Album review: Arc Iris

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 03, 2014

AFTER TWO barely noticed albums in the mid-noughties, Rhode Island folk-rock/indie-folk trio The Low Anthem struck creative gold with 2009’s Oh My God, Charlie Darwin.To hold their own and not be outdone by the considerable shadow cast by Fleet Foxes’ magical debut was some achievement, as was the band’s ability to balance the rabble rousing, beer’n’brawling side of folk, with the genre’s sensitive, introspective, side, showing in the process, an emphatic understanding and love for the heritage of this Hiberno-British-American strain of music.

Beardyman @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

BEARDYMAN – DJ, producer, and entertainer – brings his Eat Sleep Shave Repeat Irish Tour to Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh tonight.

Beardyman, who has been called the “king of sound, ruler of beats,” by BBC1 Breakfast, and “like Bobby McFerrin on Speed” by the Evening Standard, is promising audiences a rip roaring, beat filled and lavishly improvised gigs.

The Drifters tribute concert

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

THE BEST of The Drifters, featuring Gillie Leroy Jones, are coming to Galway to play a concert in the Salthill Hotel on Sunday April 13.

Concert of film music

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

NUI GALWAY’S Orchestra and Film societies will join forces to present a live visual and audio performance of well known film soundtracks.

Moycullen trad workshop

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

CEARDLANN AN Earraigh, the annual Irish trad music workshops, takes place on Saturday April 12 in Scoil Mhuire, Moycullen.

Organised by Comhaltas Mhaigh Cuilinn, the workshops feature masterclasses in fiddle with Tara Breen and David Doocey; banjo with Eoin O’Sullivan; accordion with Tommy Doherty and Daithí Gormley; concertina with Caitlin NicGabhann; and sean nós singing with Máire Ní Dhroighneán.

Iceland’s Ásgeir to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

ICELANDIC SINGER-songwriter Ásgeir has become a phenomenon in his homeland, with 10 per cent of the island’s population owning a copy of his debut album.

Thad Beckman @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

THAD BECKMAN has “chops, writing talent, a big personality, and a bag full of true stories which all dovetail for a cool show.”

TG4 to record Bosca Ceoil @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

TG4’S NEW folk and trad music show Bosca Ceoil is being recorded in Monroe’s Live from Monday April 7 to Friday 11, and free audience tickets are available.

Raglans to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

LILY ALLEN’S father, actor Keith Allen, who can currently be seen in My Mad Fat Diary, has called Raglans’ “an immensely powerful band!”.

Tae Lane @ The Cellar

Thu, Apr 03, 2014

TAE LANE have been described as The Pogues arguing with Warren Zevon, and Galway will see why when they play The Cellar this Saturday.

Tae Lane are a six-piece band of brothers who play original songs with the odd classic thrown in. They will perform songs from their forthcoming EP Not Today, while the video for the song ‘Low Down Pleasures’ can be seen on YouTube. The band has also played the Electric Picnic.

Daithí launches new single ‘Have To Go’

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

ELECTRO WONDERKIND Daithí officially launches his new single ‘Have To Go’ with a gig in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11.30pm.

Doom metal night @ The Cellar

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

BELFAST DOOM metallers Nomadic Rituals have been called “sonic terrorists”, “mystical tribesmen”, and “the heaviest band in the world”.

Galway music fans will have a chance to hear for themselves when the trio - Craig Carson (bass/vocals/synth), Peter Hunter (guitar), and Mark Smyth (drums) - play The Cellar tomorrow from 9pm.

Chart-topper Route 94 @ Electric

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

CHART-TOPPING DJ Route 94 will be in Galway tonight playing the Electric Garden and Theatre from 11pm.

Shuffle! tomorrow night @ Roisin Dubh

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

Vinyl junky Dave Barry is back again for the March installment of Shuffle! This night is gaining momentum and proving to be one of Galway’s more popular nights.

Punk night @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

A PUNK night will be held upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Sunday from 8pm.

Gnarwolves; a pop punk group from Brighton, will headline. Support is from The Winter Passing; an indie-punk band from Tipperary; Old Bean, and Dream State.

Transatlantic soul with Niall McCabe

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THERE IS a peculiarly kid of Irish soul music, one which infuses r’n’b, jazz, rock, and folk, and whose original master, if not creator, is arguably Van Morrison.

The 4 of Us announce Monroe’s show

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

THE 4 of Us, who were recently voted No 7 in TV3’s Top 10 Irish Bands of All Time poll, play Monroe’s Live in June.

Galway Simon fundraising variety concert

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

MORE THAN 20 performers, from comedians to guitar soloists, will take to the stage of The Quays for the LiveMicsWorld variety show on April 10 at 8pm.

CPNHGN @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

DESPITE THE Scandinavian moniker, CPNHGN hail from Kildare, and take their musical influences from New York’s Sonic Youth and Manchester’s Joy Division.

A court summons to listen to music

Thu, Mar 27, 2014

COURT ROOMS are not associated with musical concerts - unless there was a fall-out between artist and promoter - but they are places of performance and controversy.

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