Relive Grunge @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

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.

Public lecture on the man who wrote our national anthem

Tue, Feb 02, 2016

'Amhrán na bhFiann', the Irish national anthem, is by its very nature is one of the most performed songs in Ireland, and sometimes has controversy thrust upon it, becayuse of where it is, and is not, performed - but what of the man who wrote it?

Cinema review: Spotlight

Films Reviews Mon, Feb 01, 2016

THE SURPRISE of the year so far is Spotlight. Much like Room it is an uncomfortable topic that will be avoided by people but you should not avoid it (or Room for that matter). The film concentrates on the investigation run by the Boston Globe in 1999/2000, on the systematic abuse and ensuing cover-up by the Catholic church throughout the last century.

EIPIC - what does it mean to be a teenage hero?

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

ON THURSDAY February 4 at 10pm, TG4 screens the first episode of its offbeat new comedy drama series EIPIC, in which a group of small-town Irish teenagers take over an abandoned post office to kick off a musical rebellion. The six-part series was scripted by Mike O’Leary, one of the writers on the cult E4 drama Misfits, and made by Maga Media Productions.

Synge’s Aran Islands at the Town Hall

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

JOHN MILLINGTON Synge’s classic prose work, The Aran Islands, comes to the Town Hall Theatre stage next week in a compelling adaptation by Joe O’Byrne and Co-Motion Media, and performed by Brendan Conroy, one of Ireland's finest actors.

A US film that criticises capitalism

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

CAPITALISM SEEMS not so much a preferred approach to economics in the USA, more a religion, a sacred, unquestionable practice. All the more interesting then that it is American which has produced a film like 99 Homes.

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.

Paul Currie @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

ONE OF the best and brightest weirdos in the comedy business is coming back to Galway - by popular demand. Paul Currie, the Belfast man who wears a beard but no pants, plays the Big Fancy Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh, tomorrow [Friday January 29] at 8.30pm.

Colm Sweeney exhibition

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

ARTIST COLM Sweeney is exhibiting his latest works in the Renzo Gallery Café on Eyre Street, exploring the west of Ireland landscape, Galway hookers, and historic Irish buildings.

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.

Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

PAT MCDONNELL, best known for his roles in The Savage Eye and as Eoin McLove from Fr Ted, is the special guest at the fourth heat of Show Me The Funny in The King's Head on Monday February 1 at 8pm.

#wakingthefeministswest - showcasing creative women

Thu, Jan 28, 2016

INSPIRED BY the #WakingTheFeminists movement, #wakingthefeministswest will celebrate west of Ireland female voices in theatre, dance, devised work, work from the archives, and work by emerging writers.

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'.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.