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Arts festival techno nights @ Electric
DUTCH DJ legend I-F, leading German producer Tensnake, and David Kitt's New Jackon DJ persona are the highlights of an impressive roster of techno and house talent playing Electric during the Galway International Arts Festival.
Big Jelly bring the ska to The Loft
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.
Forty years on, Kiwi Tim Finn loves writing more than ever
Forty years in the music business, one of New Zealand's most celebrated singer-songwriters, Tim Finn will perform at the Galway International Arts festival for the first time.
Catch harmony group Coda at Westport Town Hall
Lovers of harmonies and the incredible instrument that is the human voice will find a musical Mecca in Westport Town Hall on Friday next (July 3) as Coda are to play their first concert there.
Album review: The Selecter
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.
The Dub Doctor album launch @ The Loft
GALWAY BASS and dub DJ, producer, and mixer The Dub Doctor will launch his new album URBANOMIX, with a show in The Loft @ Seven, Bridge Street this Saturday at 10pm.
Sizzling new acts for Body&Soul summer solstice festival
With just seven weeks to go Body&Soul Festival - which takes place in Ballinlough Castle - has announced even more acts taking to the 2015 main stages. A mix of cutting-edge new talent and reunited fan favourites, this year’s programme lifts the lid on a summer sizzler festival set.
Walpurgis Night IV - unleash the metal
WALPURGIS NIGHT was a May Day’s eve festival when witches met and held revels with their gods to stir up trouble before the spring came. Sounds like a good night to hold a metal gig.
FEAST metal/grindcore gigs at Róisín Dubh
TWO BRITISH grindcore bands - Human Cull and This Ends Here - play the next FEAST gig tonight, upstairs in the Róisín Dubh, at 9pm.
Interskalactic return to The Loft
INTERSKALACTIC, hailed as “the future of ska in Ireland” by The Late Late Show’s Ryan Tubridy, return to Galway with their old-school Jamaican style ska.