Loner Deluxe - lunar folk and sci-fi sounds

Music Reviews Mon, Sep 19, 2016

"THERE IS abundant evidence that we are being contacted. Civilisations have been visiting us for a very long time. Their appearance is bizarre from any materialist Western point of view..."

Salthill's Burren Mount Hotel inspires epic electronica album

Mon, Sep 19, 2016

THE BURREN MOUNT Hotel in Salthill has long exercised fascination on, and prompted speculation within, the public mind, but also on artists, having been portrayed by painter Jennifer Cunningham, and more recently through a musical interpretation by The Cube Of Unknowing.

Lisa O'Neill - live at Nocturne

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

"AT A time when sameness threatens to drain the world of charm and surprise, Lisa O’Neill stands tall for difference, as an outlier with a mission to frame the world as she sees it and to perform it accordingly. Her voice is her own."

Get the Shivers for Maurice Fulton

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

“SIT DOWN, smoke, get the keyboards, maybe hire a drummer or programme it myself, smoke, mix it down, put it on CD, smoke, listen to it.” This is how Maurice Fulton, one of house music’s true originals, describes his working methods.

Moother Mooch - psychedelic doom grunge

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

MOTHER MOOCH deliver "a full spectrum of heavy music", according to Doomed & Stoned, with "Alice In Chains style vocals, up-beat Venom-esque tempos and groovy psychedelic solos".

Silent Disco Street Party returns this weekend

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

BEAT ON the street! Bop ‘till you drop! Sing ‘till you’re hoarse to the ripest musical fromage imaginable! It can only be, what is now referred to as, the "world famous" Silent Disco Street Party, and it is back this Sunday from 8pm.

Two chances to see classsical pianist Michael McHale

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

MICHAEL MCHALE, the Irish classical pianist, who playing has been described as "delicately graded and infallibly clear" by The Irish Times and filled with "lucidity and elegance" by The Daily Telegraph, will play two shows in County Galway.

99 Souls - funky house duo for Seven

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

99 SOULS, the duo behind the massive funky house hit 'The Girl Is Mine', which everyone from Beyoncé to Pete Tong has been raving about, and who want their debut album to be "classic, timeless", are coming to Galway.

Neon Atlas @ Seven

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

CORK INDIE/alternative band Neon Atlas, who have won critical and commercial acclaim for their music, play The Loft @ Seven, Bridge Street, on Friday September 23 at 10pm.

Nirvana tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

IT IS 25 years this month since Nirvana released the game changing, and now classic, album Nevermind, and equally epochal single, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', so if you are in the mood to commemorate check out this upcoming show.

Ralph McTell announces Galway show for October

Wed, Sep 14, 2016

IT TOOK an Englishman to write one of the finest, and most poignant songs, about Irish emigration. That man is Ralph McTell, and that song is 'From Clare To Here', and next month he will mark his special relationship with the country.

Cathy Davey - new album and Galway show

Tue, Sep 13, 2016

GALWAY WAS the location for Cathy Davey to explore new sounds and styles and in which to create her new album, appropriately entitled New Forest, being recorded near forests in Woodford, south Galway, and in Connemara.

Ramones drummer to play Galway in December

Tue, Sep 13, 2016

"RICHIE SAVED the band as far as I’m concerned. He’s the greatest thing to happen to the Ramones. He put the spirit back in the band." So said Joey Ramone about Richie, who was drummer with the legendary punk band from 1983 to 1987.

Lisa Hannigan to begin Irish tour in Galway

Mon, Sep 12, 2016

LISA HANNIGAN, riding high on the critical and commercial success of her No1 At Swim album, has announced details of her new Irish tour, with the opening concert taking place in Galway.

Album review: Ryley Walker

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 08, 2016

MUCH HAS been made of this album's apparent shift away from Walker's 1960s psych folk-rock influences towards a 1990s indie singer-songwriter dominated sound, but the music within does not contain any kind of either/or exclusion.

Scullion - new date for Róisín Dubh concert

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

SCULLION, FEATURING three of Ireland's leading musicians - Sonny Condell, Philip King, Robbie Overson - have announced the new date for their rescheduled Róisín Dubh show, which now takes place on Sunday September 24 at 8pm.

Daithí plays Electric tonight

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

SINCE RELEASING his Tribes EP in February, Daithí has pushed his music forward into new sonic, and indeed philosophic, territory, fully embracing his heritage and background, without ever compromising his music's energy and dancability.

Concert to honour 1916 heroes at Clifden Arts Festival

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

CHARLIE LENNON, one of Ireland's foremost fiddle players and trad musicians, will unveil his newly composed suite of music, in honour of the men and women of 1916, with a performance at this month's Clifden Arts Festival.

Niall Connolly returns to Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

HE HAS been called "among the most vibrant, poignant, and authentic indie folk artists in New York City," by No Depression magazine, and "a witty storyteller and a not-to-be-missed songsmith", by the Chicago Tribune.

Take up singing for the autumn

Thu, Sep 08, 2016

GALWEGIANS KEEN on learning how to sing and/or becoming involved in a choir, should check out the new term of classes and rehearsals with the Ad Hoc choir.

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