A FEAST of prog-rock bands

Thu, Feb 09, 2017

VASA, "ONE of the most exciting, dynamic instrumental bands in the UK," according to The Independent, who play "riffs the size of King Kong's scrotal baskets", are coming to Galway this weekend.

Two classical concerts of Brahms and Bach

Thu, Feb 09, 2017

A SUNDAY afternoon with Brahms, and a lunchtime show, also involving Brahms, along with Bach and others, await classical music lovers, with two Music For Galway shows taking place over the coming days.

Roesy - two Galway shows

Thu, Feb 09, 2017

ROESY, THE Australian based Irish singer-songwriter is bringing his The Very Round Robin tour across Ireland, playing shows where he will be joined by Kilá's Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Ye Vagabonds.

A Back To Basics singer-songwriter night

Thu, Feb 09, 2017

IRISH SINGER-songwriters Greg Clifford, Ian N Brennan, and Barry Jay Hughes are bringing their Back To Basics 'three-act showcase' tour around Ireland this month, covering 16 venues in three weeks.

The Rat Pack Live - at Seven

Thu, Feb 09, 2017

THE ERA, the music, the men - the Rat Pack of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop, have become a byword for cool and male sartorial style.

Purple Rain - A Celebration of Prince

Thu, Feb 09, 2017

THE FIRST anniversary of the death of Prince - the soul, funk, rock, r'n'b genius and visionary - is drawing close, and a show is coming to Galway intends to celebrate the man, his life, and his music, in some style.

Killer Joe's Jazz Club returns to Monroe's

Thu, Feb 09, 2017

THE GALWAY Jazz Quartet is back with a new line-up for the Killer Joe's Jazz Club sessions, which return to the Side Bar at Monroe’s Tavern on Sunday February 12 at 8pm.

Galway Advertiser's Best New Songs #1

Essential Playlist Wed, Feb 08, 2017

SEVEN WEEKS into the New Year and already there has been some great music released by Future Islands, The Flaming Lips, Tinariwen, Father John Misty, and others.

Chris Haze releases new EP - We Are One

Fri, Feb 03, 2017

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Chris Haze's EP, We Are One, is about to be released. The five track EP will feature the singles 'Let Us Be Heroes' and 'I'll Run', along with three new songs.

Jack Lukeman - in concert in Galway

Thu, Feb 02, 2017

FOLLOWING A successful run at the Hollywood Fringe festival where he picked up two awards for his show, The King of Soho and Other Stories, Jack Lukeman is back in Ireland for a nationwide tour that takes in Galway.

Album review: Sleater-Kinney

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 02, 2017

LIVE ALBUMS are very much a seventies phenomenon, the closest many fans could get to being at a show from a time when most bands would not darken the door of venues outside (a few) capital cities.

Breathe in a Pink Floyd experience

Thu, Feb 02, 2017

PINK FLOYD, the visionary English rock adventurers whose explorations of rock, jazz, folk, prog, psychedelia, and avant garde have inspired Radiohead, Aphex Twin, The Orb, and much of the Krautrock scene, will be celebrated in Galway.

Exmagician to play Seven

Thu, Feb 02, 2017

EXMAGICIAN, THE Belfast duo of Danny Todd and James Smith, formerly members of Cashier No9, are touring Ireland, playing songs from their acclaimed debut album, Scan The Blue.

One Man Town @ Monroe’s

Thu, Feb 02, 2017

SINCE THE release of their eponymous debut EP, and the single 'Cutthroat Desire', Donegal/Derry blues-rockers One Man Town have been causing something of a stir - and Galway can see why this weekend.

Lunchtime concert with ConTempo at St Nicholas’

Thu, Feb 02, 2017

THE CONTEMPO Quartet begin a new season of their popular lunchtime concerts at St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, starting on Tuesday February 7, and focusing on the late string quartets of Joseph Haydn.

Galway bands get set to Rock For The Hospice

Wed, Feb 01, 2017

SOME OF Galway's best cover bands will take to the stage of Seven Bar, Bridge Street, this weekend for Rock For The Hospice, a night of live music to raise funds for the Galway Hospice.

Countdown to Frightened Rabbit

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

BLOOD, TOIL, tears, and sweat, ravaged emotions, heartbreak, and cathartic confessional honesty, these are the things the words and music of Scottish indie-rock band Frightened Rabbit are built on.

Album review: Rose Elinor Dougall

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 26, 2017

IT DOESN'T matter if you remember the Pipettes or not, as there is no trace of their doo-wop revival style in former member Rose Elinor Dougall's second album, which instead brims with high end pop and sumptuous indie.

A FEAST of psych, prog, indie, and punk

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

"IRISH-LANGUAGE psych-rock noise from outer space" is how Donegal band Tuath describe themselves, and Galway will see and hear why when they play the next FEAST gig at the Róisín Dubh.

Rollin’ Empire - hard rock @ Seven

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

IMAGINE A band who were the child of The Black Keys and Queens Of The Stone Age, one that draws from blues and rock, but modern in its outlook and approach, and you have Rollin’ Empire.

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