Shrug Life - debut album, Strange Brew gig

Tue, Sep 26, 2017

"WRITER'S BLOCK and common cold, the pointless fear of growing old...wearing cheap synthetic fibres with unspoken Western guilt". Add to that a crap cup of coffee "with your name spelt wrong" and you have...'First World Problems'.

Bowie, Berlin, and the Kosmische Musik

Music Reviews Tue, Sep 26, 2017

AFTER ZIGGY Stardust, The Gouster soul boy, and The Thin White Duke, where could Bowie possibly go next? The answer lay, not so much in the mask of a character, rather it lay in a location, one where Bowie could feel free to be, perhaps, a little more himself.

Niall Connolly - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Mon, Sep 25, 2017

NIALL CONNOLLY, “among the most vibrant, poignant, and authentic indie folk artists in New York City", according to folk music magazine No Depression, has released his new album and is touring Ireland this month.

Wouldn't it be good to see Nik Kershaw?

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

IF YOU HAVE been watching Top Of The Pops from 1984, Thursday and Friday nights on BBC4, you will have have seen Nik Kershaw all over those episodes, scoring big hits with 'Wouldn't It Be Good?' and 'I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me'.

Shellac return to the Róísín Dubh

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

MORE LIKELY to play Reykjavik than Detroit, more likely to release songs on flexi-discs in Dutch comic books than provide MP3s on their website, Shellac have long operated outside typical mainstream practices.

The Crawling to unleash it's doom metal on Galway

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

THE CRAWLING, featuring former and current members of Honey For Christ and Zombified, who released their debut album Anatomy Of Loss this year, are coming to Galway.

Lunchtime Jazz and little gigs @ GJF17

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

GALWEGIANS LOOKING for jazz music during their lunchtime break can head down to the Black Gate Cultural Centre on St Francis Street, during the Galway Jazz Festival.

A duo of jazz gigs from a trio

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

SHE WILL play University Hospital Galway and a lunchtime show at Electric. She is vocalist Karen Egan, and both upcoming shows are part of the Galway Jazz Festival which runs from October 5 to 8.

Half Forward Line go Bus King

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

HALF FORWARD Line, a collaboration between members of So Cow and Oh Boland, play the inaugural show of a new series of gigs - Bus King - which take place on the top deck of a bus.

Whiplash - Metallica tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

WHIPLASH, the Galway based Metallica tribute act, play Monroe's next month, and can be expected to deliver a thrilling two hour set from the LA band's classic 1983 - 1991 era.

Classical concerts from teen pianists

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

TWO PIANISTS, one aged 16, the other 17, will play music by Schumann, Debussy, and Alban Berg, at two special concerts this month - one at lunchtime, the other at tea-time.

Anna Falkenau and Lena Ullman to launch new album

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

ACCLAIMED FIDDLE player Anna Falkenau and five-string banjo virtuoso Lena Ullman will launch their new album, I Can Hear You Calling, with a gig this weekend. The launch takes place upstairs in The Crane this Saturday at 6.30pm. Folk legend Andy Irvine has called the album “refreshingly stylistic and contemporary relevant". Admission is free. The album is available via iTunes or www.annafalkenau.com.

Shivers Balearic Boat Ride on the Corrib

Wed, Sep 20, 2017

IS SEPTEMBER the new August? Shivers thinks so and in order to give one last hurrah to the sunshine, Shivers is hosting a boat party aboard the Corrib Princess, with resident DJ Eoin joined by Paramida and Cait.

A little classical music for Culture Night

Mon, Sep 18, 2017

THE CONTEMPO Quartet will give four free concerts around the city to mark Culture Night, which takes place on Friday, while later this month, they will also present a cross-genre collaboration with Galway-based artists in NUIG.

Album review: Alvvays

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 14, 2017

ALVVAYS DEBUT album was dominated, indeed overshadowed, by one song - 'Archie, Marry Me' - an inspired depiction of young love, defiance, and ennui. Backed by a grandstanding chorus and killer middle eight, it was definitive indiepop par excellence.

Siv Jakobsen - debut album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

SIV JAKOBSEN, whose music the BBC's Lauren Laverne has praised as "beautifully atmospheric", will perform songs from her recently released debut album in the Róisín Dubh.

Little Hours - new EP, Monroe's Live show

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

FOLLOWING THEIR recent appearance on the Electric Picnic main stage at the start of this month, October will see rising Donegal duo Little Hours release a new EP, Too Much Patience, and play Monroe's Live.

Eurovision winner Eimear Quinn to sing in Galway Cathedral

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

EIMEAR QUINN, best known for winning the 1996 Eurovision with the song 'The Voice', will perform a candlelit concert in Galway Cathedral, accompanied by the renowned brass quintet Dublin Brass.

The Burning Hell to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

DESPITE THEIR name, The Burning Hell's music is so good, "even Jesus is going to enjoy it once He finally gets here," according the BBC's Tom Robinson - and Galway can see why this weekend.

The Mae Trio - two Galway shows

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

THE MAE Trio, the Australian contemporary folk group, are coming to Ireland to promote their new album, Take Care Take Cover, and will play two dates in County Galway.

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