Henry Rollins - Still angry after all these years (but courteous with it!)
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
SINGER, SONGWRITER, spoken-word artist, publisher, radio DJ, actor, globetrotter, TV documentarist and social campaigner; not for nothing has Henry Rollins being described as a ‘post-punk renaissance man’.
Read more ...Warpaint - the majesty and the composure
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
THROUGH THE fusion of dream pop and grunge, and flying a flag for 1990s indie virtues, while pointing new ways forward, Warpaint have reinvigorated alternative rock, and shown that guitar bands should not be the sole preserve of men.
Warpaint are Emily Kokal (vocals/guitar), Theresa Wayman (guitar/vocals), Jenny Lee Lindberg (bass/vocals), and Stella Mozgawa (drums). Although based in Los Angeles, and described as an ‘LA band’, its members actually hail from across the USA and beyond.
Read more ...The Aftermath @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
LEEDS-IRISH mod-rock band The Aftermath, are on the road touring Ireland and they take in Monroe’s Live with a show tonight.
Read more ...Faith Healer; ‘like music that soars’
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
BRIAN FREIL’S Faith Healer, widely acknowledged as one of his greatest works, arrives on the Town Hall stage at the end of this month in a stirring new production directed by Andrew Flynn and featuring Lalor Roddy in the title role.
Read more ...Tuam Youth Theatre present Beauty & The Beast
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
BEAUTY & The Beast, the much loved fairy tale of the man-beast whose gentle manners and kindness wins the heart of a young woman, will be performed by Tuam Youth Theatre.
Read more ...Listen To My Heart @ Town Hall
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
LISTEN TO My Heart promises to be a musical revue with a difference - combining song with a journey into the hopes, dreams, fears, breakdowns, and lives of five people.
Read more ...A night of funk @ Monroe’s
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
FUNK BAND The Getaway Gondola and DJ Will Softly will deliver five hours of funk in Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Thursday August 18 from 9pm to 2am.
Read more ...Shonen Knife - Japanese pop-punk at its best
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
THEY have been a going concern since 1981 and their fans include Sonic Youth and Nirvana. They are Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife and they play Galway next week.
Read more ...Julie Feeney to play Oranmore Celtic Shorefest
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
THE AWARD WINNING Athenry singer and avant-pop composer Julie Feeney will be among the many acts taking part in the Oranmore Celtic Shorefest which runs from Friday August 26 to Sunday 28.
Read more ...Henry McCullough to bring the blues to The Crane
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
HENRY MCCULLOUGH, the County Antrim blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, has a list of achievements in rock’n’roll that would be the envy of any musician.
Read more ...Peadar King to launch new album @ The Crane
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
TOMORROW SEES the release of The Shadowlands, the second album by Inishbofin singer-songwriter Peadar King.
Read more ...German chamber orchestra to play St Nicholas’
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
ONE OF Germany’s finest ensembles, The Chamber Philharmonia Cologne, will be in concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church this Tuesday at 8pm.
Read more ...Hear Mozart and Tchaikovsky in NUIG
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
THE GALWAY Sinfonietta orchestra, will perform music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky, in the Bailey Allen Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI, Galway next week.
Read more ...Viewing paintings from a child’s perspective
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
THE NEW exhibition from Marie-Jeanne Jacob, entitled L’île, opens in the NUI, Galway Art Gallery, in the Quadrangle, this Monday at 6.30pm.
Read more ...Athenry classical concert
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
THE OURchestra summer camp will hold its end of course concert in the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry, tomorrow at 4pm.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.
Read more ...Win tickets to Rise of the Planet of the Apes @ Omniplex
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
A SINGLE act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other and a dramatic reversal of the progress of evolution.
Read more ...Theatre events and fun @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
GALWAY THEATRE companies - Waterdonkey and Side-Show Productions have been selected to perform in the ABSOLUT Fringe in Dublin in September.
Read more ...Festival seeks short plays on eco themes
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
THE BO Leictreach: The Greenplay Festival is seeking playwrights, both established and aspiring, to write and submit 10 minute plays relating to the theme of the environment.
Read more ...The best of Irish @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
THE BO Leictreach: The Greenplay Festival is seeking playwrights, both established and aspiring, to write and submit 10 minute plays relating to the theme of the environment.
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