Album review: The Go! Team

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 02, 2015

LAST TIME out on 2010’s Rolling Blackouts, Brighton collective The Go! Team delivered a set of full on funk, soul, blaxploitation, and samapdelic urban.

'I absolutely hated going to school. Every day I went there I was nervous'

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

MEET PAKIE, an orphan, storyteller, adventurer, and survivor. He may not be the sharpest tool in the box, but he does know the history of his native town, from vicious Vikings to less-than Christian Brothers.

SBB Ina Shuí sa Town Hall

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

EVENING TIME on Irish TV in the early 1980s. A psychedelic animation of red lips against a green background, all soundtracked by Horslips’ ‘Sword Of Light’. SBB Ina Shuí was starting.

Sean Keane to play Croí charity concert

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

THE GREAT Seán Keane will play Heartbreak Hotel, a charity concert in aid of Croí, in Monroe’s Live on Thursday April 16, which will also feature performances form a host of well known Galway and Irish performers.

Dr Sketchy’s - Gotham bad girls are back

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

GOTHAM CITY’S bad girls, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman, will be the subjects and inspirations for Dr Sketchy’s, very alternative life drawing class.

Back Alleys on the Arts Corridor

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

THE ARTS Corridor at University Hospital Galway is currently full of Back Alleys, giving glimpses into childhood freedoms and childhood environments that are rapidly disappearing.

On being autistic: a personal witness

Literature Reviews Thu, Apr 02, 2015

IN HIS extraordinary book, The Reason I Jump - One Boy’s Voice From The Silence Of Autism, Naoki Higashida, an autistic boy aged 13, writes: “We are misunderstood and we’d give anything if only we could be understood properly...Please, understand what we really are, and what we’re going through.”

Noël Coward’s Private Lives in Oranmore

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

NOËL COWARD’S now classic 1930 comedy of manners, Private Lives, is being staged by Bualadh Bos - Oranmore Music & Drama Group next week.

Interskalactic return to The Loft

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

INTERSKALACTIC, hailed as “the future of ska in Ireland” by The Late Late Show’s Ryan Tubridy, return to Galway with their old-school Jamaican style ska.

Denise Hogan art classes

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

AWARD-WINNING Galway artist and teacher Denise Hogan is taking bookings for her weekly art classes and upcoming art workshops.

Grindcore gig from FEAST

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

BRITISH GRINDCORE bands Human Cull and This Ends Here play the next FEAST night upstairs in the Róisín Dubh at 9pm on Thursday April 9.

Jennifer Cunningham art classes

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

ONE OF Galway’s leading artists, Jennifer Cunningham, holds her popular painting and drawing classes this month and in May.

International conference on intercultural theatre and performance

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

NUI Galway will host a major international conference on ‘Interculturalism and Performance Now: New Directions?’ from 10-11 April. The conference will feature leading scholars in intercultural theatre and performance studies from Australia, Canada, the United States, the UK and Turkey.

DJ night to support Yes vote in Marriage Equality referendum

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

LEADING LOCAL, national, and international DJs will be spinning the decks at Electric tomorrow night for Confetti, an event supporting the Yes campaign for the Marriage Equality referendum.

Jinx Lennon @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

“FOR ME the best songwriter in the country at the moment is Jinx Lennon.” This verdict was delivered by no less a man than Christy Moore.

Stephen James to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

FOLK-ROOTS singer-songwriter Stephen James, and his band, returns to Galway this Saturday to play the Róisín Dubh at 9pm.

Funk, reggae and soul and more @ Massimo

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

GALWAY DJ Dave Barry’s (Shuffle!) monthly vinyl excursion into funk, northern soul, boogaloo, r’n’b, hip-hop, disco, Jamaican ska, 50s rock and more, returns to Massimo tomorrow night. The emphisis is on the dancefloor but there are plenty of snugs for a quiet pint not to mention the smoking area.

Genius Of Time @ Electric

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

GENIUS OF Time, the duo of Alexander Berg and Nils Krogh, who are at the cutting edge of the Swedish live house music scene, are coming to Galway.

Beats & Pieces launches @ The Loft

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

BEATS & PIECES, the new clubnight with DJs Anthony Collins and Ferg, has its opening night on Easter Sunday in The Loft, formerly Kelly’s, Bridge Street, at 11pm.

Kodaline to headline arts festival Big Top

Wed, Apr 01, 2015

KODALINE HEADLINE the Galway International Arts Festival Big Top in the Fisheries Field on Saturday July 18, in what is sure to be one of the hottest tickets of the Galway summer.

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