Italian organist to play Galway cathedral

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

A NEW work by the Italian composer Claudio Perugini, will be performed by the Italian organist Antonio Caporaso at the next Galway Cathedral Recitals concert, this evening at 8pm.

Electric Six's Dick Valentine @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

DICK VALENTINE, leader of Detroit band Electric Six, best known for the singles ‘High Voltage’ and ‘Gay Bar’, is coming back to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Monday August 8 at 9pm.

The Lucia Comnes Band to play Monroe’s

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

THE LUCIA Comnes Band, a four-piece folk powerhouse fusing rock, blues, Irish trad, and bluegrass, led by a singer with a "singular voice", according to the San Francisco Chronicle, are coming to Galway.

Bagatelle - last chance to see

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

BAGATELLE ARE drawing the curtain on their 35 year career with an Irish tour that takes in Galway, and this upcoming show will be the last chance Galway fans have to see the band.

Matty Rea @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jul 14, 2016

AUSTRALIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER Matty Rea, a rising star in his own country, is coming to Monroe's Backstage Bar on Friday July 29 at 8pm as part of his upcoming British and Irish tour.

King Kong Company - blowing bulbs and destroying dance-floors

Wed, Jul 13, 2016

GALWAY HAS been picking up some monkey shaped blips on its music radar recently, blips that are growing ever stronger, especially as the mighty and outrageous King Kong Company play the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.

Kristin Hersh announces solo show for Róisín Dubh

Tue, Jul 12, 2016

KRISTIN HERSH, the singer-songwriter, author, leader of Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE, and an icon of American indie and alternative rock, will play Galway later this year.

We Are Scientists and 'Helter Seltzer' pop

Tue, Jul 12, 2016

"WE'RE NOT punk — we're too interested in making our songs as pretty as possible. We're not straight-up rock — our tastes are too left-of-centre. We're not indie-rock — our heads aren't far enough up our own butts."

'Hard Rock Hallelujah' - Lordi to play Monroe's Live

Mon, Jul 11, 2016

LORDI, THE Finnish heavy metal band who won the Eurovision in 2006 with ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah’, have announced they will play Galway later this year as part of the European Monster Tour.

Popical Island v Citóg Records @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

GALWAY'S CITÓG Records, and Dublin's Popical Island, two of Ireland's most exciting, diverse, and creative independent record labels, will go head to head in musical battle, at the Galway International Arts Festival.

Pleasure Beach to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

PLEASURE BEACH'S music has been described as "melding indie-pop hooks, alternative-folk tinged vocal harmonies and post-rock inflected grandeur", by The Last Mixed Tape, while Pure M said the band were "years ahead in their knowledge of music".

Optimo duo to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

OPTIMO - the DJ duo of Twitch and Johnny Wilkes - who play everything from obscure post-punk to floor-filling house music, will spin the decks at Electric on Friday July 15 as part of Galway International Arts Festival.

ConTempo to play Galway's castles

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

ATHENRY, PORTUMNA, and Claregalway castles will be the setting for a series of concerts from the ConTempo Quartet, all of which take place this weekend.

Harvester - new album, Galway show, and Scottish/Irish tour

Wed, Jul 06, 2016

HARVESTER, THE Galway metal/stoner rock band, have released their new album, Harmonic Ruptures; are set to play the Róisín Dubh; and have announced dates for their forthcoming Scottish and Irish tour.

Lunchtime family concert with ConTempo

Tue, Jul 05, 2016

THE WONDERFUL ConTempo Quartet will give a lunchtime concert today from 1.10pm to 1.50pm - aimed at children as much as adults - in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Majestic Bears - Seven gig and EP launch

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

MAJESTIC BEARS, the Galway band whose music draws on Irish folk, trad, and American country, launch their new EP, Julia, in The Loft at Seven tomorrow at 9pm.

Album reviews: 50FOOTWAVE and Wesley Fuller

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 30, 2016

50FOOTWAVE - Bath White EP (HHBTM Records)
50FOOTWAVE IS one of Kristin Hersh's numerous musical outlets, one which can be seen as Throwing Muses in all but name, given its other key member is Muses bassist Bernard Georges.

Villagers - drawing confidence from experience

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

“I’m a bit older and I’ve more to write about...I feel now that I can say ‘me’ or ‘I’ instead of ‘jackal’.” So said Conor J O'Brien, the gifted songwriter at the centre of Villagers in an interview with The Irish Times last year.

Jazz festival to return in October

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE GALWAY Jazz Festival, described by The Irish Times as “a boutique festival with a big heart and growing international credibility”, returns from October 7 to 9 with three full days of music spread across the city.

Disconauts - first live show of the summer

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

THE DISCONAUTS perform their first live show of the summer, with new percussionist John McGrath and trumpeter Danny Healy, in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday from 11.30pm.

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