL, the acclaimed tribute band to Neil Young, are coming to Monroe’s Live this week, to perform a set by the great Canadian singer-songwriter that concentrates mostly on his classic period between 1968 and 1975.

Le Galaxie to launch new album in Galway

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

LE GALAXIE, the Dublin quartet, who have thrilled Galway dancefloors with their mix of exhilarating disco, funk, and indie-electro, launch their new album in the Róisín Dubh.

Walpurgis Night IV - unleash the metal

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

WALPURGIS NIGHT was a May Day’s eve festival when witches met and held revels with their gods to stir up trouble before the spring came. Sounds like a good night to hold a metal gig.

The Young Folk to play The Loft

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

THE YOUNG Folk, “one of the most promising young bands to come out of Ireland in several decades,” according to Maverick magazine, play The Loft (formerly Kelly’s) this Saturday.

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