• Galway’s Áras na nGael to host jungle and drum & bass weekender with Rua Sound

    September 27, 2022 - By 

    Galway-based jungle and drum & bass label Rua Sound is hosting a special two-day event at Áras na nGael in October. The label, which was launched in Galway by Cormac McMahon and Rob Flynn in 2015, has released music by some of the most respected names in underground jungle and drum & bass, including Sully, Sun People and Tim Reaper. Now, for their debut weekender, the crew are hosting a selection of these international acts alongside a line-up of Irish talent between Friday 14th October through Saturday 15th.  International acts on the bill include Arcane, Henry Greenleaf, Itoa, Sully and…

  • Choice Cuts: The Best Tracks of… April

    May 6, 2014 - By 

    April has certainly been a busy news month – in sports, we had lifetime bans and huge fines for court-side racism, as well as banana throwing (and eating); in entertainment we had Jeremy Clarkson, mostly just being Jeremy Clarkson; in politics we had a series of PR meltdowns for UKIP, many of them revolving around racism as well. Indeed, intolerance and prejudice has been widespread this month. There was no sparing the music world, either, with both Sky Ferreira and Avril Lavigne being branded racists for their respective music videos. It would be easy to be bogged down by all…