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T BEGINS with a frantic drumbeat and squall of feedback, before the distorted guitars kick with a punk style descending chord riff, and a voice sings in a melody worthy of a fifties and sixties girl groups: “You look at me as if I’m some drama queen...”

SWOON, THE debut album from Galway indie band Dott will be launched at a gig in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday November 9 at 9pm.

THE YEAR normally does not go by without the Galway Arts Centre hosting a number of music gigs, either in its HQ in Dominick Street or at the Nuns Island Theatre, but a three day music festival, focussing on indie, folk rock, and electronica, is a new departure.

STRANGE BREW, the Róisín Dubh’s celebration of all things indie, Irish, and up and coming, will celebrate its 500th night with a line up of some of the finest emerging bands in Ireland.

THE BRILLIANT Jape, led by Redneck Manifesto bassist Richie Egan, will headline a strong line-up of Irish rock and indie bands at the Jägermeister Freezer Sessions in the Róisín Dubh.

‘A CHANGE is as good as a rest’ and ‘travel broadens the mind’ are two of the oldest chestnuts out there, but these sayings have stuck around because they have more than a grain of wisdom in them.

RED BIRD, an up and coming youth-led arts organisation, will hold SAMPLE, an exhibition of its works, which opens in the Galway Arts Centre tomorrow at 6pm.

IRISH ART-pop eccentrics Grand Pocket Orchestra will undertake something of a ‘mini-residency’ in the Róisín Dubh this month when they play two nights at Strange Brew.

GARAGE POP, rock/hardcore, and experimental electronica will be the diverse order of the day at a gig that weekend in the Galway Arts Centre.

The economic downturn has had negative affects across all sectors of society, including the arts, but the support of Galway businesses will ensure TULCA goes ahead this year.