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TIN FOIL Hat - the headgear of choice for conspiracy theorists convinced someone is trying to read or control their minds, or the ‘threat’ from electromagnetic fields, is the inspiration for a new single released on Friday May 7.

1. Lankum - The Livelong Day (Rough Trade) - Galway Advertiser album of the year

SMALL IN stature but huge in comic talent, Tanyalee Davis is a feisty 3ft 6” Canadian comedian who has been described as the Ferrari of comedy – low to the ground and racy. She has performed all over the world and featured on flagship comedy TV shows like Live at the Apollo and The John Bishop Show. Now, she is taking her sparky brand of sharp comedy and candid stories to next month’s Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Well, there is so much to talk about this week both at home and abroad, so let’s begin with abroad.

Irish Album of The Year

GOOD THINGS come, not to those who wait, but those who work hard for it. After years slogging it out on the internet, and releasing music through Bandcamp, 23-year-old Will Toledo is finally getting wider recognition.

Savages - Adore Life (Matador)

Best albums of 2015

THERE ARE few musicians, who, more than two decades into their career, produce a set of songs many regard as among their finest, if not indeed their best, that go on to get a Mercury award nomination, in a year which is also the 20th anniversary of the album with which they originally made their name.

2015 HAS some significance for singer-songwriter Gaz Coombes. It was 20 years ago this year his band Supergrass released their debut album I Should Coco - which become the fastest selling debut since The Beatles' Please Please Me - while this year saw the release of his second solo album Matador.