Album review: Weezer

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 16, 2014

IF HISTORY punishes those who arrive too late, as Mikhail Gorbachev said, than music fans punish those acts who peak too early.

Three teens journey into the unknown

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

THREE GUATEMALAN teens Juan, Sara, Samuel, and Chauk, a Tzotzil Indian, attempt to trek 1,200 miles into the USA, via Mexico in search of a better life.

Say cheese! The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

BABORÓ IS currently in full swing, delighting and bewitching young and old alike, and it continues until this Sunday, October 19. Among the weekend highlights is The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy, from Australia’s Slingsby Theatre Company.

The Marriage of Figaro @ The Eye

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

THE NEW York Metropolitan Opera’s production of Mozart’s comic masterpiece, The Marriage of Figaro is being broadcast to The Eye Cinema this weekend.

Little John - Stories from Macnas and eighties Galway

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

DESPITE THE late 1980s being among the economically gloomiest years in the history of the State, with emigration at alarmingly high levels, Galway managed to retain a vibrancy.

Love, Rosie competition winners

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

THE WINNERS to this week’s preview screening of Love, Rosie at The Eye were:

Noah and the Whale member brings new band to Galway

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

NOAH AND The Whale are best known for catchy, joyous, indie-pop like ‘5 Years Time’ and ‘LIFEGOESON’, but there is another side to member Matt Owens.

The Sound Of Music in Oranmore

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

THE SOUND Of Music will be performed by students of Calasanctius College Oranmore in the school’s Nano Nagle Hall.

Jacques Renault @ Electric

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

JACQUES RENAULT, the Washington DC DJ and producer and Let’s Play House label head makes his Galway debut this weekend.

Scot McWatt - songs for the working man

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

GLASWEGIAN SCOT McWatt is a Scottish contemporary folk singer/songwriter with political, pop and blues tendencies, and a distinctly working class outlook on life.

Phill Jupitus and Gugai go head to head

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

VINYL RIVALS, comedian Phill Jupitus and music promoter Gugai will pit their DJ skills against one another for The Magnificent 7s night.

Shuffle! tommorrow night @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

SHUFFLE! IS back once again for this months instalment of foot stomping floor filler. Expect to hear jump blues, funk, northern soul, rockabilly, latin boogaloo, reggae, Jamaican ska, disco and what ever else ends up in the packed boxes of vinyl.

John Denver as sung by Marc Roberts

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

MARC ROBERTS has won huge acclaim over the years for his Tribute to the Music of John Denver show, and he is bringing it back to the Town Hall Theatre.

Brendan Bowyer - playing the hits at the Town Hall

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

THE HUCKLEBUCK’ may have been written and first performed by r’n’b saxophonist Paul Williams, but in Ireland that song is unquestionably owned by Brendan Bowyer.

The Superior Inferior @ Factory

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

THE SUPERIOR Inferior, aka Belfast DJ and producer Graeme Morrison, makes his Galway debut in Factory this Saturday night.

PLAY @ The Cellar

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

HAVE YOU a song to sing? Are you a songwriter, guitarist, etc, and want to share your music but have no opportunity to get on stage?

If the answer is ‘Yes’ then check out PLAY! at The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, on Mondays from 9.30pm.

Coyote Factor starts next week

Thu, Oct 16, 2014

THE FIRST round of heats for Coyote Factor 7 starts on Thursday October 23 in Coyotes Late Bar, Shop Street, with 12 contestants taking part.

There is a €10,000 prize fund, recording package, digital album release, music video, and more up for grabs. The public are invited to go and support the contestants and vote to help judge who goes through to the next rounds. The organising team will support contestants, advise them on song choices and help with their stage presence.

Why Not? film festival - Let the adventure begin!

Wed, Oct 15, 2014

GET READY to sail to the Arctic, stand atop rugged mountainous peaks and descend with adventurers deep in the heart of vast canyons, when the Why Not? Adventure Film Festival comes to Galway.

Aindrias de Staic - The Man From Moogaga

Wed, Oct 15, 2014

THERE WAS The Man From UNCLE, the man from Del Monte, The Man From Laramie, and ‘The Man From God Knows Where’, but Aindrias de Staic is The Man From Moogaga.

Theatre review: Trickster in the Black Box

Theatre Reviews Tue, Oct 14, 2014

THERE WAS a time, and not so long ago, when disability arts was regarded as little more than a kind of occupational therapy, like basket-weaving, and viewed with polite, yet condescending indulgence.

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