Big Jelly bring the ska to The Loft

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

SKA AND rock steady will be the order of the night when nine-piece Galway band, Big Jelly, take to the stage of The Loft on Friday July 17 at 11pm.

SHAKE! and Smash Hits @ HALO

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

SHAKE!, ONE of Galway's legendary and most respected clubnights, and Smash Hits!, the tribute band who play popular hits from the 1990s, both come to HALO this weekend.

Emmet Scanlan - Galway show on new Irish tour

Wed, Jul 08, 2015

SINGER-SONGWRITER Emmet Scanlan and his band What The Good Thought make a welcome return home to Galway to play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Friday July 17 at 9pm, as part of their current Irish tour.

All Tvvins @ Róisín Dubh

Tue, Jul 07, 2015

THE THRILLING All Tvvins, who combine electro-pop rhythms and melodies with exciting metal/math-rock guitar, play the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 16 at 8pm as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Album review: Ezra Furman

Music Reviews Mon, Jul 06, 2015

EZRA FURMAN makes no apologies for his cross dressing and gender bending. He makes no apologies either for being a man of faith and a practicing Jew. In one go, he has just bullet riddled a host of stereotypes and expectations.

John C Reilly - actor and his band to play two concerts

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

JOHN C REILLY, the American movie star and comedian, known for his brilliant character acting in Boogie Nights, The Hours, Chicago, and Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story, can also list singer and songwriter to his list of talents.

Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny to play Monroe's Live

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

ANDY IRVINE and Dónal Lunny boast CVs and achievements like few others - Andy has been in Sweeney's Men and Patrick Street; Dónal in The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts; and together they have served in Planxty and Mozaik.

The Priests to perform in Galway Cathedral

Mon, Jun 29, 2015

THE PRIESTS, the classical music vocal trio of Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland, will perform a concert in the Galway Cathedral to mark the cathedral's jubilee celebrations.

Album review: The Selecter

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 25, 2015

LEGENDARY 2-TONE artists, The Selecter, have always been my 2-Tone band of choice so I was eagerly anticipating this album. The title, Subculture, lends itself well to the original ethos of 2-Tone which encouraged the mixing of genres and youth cultures - mods, punks, and rude boys all skanking to the same punky reggae beat.

Denis Mockler - EP launch and Róisín Dubh gig

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

SINGER-SONGWRITER Denis Mockler will launch his debut EP, Open Doors, at a gig in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 2 at 8pm.

Anna's Anchor to tour the islands

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

A LIMERICK singer-songwriter is currently on a tour of Ireland's islands, entitled The Islands, with a plan to record a song on each leg of the journey, to amass eight songs, in eight venues, over eight weeks.

Traidphicnic 2015

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

LIAM Ó MAOINLAÍ and his new band Ré, will headline Thraidphicnic, the annual weekend of Irish traditional music and workshops, in An Spidéal, from Friday July 3 to Sunday 5.

Gamadon @ Basement Project

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GAMADON, THE Mullingar DJ also known as Gavin McDonagh, will DJ at Get Deeper in The Cellar tomorrow from 10pm - when he will also be celebrating his birthday.

The Complete Stone Roses @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

THE COMPLETE Stone Roses, the much admired tribute band to the Manchester 'punkadelic' legends, return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Thursday July 9 at 10pm.

Rory Gallagher tribute @ Monroe’s

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

BARRY MCGIVERN is a self taught guitarist who first saw Rory Gallagher on TV in 1969 performing with his power trio Taste, before eventually seeing the Irish blues legend more than 30 times in concert.

Seán Keane and Granny's Suitcase

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GRANNY'S SUITCASE, the new show from one of Ireland's greatest vocalists, Seán Keane, will find the Caherlistrane man, alone on the the Town Hall Theatre stage this Saturday at 8pm.

Community @ The Loft

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

COMMUNITY IS the improv alter-ego of Galway group My Fellow Sponges, whose drive is to see the audience create music with the band.

Tech House @ The Cellar

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

THE TECH House crew will descend into The Cellar Underground this Saturday from 10pm for a night of techno, house, and bass, from a plethora of different DJs.

Whiplash - Metallica tribute @ The Loft

Wed, Jun 24, 2015

BETWEEN 1983 and 1991 Metallica made some of the greatest metal ever created and that rich entertainment and artistic achievement will be celebrated by Ireland's leading Metallica tribute band Whiplash this weekend.

Parquet Courts and why you should go to their gig

Tue, Jun 23, 2015

"ANYTHING THAT does not come from tradition is plagiarism," declared the Catalan surrealist Salvador Dalí. It is a willfully contradictory, deliberately oxymoronic statement, but it does get to the heart of New York indie-rockers Parquet Courts.

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