Album review: Joan As Police Woman

Music Reviews Thu, May 23, 2019

A MAMMOTH 43 tracks, spanning 13 years, including two new recordings, as well as 10 tracks recorded for a BBC6 Music session, this is as expansive and exhaustive a Joan As Policewoman anthology as is possible.

Sackbuts, shawms, and curtails - The York Waits are back

Thu, May 23, 2019

THEY WILL be on the street, they will be in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, and at a dance workshop. They are The York Waits, the English Renaissance music group, and they are coming to the Galway Early Music Festival.

ABBAesque to play Loughrea

Thu, May 23, 2019

ABBAESQUE ARE on the go longer than the Swedish pop legends to whom they pay homage, but there is good reason for that. The world still loves ABBA, and ABBAesque are arguably the best ABBA tribute act.

Rodney Owl - new single, Galway gig

Thu, May 23, 2019

THE GALWAY singer-songwriter Rodney Owl is about to release his new single, '12 years', which will be available to download from Bandcamp on Tuesday May 28.

US choir to sing in Knocknacarra

Thu, May 23, 2019

THE BETHLEHEM Choir from Minneapolis will give a concert at the Saint John the Apostle church, Knocknacarra, on Sunday June 9 at 7pm, for what they promise will be "an experience of celebrating music, faith, and culture together".

A Different Thread - back to where it all began

Thu, May 16, 2019

THEY HAVE “a strong, new independent sound", according to Folk Radio UK; Rocking Magpie said they "don’t sound like any other band”; while Three Chords and the Truth called them “intriguing and fascinating”.

Slyrydes - new single, Galway show

Thu, May 16, 2019

AFTER TAKING the Irish indie-rock scene by storm with their debut release 'Mental Health', Galway's Slyrydes are back with new single 'Point Of View', and a show in the Róisín Dubh this month.

Sharon Carty's Suitcase Arias

Thu, May 16, 2019

TOURING MUSICIANS and singers are nothing new. There were the bards and wandering minstrels of mediaeval times, while in Ancient Greece, Homer and Sappho were the singer-songwriters of their day, performing across the Greek islands.

Natasha Kitty Katt to play 'Mitch Presents...'

Thu, May 16, 2019

NATASHA KITTY Katt, who has been lighting up dance floors across the globe with her energetic and eclectic brand of underground Disco, plays the 20th 'Mitch Presents...' show this weekend.

Bluesman Shawn James to play the Róisín

Thu, May 16, 2019

THE MISSISSIPPI Delta and the south side of Chicago, the land where the blues was born and the city where the blues went electric, can be be heard in the voice and the songs of Shawn James.

A soulful choral concert in St Nicholas'

Thu, May 16, 2019

STUDENT CHOIRSTERS from Pennsylvania are coming to Galway tomorrow to perform a special concert, entitled Soul Music, at St Nicholas Collegiate Church at 8pm, in aid of COPE.

Club GASS Eurovision night

Thu, May 16, 2019

IT'S EUROVISION weekend, the world's campiest, cheesiest, most ridiculous song contest - which is why we love it! So if you're a Eurovision fan Club GASS, Galway's LGBT+ clubnight is the place to be.

Album review: The National

Music Reviews Thu, May 16, 2019

THERE IS something familiar, and yet altogether different, about The National's eighth studio album. This is due partly to it being a film soundtrack, but mostly it is the presence of numerous female voices within this normally masculine environment.

Album review: Jobcentre Rejects

Music Reviews Thu, May 09, 2019

WHEN IRON Maiden released their self-titled debut album in 1980, it did something no one thought possible - it fused the still evolving metal genre with styles the previous three years declared sworn enemies - punk/post-punk with prog-rock.

HEALTH - machine gun riffage industrial tech-rock

Thu, May 09, 2019

HOW TO describe HEALTH? Rock Insider described them as playing "artfully crafted noise and raw synth, haunting monotone vocals, and drum skills that are borderline insane".

Mik Pyro to play first solo show in Galway

Thu, May 09, 2019

MIK PYRO is no stranger to Galway having played the city many times before as leader of The Republic Of Loose, but when he returns next week, it will be to play his first show as a solo artist.

Gráinne Cotter - new single, Galway gig

Thu, May 09, 2019

GRÁINNE COTTER, the Clare born, Galway based, multi-instrumentalist and singer, has released her new single, 'Shadows', and will play the Róisín Dubh as part of her current Irish tour.

French post-punk in Galway

Thu, May 09, 2019

LONELY WALK, the Bordeaux post-punk band whose music has drawn comparisons to Wire, Magazine, and Bauhaus, as well as John Carpenter's movie soundtracks play Galway tomorrow.

Elephant to play new Citóg night

Thu, May 09, 2019

ELEPHANT, THE stage name of Dundalk musician Shane Clarke, will play the next instalment of the new music nights run by Citóg Records.

Grandaddy's Jason Lytle to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 02, 2019

IN THE late 1990s and early 2000s, Grandaddy were one of the very few American indie/alternative rock bands who really, truly, mattered, and Jason Lytle was their principal singer and songwriter.

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