'Hard Rock Hallelujah' - Lordi to play Monroe's Live

Mon, Jul 11, 2016

LORDI, THE Finnish heavy metal band who won the Eurovision in 2006 with ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah’, have announced they will play Galway later this year as part of the European Monster Tour.

Popical Island v Citóg Records @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

GALWAY'S CITÓG Records, and Dublin's Popical Island, two of Ireland's most exciting, diverse, and creative independent record labels, will go head to head in musical battle, at the Galway International Arts Festival.

Pleasure Beach to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

PLEASURE BEACH'S music has been described as "melding indie-pop hooks, alternative-folk tinged vocal harmonies and post-rock inflected grandeur", by The Last Mixed Tape, while Pure M said the band were "years ahead in their knowledge of music".

Optimo duo to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

OPTIMO - the DJ duo of Twitch and Johnny Wilkes - who play everything from obscure post-punk to floor-filling house music, will spin the decks at Electric on Friday July 15 as part of Galway International Arts Festival.

ConTempo to play Galway's castles

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

ATHENRY, PORTUMNA, and Claregalway castles will be the setting for a series of concerts from the ConTempo Quartet, all of which take place this weekend.

Harvester - new album, Galway show, and Scottish/Irish tour

Wed, Jul 06, 2016

HARVESTER, THE Galway metal/stoner rock band, have released their new album, Harmonic Ruptures; are set to play the Róisín Dubh; and have announced dates for their forthcoming Scottish and Irish tour.

Lunchtime family concert with ConTempo

Tue, Jul 05, 2016

THE WONDERFUL ConTempo Quartet will give a lunchtime concert today from 1.10pm to 1.50pm - aimed at children as much as adults - in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Majestic Bears - Seven gig and EP launch

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

MAJESTIC BEARS, the Galway band whose music draws on Irish folk, trad, and American country, launch their new EP, Julia, in The Loft at Seven tomorrow at 9pm.

Album reviews: 50FOOTWAVE and Wesley Fuller

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 30, 2016

50FOOTWAVE - Bath White EP (HHBTM Records)
50FOOTWAVE IS one of Kristin Hersh's numerous musical outlets, one which can be seen as Throwing Muses in all but name, given its other key member is Muses bassist Bernard Georges.

Villagers - drawing confidence from experience

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

“I’m a bit older and I’ve more to write about...I feel now that I can say ‘me’ or ‘I’ instead of ‘jackal’.” So said Conor J O'Brien, the gifted songwriter at the centre of Villagers in an interview with The Irish Times last year.

Jazz festival to return in October

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE GALWAY Jazz Festival, described by The Irish Times as “a boutique festival with a big heart and growing international credibility”, returns from October 7 to 9 with three full days of music spread across the city.

Disconauts - first live show of the summer

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE DISCONAUTS perform their first live show of the summer, with new percussionist John McGrath and trumpeter Danny Healy, in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 11.30pm.

Nashville songwriters triple bill @ Monroe's

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS Marcum Stewart, award winning Irish born Pete Kennedy, and the award-winning Shantell Ogden, will play a triple bill concert at Monroe’s Live this Saturday.

Trad lunchtime gigs @ GIAF 16

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE WHILEAWAYS, Siobhán Peoples, and Mary Shannon, are among the musicians who will play the Galway International Arts Festival Lunchtime Trad Concerts at Monroe’s Live this July.

Leading vocal coach to open student showcase in Galway

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

JOSHUA ALAMU, vocal coach to Fleur East, Little Mix, and The Voice contestants, and founder of Britain’s acclaimed artist development programme, Ultimate Artists, is coming to Galway.

American choir to sing in St Nicholas'

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

SONGS FROM the Rocky Mountains, the American mid-west, as well as Rennaisance and early Baroque sacred music will be heard at a concert from Santa Fe's Schola Cantorum.

The Low Anthem announce Róisín Dubh show

Wed, Jun 29, 2016

THE LOW Anthem, the American indie-folk and roots band led by Ben Knox Miller and Jeff Prystowsky, have announced a new British and Irish tour which will include a show in Galway.

Saul Williams - a 'radiant creative force'

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

SAUL WILLIAMS has been called "the data-age Gil Scott-Heron" and "a radiant creative force" by Allmusic.com, as well as "a poet at heart" who "resists easy categorization", by Pitchfork.

Ten Ton Slug to play major UK metal festival

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

TEN TON SLUG, the Connemara metal band formed by brothers Sean and Micheál Ó Suilleabhain, are one of only two Irish metal acts playing the prestigious Bloodstock Open Air, one of the biggest heavy metal festivals in Britain.

Megacone to headline FEAST

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

THEY HAVE been called "jewels of the Emerald Isle prog scene" by Prog magazine, and as "willing to challenge the boundaries of instrumental music and bring their own fresh feel to it," by Goldenplec. They are Megacone.

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