Album review: Breakfast Muff

Music Reviews Wed, Aug 16, 2017

IT BEGINS with a 50 second burst positioned somewhere between shouty noise and a song, before changing tack with a gently lo-fi piece of tunefully scratchy pop. In 164 seconds Breakfast Muff have set out their musical stall.

Through A Glass Darkly

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

ORIGINALLY A phrase in 1 Corinthians 13:12, "Through A Glass Darkly" has inspired book titles, including Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 collection of short stories In A Glass Darkly, titles of TV episodes, and the Rolling Stones album Through The Past, Darkly.

Galway Bay Soul Weekender

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

"DO YOU like good music? That sweet soul music! Just as long as it's swingin'. Oh yeah, oh yeah." So declared Arthur Conley on his classic 1967 hit, 'Sweet Soul Music', and Galway is in line for plenty of that beautiful sound next month.

Album review: The Stevens

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 10, 2017

WHILE THERE is a noticeable 1990s' indie and shoegaze revival among Irish, British, and American bands, the Australians are looking much further back for inspiration - to the dawn of indie in '70s' post-punk and the subsequent '80s' DIY scene.

Brendan Grace at the Town Hall Theatre tonight

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

IRELAND'S FAVOURITE funnyman, Brendan Grace, makes a welcome return to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre tonight [August 10] from 8pm, performing some of his most loved comedy routines.

El-Funoun - acclaimed Palestinian dance troupe visit Galway

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

THE INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe is coming to Galway for a two week residency which will culminate in a public performance of two of their works at NUI Galway.

'Nobody understands desperation as well as David Mamet'

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

WASHINGTON DC'S Keegan Theatre returns to Galway for the first time in two years, when it stages David Mamet’s darkly comic and shattering classic American Buffalo at the Town Hall Theatre.

Craft of Writing Course returns

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

GALWAY WRITER Charlie Adley will host another series of his popular Craft of Writing Course which returns to the Westside Community Centre, starting Thursday September 7.

Just Guff - falling out of love with Fianna Fáil

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

WHAT IS it like to be a dedicated member of a political party, working your way up through the ranks, believing in all the party stands for, and then, to see that certainty and belief shattered?

Jason Wilber - John Prine's guitarist to play solo show

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

JOHN PRINE is no stranger to Galway, given he often plays here and is a sometime resident. Jason Wilber will have a familiarity with Galway as well, given he has played guitar in Prine's band for two decades.

Club GASS - two shows for Pride

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

CLUB GASS, Galway's only LGBT+ club night, will run for two nights as part of the 2017 Galway Community Pride festival, taking place in the Róisín Dubh this Friday and Saturday night.

Steven Sharpe - a pint and a song for Pride

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

THE FLAMBOYANT and brilliant Galway based singer-songwriter Steven Sharpe is inviting people to join him for a drink and a song in the Róisín Dubh's upstairs bar this weekend.

Dick Valentine @ Monroe's Backstage Bar

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

AS FRONTMAN for outrageous Detroit band Electric Six, he brought us to the ‘Gay Bar’ and warned us of the dangers of ‘High Voltage’. These days Dick Valentine is solo and about to make a welcome return to Galway.

Don Mescall to play Monroe’s

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED Irish singer-songwriter, producer Don Mescall, who has written songs for Lulu, The Backstreet Boys, and Frances Black, is coming to Galway this month to play Monroe's.

Trad On The Prom

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

TRAD ON The Prom, celebrating Irish music, dance, and song, begins the final leg of its 2017 run, starting Sunday, August 13, at Leisureland, Salthill, and continuing until September 28.

No Quarter - Led Zeppelin tribute @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 10, 2017

NO STAIRWAY, the brilliant Galway Led Zeppelin tribute band, fronted by the multi-talented phenomenon that is Steven Sharpe, plays the Róisín Dubh next week.

Imelda May - Galway bound this winter

Wed, Aug 09, 2017

FOR THE first time since her dramatic reinvention - ditching the rockabilly queen image for a sultry, black clad, look - Imelda May will play Galway, having announed a concert for Leisureland in December.

Art Exhibitions at Murrays - Friday August 18th

Wed, Aug 09, 2017

After a successful first season of exhibitions, Murrays of Nile Lodge are looking forward to hosting a number of exciting and unique exhibitions in the coming months.

Godzilla on the rampage

Wed, Aug 09, 2017

WHAT STARTS as a peaceful day in Tokyo is turned into a living nightmare when a massive, gilled monster emerges from the sea depths and tears through the Japanese capital, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake - another typical day for Godzilla.

Holy F@*! Batman it's Holy F%$@

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

HOLY F*** have been called "a hardcore thrift-store found-object punk band" with a relentless commitment to rhythm and a sense for atmosphere better matched to a close encounter with the third kind than a simple rock concert.

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