Led Zeppelin tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

NO STAIRWAY, the brilliant Galway based Led Zeppelin tribute act, fronted by the brilliant and flamboyant Steven Sharpe, play Monroe’s Live on Friday January 15 at 10pm.

Bagatelle - last chance to see them live

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

BAGATELLE, BEST known from the song ‘Summer In Dublin’, will begin 2016 with a first and last concert at Monroe's Live on Saturday January 16 at 8pm, as part of their Final Year national tour.

Remember Phil Lynott at Monroe's Live

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

2016 MARKS the 30th anniversary of the death of the man who remains the most iconic Irish rock musicians of them all - Phil Lynott - and his life and music is to be celebrated in Monroe's live.

Giant Sand and Jason Lytle to play Róisín Dubh

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

IT HAS been a decade since Giant Sand, the alt.rock/Americana band led by Howe Gelb, have played Galway, but 2016 sees them return, as part of a co-headline tour with Jason Lytle.

Noelie McDonnell @ Monroe's Live

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

ONE OF the west of Ireland's finest songwriters, Noelie McDonnell, has resumed solo duties and will play Monroe’s Live, along with his band, on Thursday January 7 at 8.30pm.

Thrash Hat - ASIWYFA man goes electro

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

AND SO I Watch You From Afar have, through the albums All Hail Bright Futures and Heirs, rewritten the rule book on post-rock, kicking the genre out of the clichéd straight-jacket it had fallen into, and thrusting it towards new possibilities.

In a change of pace and direction, ASIWYFA leader Rory Friers has begun to explore other interests and musical approaches through his solo side project Trash Hat. Thrash Hat is a collection of songs, photographs and artwork by Rory, featuring recorded and sampled audio, together with electronic syntheses, created in the artist's studio on the north coast of Antrim and while travelling in a van on tour with ASIWYFA. The first fruits of this were heard in August via the track 'Pandaface'.

Captive - Music For Galway's multimedia festival

Tue, Dec 29, 2015

A MULTIMEDIA festival of music, film, and discussion will make up Captive, Music For Galway's mid-winter festival, which features music written by inmates of WWI Concentration and POW camps.

The best albums, songs, and Galway concerts of 2015

Music Reviews Thu, Dec 17, 2015

Best albums of 2015
1. Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People (Bella Union)

Galway Advertiser Galway Musicians of the Year 2015

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

GALWAY BAND OF THE YEAR: The Amazing Apples
One of Galway's most popular bands, The Amazing Apples are also one of it's success stories. Ploughing the independent furrow, their indie-folk stylings and early releases won fans across Ireland, and that hard work paid off this year with the release of their debut album, A Little Sense, produced by Joe Chester (The Coronas, Ryan Sheridan) which reached No 3 on the Official Irish Independent Charts and No 27 in the Official Irish Charts. They also played Electric Picnic in September.

Giant Sand and Jason Lytle to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

IT HAS been a decade since Giant Sand, the alt.rock/Americana band led by Howe Gelb, have played Galway, but 2016 sees them return, as part of a co-headline tour with Jason Lytle.

Daithí, Oh Boland, and The Academic to ring in 2016

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

THE ELECTRO wonderboy that is DJ, producer, and musician Daithí, along with Tuam pop-punks Oh Boland, and midlands rockers The Academic, will see out 2015 and welcome in 2016 at the Róisín Dubh New Year's Eve party.

The Deans - new EP and Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

THE DEANS, the acclaimed County Galway roots-rock trio, return to the Róisín Dubh on Saturday December 27 at 8pm, for a show that will include songs from their latest EP.

Be held Captive by Music For Galway

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

MUSIC INSPIRED by what it would be like to be an alien stranded on earth, music inspired by Oscar Wilde, and music that written in a WWII POW camp, will make up Captive, 2016's Music For Galway's mid-winter festival.

Kíla to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

KÍLA, the Irish trad and world music fusion masters, make a welcome return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Monday December 28 at 10pm.

Choral and classical concerts for Christmas

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

CHARITY CONCERTS from the Galway Gospel Choir and Cois Cladaigh are taking place this weekend, as is a concert from the ever wonderful Galway Youth Orchestra.

Citóg Records COPE Galway fundraising gig

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

STEVEN SHARPE & The Broke Straight Boys and Grounds For Invasion will take part in the Citóg Records fundraising show for COPE Galway this weekend.

Keane Brothers New Year concerts

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

SEAN KEANE and his brothers, known as both The Keane Brothers and Citizens Keane, give their annual New Year concerts at the Claregalway Hotel on Friday January 1 and Saturday 2 2016.

A concert for the children of Peru

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

MY FELLOW Sponges lead singer Donal McConnon, along with Brazilian and Galway musicians, will perform at the , concert this evening.

Monroe’s Live New Year’s Eve bash

Thu, Dec 17, 2015

THE LAKERS and DJ Macca will ring out 2015 and welcome in 2016 with the Monroe’s Live New Year’s Eve bash on Thursday December 31 from 9pm.

Thrash Hat - ASIWYFA man goes electro

Wed, Dec 16, 2015

AND SO I Watch You From Afar have, through the albums All Hail Bright Futures and Heirs, rewritten the rule book on post-rock, kicking the genre out of the clichéd strait-jacket it had fallen into, and thrusting it towards new possibilities.

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