New clubnight @ Factory

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

A NEW clubnight starts in Factory, Abbeygate Street, tomorrow. Given it is a collaboration between Bap to the Future and 110th Street, it promises to be exciting.

Jammin’ in The Cellar

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

GALWAY MUSICIANS and singers seeking to jam with others, forge alliances, collaborate, and explore ideas should check outma new night in The Cellar.

Funk, Soul & Reggae at Massimo

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

Vinyl junkie Dave Barry will be spinning funk, soul, reggae, jump blues, latin boogaloo, disco and more tomorrow night in Massimo all on vinyl. Admission is free. Dave will be returning to Massimo on Sunday for his weekly vinyl chill out session ‘Sunday Service’ from 1 to 3pm while the award winning EAT restaurant supply the food.

Rainy but Funky soundsystem at Arus na nGael

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

DJ Ben will be breaking out the funky beats tomorrow night for the first Arus yard party of the summer. Weather will not be an issue as Will Softly and Slick Normal will be laying down the soundtrack indoors. Free before 10pm €4 after.

The Wood Burning Savages @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

“JUST HAD my head blown off by the awesome Wood Burning Savages. Recordings to date don't even begin to convey their live firepower.”

Music To Ease The Pain

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

MUSIC TO Ease The Pain is the title of a fundraising gig which will be held in Padraig’s Place, New Dock Road, at 9pm this Saturday.

The night will feature The Bluebirds; You, Me, & Clementine; Peter Kelehan; and Grounds For Invasion, and will raise funds for Chronic Pain Ireland and The Journey in Chronic Pain Project. All are welcome.

The National - six essential songs playlist

Essential Playlist Tue, Jun 03, 2014

THE NATIONAL, who play the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top on Wednesday July 16, are one of the few groups, if not the only group, of whom it can truly be said, ‘I prefer the later stuff’.

Seán Tyrrell to release new album

Thu, May 29, 2014

‘GALWAY BAY’, ‘Come Back Paddy Reilly’, ‘The Mountains Of Mourne’, and ‘The Star Of The County Down’, are some of the best known songs in the Irish repertoire.

Last Friday Club @ Monroe’s

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE LAST Friday Club in Monroe’s Backstage Bar, the clubnight for anyone over 30, returns on Friday May 30.

The club features music from the 1970s to today and is organised by Emer Hennelly, Monroe’s Live, and DJ Jon Richards. Admission is €10 or half price for anyone who wears sixties, seventies, or eighties fancy dress.

Richmond Fontaine/The Decemberists members to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 29, 2014

WILLY VLAUTIN of The Richmond Fontaine and Jenny Conlee of The Decemberists have joined forces as The Delines, whose Irish tour next month takes in Galway.

Celtic reggae fusion @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, May 29, 2014

REGGAE, SKA, Irish trad, Latin music, American and Eastern European music, and Gaeilge collide in spectacular fashion in Belfast band Bréag.

Ultan Conlon - new single and Galway gig

Thu, May 29, 2014

‘IN THE Mad’, the second single from Ultan Conlon’s second album Songs Of Love So Cruel is to be released tomorrow as a download.

The Voice/Pop Idol vocal coach comes to Galway

Thu, May 29, 2014

JOSHUA ALAMU, the London based vocal coach, who has appeared on BBC’s The Voice and ITV’s Pop Idol, and who has worked with West Life and Joss Stone, is coming to Galway.

Joshua Alamu is coming to the Connacht Hotel to give his Intensive Style and Performance Workshop on Saturday June 7 and Sunday 8 from 10am to 4pm.

ConTempo’s ‘Musical Exhibits’

Thu, May 29, 2014

THE CONTEMPO Quartet and saxophonist Gavin Brennan are joining forces to present a family concert of classical music in the Galway City Museum.

Album review - Sharon Van Etten

Music Reviews Thu, May 29, 2014

Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
SHARON VAN Etten’s world is of dark, late night confessionals of heartbreak, unrequited love, failing relationships, relationships that should have worked, and yearning for better times that may never arrive.

Album review: La Sera

Music Reviews Thu, May 29, 2014

La Sera - Hour Of The Dawn (Hardly Art)
“I WANTED the new La Sera record to sound like Lesley Gore fronting Black Flag. I didn’t want it to be another record of me sad, alone in my room.”