Music @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 29, 2010

FROM DOORS’ cover bands to original acts like Disconnect 4 and Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club, Monroe’s Live has plenty of good gigs to offer music fans over the coming weeks.

Album review: Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 29, 2010

TOMORROW sees the release of The Trees, The Sea in a Lunar Stream, the debut album by the Nottingham based, Galway duo, Phantom Dog Beneath The Moon.

The band - Aaron Hurley (vocals/guitar) and Scott McLaughlin (multi-instrumentalist) - have created an album that is haunting, ethereal, atmospheric, personal, and challenging.

Silent disco @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

THE SILENT Disco returns to the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 10.30pm with DJs Gugai and Graham Dolan going head to head.

Pick up your headphones on the way in and switch between the two DJs to see who is playing the songs you most want to dance to. If you need a break, take the headphones off and marvel at the bizarre spectacle of a room full of people dancing and singing different songs, even though no music is to be heard.

Jarlath Regan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

JARLATH REGAN, one of the most popular and successful new Irish comedians plays Comedy Comedy upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 8pm.

David Kitt @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

David Kitt (pictured), the Irish singer-songwriter who recently began working with Tindersticks, returns to the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 12 at 9pm. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

Warlords of Pez Hallowe’en Extravaganza @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 29, 2009

FROM DEEP galactic space, the Warlords of Pez are cybernetically advanced, sonically aggressive space aliens, whose music fuses deepspace death metal, low-light sex cabaret, and New Age electric bongo madness.

Silver Apples @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 06, 2009

BORN FROM the psychedelic US underground scene of the late 1960s, the Silver Apples were a duo whose experimental music helped pave the way for techno and indie rock.

Upcoming @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 30, 2009

THE GALWAY Arts Festival may be over for another year, but that does not mean great music is at an end in the city. The Róisín Dubh has, as always, an impressive line up of acts during August, September, and October.

Bring on the melodic indie @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 18, 2009

A NIGHT of music from highly promising Irish indie acts will take place in the Róisín Dubh on June 25 with Citizen, The Heritage Centre, Saving J, and Voodoo Fire in Haiti.

Ben Taylor @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 18, 2009

THE OFFSPRING of musicians often have a hard time in establishing their own musical identity if they choose to follow in their parents footsteps. One exception is Ben Taylor.

Reggae legend Horace Andy @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

HORACE ANDY is best known for his work with Massive Attack in the 1990s, but to reggae fans he is an icon, gifted with one of the most distinctive voices in reggae music.

Lisa Hannigan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 04, 2009

Singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan (pictured) will play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 9 at 8pm and Friday 10 at 8pm. Tickets are €23/21 and available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

Dark Room Notes @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 21, 2009

GALWAY/DUBLIN electronic-pop band Dark Room Notes play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday May 23 at 9pm and will play songs from their debut album, We Love You Dark Matter.

Anti-Pop Consortium @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 07, 2009

ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM, widely regarded as cutting edge innovators by b-boy purists, experimental electronic heads, and indie rockers, play the Róisín Dubh on Friday May 15 at 9pm.

Even if hip hop was not going through a very stale patch, Anti-Pop Consortium would still, and very easily, stand out as innovators. They have been praised for their stream-of consciousness lyrics, their ability to give seemingly unrelated word clusters hidden meaning, and their sonic backdrops that provide the perfect canvas for their lyrical paintings.

The Enemy @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

WHEN THE Enemy released their debut album We’ll Live And Die In These Towns in 2007, it went straight to Number 1 in the British albums chart.

Paul O’Reilly album launch @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 02, 2009

GALWAY BASED singer-songwriter Paul O’Reilly is set to release an album with The Hollows’ Greg O’Brien in the Róisín Dubh this weekend.

Ships Leaving is a split album featuring separate songs from both artists. There are five tracks from O’Reilly and five from O’Brien (who goes under the name At Last An Atlas when solo).

Rarely Seen Above Ground @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 19, 2009

RARELY SEEN Above Ground is quite unusual because he takes the entire notion of ‘the one man band’ into extreme and unusual places.

The Zombies @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Zombies mainmen Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone (pictured) play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday at 9pm. They will perform songs from The Zombies’ classic 1968 album Odessey & Oracle, Zombies’ hits like ‘She’s Not There’, Blunstone’s solo hits, classic songs by Rod’s 1970s band Argent, and material from the albums arising from the duo’s recent collaborations. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

Albert Niland @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

ALBERT NILAND, the Mountbellew born guitarist and songwriter, who shot to prominence with his cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’, plays the Róisín Dubh on Sunday at 9pm.

Paddy Casey @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 08, 2009

Paddy Casey (pictured) plays the Róisín Dubh on Friday January 23 at 8pm. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

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