Category: News & Reviews
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Jamnesty: music and protesting the Eighth Amendment
Tomorrow night is for music, and activism. A gig to raise funds for Amnesty’s campaign “It’s Time. Repeal the 8th”, with four stellar live acts.
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Ticketmaster introducing ‘verified fans’ system in Ireland: effective or just more of the same?
The Ticketmaster verified fan system is being introduced in Ireland soon. But does it actually work?
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Your weeks worth of electronic gigs in Galway (Jan 20 – 27)
The next seven days of electronic music in Galway.
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Sos. is a new music event promoting positive mental health & social inclusion in Galway
Positive social change through music. Sos. is a new voluntary run event that will be hosting its first night of music and performance this Saturday night.
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Birthday celebrations at The Black Gate Cultural Centre this weekend
The Black Gate are celebrating their first birthday this weekend, with a surprise 5 piece jazz-super-group
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5 new(ish) records that you need to hear: The best and last albums of 2017 (Issue #9)
The last days of 2017 managed to squeeze out some incredible albums, with some of them breaking out on the last day of the year. I’ve selected five of them, from local Irish artists to international noise makers. Please, give a proper musical farewell to the strange year that was 2017. #1 Utopia – Björk…
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Artists and their music 20+ years later: Air’s Moon Safari (1998) and Premiers Symptomes (1997)
Objectively, two of the best electronic records of the nineties. Personally, a band that wants to seduce your listening experience. On January 16, 1998, the first studio album by French electronic music duo Air was released. Formed by Nicholas Godin and Jean-Benôit Dunckel in the early nineties, the self-defined ‘French band’ became a globally recognised…
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The Galway Youth Orchestra brings Christmas to the Black Box Theatre this weekend
It has come to that anticipated time of year again, when The Galway Youth Orchestra hosts their annual Christmas concert. At the Black Box Theatre this Saturday December 16 at 8pm, the GYO will play the much loved work by Howard Blake, ‘The Snowman’. As the longest established community orchestra in the West of Ireland,…
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5 new(ish) records that you need to hear: Random relaxation (issue #8)
No news segment this week – pick a newspaper out of the bins on the street, look over the shoulder of the person sitting in front of you on the bus, and read the the status of your favourite comedian. Issue number 8 is the best of random relaxation. Nobody asked for it, and here…
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Galway’s Gig Guide: 13-19 November 2017
There might be a part of you that says “I’m going to stay in and listen to my favourite recording of the Queen’s Speech, from the year Deadmau5 tweeted “what the fuck is ‘up the ra?”. Don’t listen to it, otherwise you’ll miss out on some really special gigs this week. For the next seven…
Lazer Guided Reporter 