Huxley @ Electric

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

HUXLEY, THE English deep house/garage producer and DJ, best known for the hits 'Box Clever', 'I Want You', and 'Shower Scene', spins the decks at Electric on Thursday February 11.

GRUNGE BEGAN in Washington State in the 1980s, with bands like Green River - containing future members of Pearl Jam and Mudhoney - before going overground with Nirvana's Nevermind, and coming to an untimely end with Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994.

New music workshops for teens

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

A NEW music based workshop for those aged between 13 and 18, takes place on Fridays from 8pm to 9.30pm at the ARD Family Resource Centre in Doughiska, and admission is free and open to all.

Citóg to showcase leading Galway singer-songwriters

Wed, Feb 03, 2016

TWO OF Galway's finest singer-songwriters - Ultan Conlon and Eoin Dolan - will be among the headline acts at the Citóg nights taking place in the Róisín Dubh across February, which will also feature punk, indie, prog, and folk.

Greg Dulli begins European tour in Galway

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

WHETHER WITH The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers, The Gutter Twins with Mark Lanagan, or solo, Greg Dulli has earned a position of admiration as a first rate songwriter.

Album reviews: Savages and Hinds

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 28, 2016

Savages - Adore Life (Matador)
SILENCE YOURSELF was a hell of an opening statement from Savages in 2013. It was so good their over indebtedness to Joy Division, Siouxsie Sioux, and Dead Kennedys proved no hinderance, but rather a welcome way in for audiences.

Blues guitarist Chaz dePaolo returns to Galway

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

CHAZ DEPAOLO, the brilliant and much admired, American blues guitar virtuoso, makes a long overdue return to Galway, to play Monroe’s Live on Thursday February 11 at 9.30pm.

Irish debut for Dutch baritone Henk Neven

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

THE IRISH debut of Dutch baritone Henk Neven takes place in NUI Galway's Aula Maxima on Thursday February 4 at 8pm, where he will perform songs by Mendelssohn, Schuman, Ibert, and Ravel.

Go Mad About Mark this Saturday

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

MAD ABOUT Mark, a night of music and merriment in memory of the late, very great, Mark Logan, takes place at the Róisín Dubh this Saturday, and features a stellar line-up of local and national musicians and performers.

Mongrel State return to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

ROCKABILLY, ROCK, Latin-American grooves, vocal harmonies, and cinematic western scores are combined in the sound of Dublin quartet Mongrel State, who play Monroe’s Live on Friday February 19 at 9pm.

Colm Mac Con Iomaire debuts new Galway concert series

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

COLM MAC Con Iomaire, the composer, musician, and member of The Frames, will give the debut performance at Nocturne, a new concert series to be held in Loam restaurant, Fairgreen.

New release from Loner Deluxe

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

SNOWED UNDER, the new 'digital cassingle' by Galway left-field experimental musician Loner Deluxe, finds him delving deep into extraterrestrial grooves, sonic space, and what he terms 'UFOlk'.

Galway Choral Association charity concert

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

THE GALWAY Choral Association perform Duruflé’s Requiem Opus 9 in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, this Saturday at 8pm, as part of a fundraising concert for Enable Ireland.

Cois Cladaigh concert for Galway Hospice

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

MUSIC FOR Martin, a concert of choral music in aid of Galway Hospice, takes place in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, on Saturday February 6 at 8pm.

Reggae-rock from The Radix @ Monroe's

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

THE RADIX, an energetic reggae-rock trio fronted by dreadlocked guitar virtuoso Rion Zion, take to the stage of Monroe's Backstage Bar on Thursday February 18 at 10pm.

New Galway record label to be launched

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

NEW GALWAY electronic music label Rua Sound will be launched in The Loft, at Seven, Bridge Street, tomorrow, from 10pm.

Stomptown Brass - urban street-funk

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

STOMPTOWN BRASS play Monroe's Live this Saturday as part of the band's current Irish tour in advance of the launch of its debut EP, Locomotive, to be released in on February 12.

Album review: David Bowie - Blackstar

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 21, 2016

THE ALBUM arrived on my desk the same day the news broke that David Bowie died, and so it becomes the artist's epitaph, and it is hard not to hear the lyrics as a man taking stock of his time on earth.

Ó Maonlaí, Burke, and Edey in concert

Thu, Jan 21, 2016

LIAM Ó MAONLAÍ, a first rate sean nós singer, Kevin Burke, a legendary fiddle player, and virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Tim Edey, play the Station House Theatre, Clifden, on Monday January 25 at 8pm.