Album review: Bleached

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THEY WERE a duo of sisters - Jennifer and Jessie Clavin, now they are a trio, joined by bassist Micayla Grace. Whether it's the Micayla's addition, or more experience under their collective belt, the LA band are rocking harder than ever.

Rising Irish stars @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THE VERY best young Irish comedians from the Róisín Dubh's Tuesday night Comedy showcase, will strut their comedic stuff on the stage of the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow from 8.30pm.

New documentary captures the struggles of the fishing industry

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

ATLANTIC, A part Galway made documentary, following fishing communities in Ireland, Canada, and Norway as they struggle to sustain their livelihoods against oil exploration, fishing quotas, and industrial trawling, will be screened at The Eye.

Exhibition to explore Galway's revolution

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

OUTSIDE OF Dublin, County Galway saw the most significant action of the 1916 Rising, and Galway's role in 1916, as well as the War of Independence and the Civil War, will be examined in a major new exhibition.

Imelda May and Damien Dempsey to play Big Top

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

IRISH ROCKABILLY queen Imelda May and singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey will play the Galway International Arts Festival Absolut Big Top on Thursday July 21 at 7pm and tickets go on sale tomorrow.

P.I.S.C.E.S. – The aliens have landed

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

“AT FIRST we thought it was a comet. We were slightly concerned because comets don’t normally travel as fast as this...then it changed course and we got really worried. Comets don’t change course. Whatever this is it isn’t natural..."

Terry Reid - the return of 'superlungs'

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

TERRY REID could have been the lead singer in Led Zeppelin. Richie Blackmore wanted him to be Deep Purple’s frontman. Both incidents have cast him as rock’s great 'nearly man...’, but this is to forget Terry Reid has always been his own man.

Today is Poetry Day -what are you going to do?

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

POETRY IS one of humanity's oldest forms of artistic and personal expression, found across all eras, languages, and cultures. Today is Poetry Day and Galway will mark the venerable form with a number of events.

Film noir in a theatre setting

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

QUINN IS a desperate man in a situation he can’t control. There’s a woman, a fat man with alarmingly high-waisted trousers, and all around is the subtle whiff of violence. This is film noir - not for the screen, but for the stage.

Galway Early Music Festival 2016

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

GENDER-BENDING baroque opera singers, 12th century love songs, and young musicians playing music from centuries ago, not to mention women's contribution to European music - it's the 2016 Galway Early Music Festival.

Fregoli’s Mary Mary Mary

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

’WHAT IS love then, Mary Ellen?’. Three generations of Irish women explore love, life, and duty, and inviting the audience to share in their most poignant moments, in Fregoli Theatre's Mary Mary Mary.

Little Green Cars to play Salthill

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

LITTLE GREEN Cars, one of Ireland's most acclaimed indie-rock bands, riding the crest of a wave with their new album Ephemera, play Seapoint, Salthill, on Thursday May 12 at 8pm.

Scottish trad-fusion as Skerryvore play Monroe's

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

SKERRYVORE, THE multi award winning Celtic rock-band, from the tiny lsle of Tiree off Scotland’s west coast, make their Irish debut in Galway, playing Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 9pm.

Debussy pianoworks from an English great

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

HE HAS been called "the very finest of pianists” by The Guardian, while the Royal Philharmonic Society has praised “the unique magic of his sound combined with a profound musical intelligence”.

Picture This @ The Loft

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

SEVEN CELBRATES its first birthday this weekend, and to mark the occasion, its live venue, The Loft, hosts a gig by rising Irish band Picture This, on Friday April 29 from 9pm.

Mick Hanly – new album and Town Hall show

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

MICK HANLY, one of Ireland's greatest songwriters, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday May 8 at 8pm, joined by Donal Lunny, to perform songs from his new album, Homeland.

Ska and roots reggae with Big Jelly

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

GALWAY FANS of early Jamaican roots ska are in for a treat when Big Jelly, who play songs by Toots & The Maytals, Skatalites, Prince Buster, Bob Marley, and Lee 'Scratch' Perry, come to Monroe's.

Cafolla and Engel @ HALO

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

CAFOLLA AND Engel, the live saxophone and house music ensemble, return to HALO, playing the Abbeygate Street venue this Sunday.

May Bank Holiday @ Electric

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

THE MAY Bank Holiday weekend at Electric will see a host of leading Galway DJs spinning the decks at the Abbeygate Street venue.

Roots, dub, and reggae weekender

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

MALA OF Digital Mystics, pioneers of the dubstep scene, along with DJs from across Ireland, will perform at the Bank holiday Weekender in the Boatclub, Woodquay, tomorrow and Saturday.

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