Recommended Albums & Releases

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Deaf Joe
From The Heights Of A Dream

Second album finds Deaf Joe in sonically testing territory.

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Beck
Morning Phase

Beck's twelfth album is a comforting sonic dawn.

St Vincent

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St. Vincent

The Irish premiere of Annie Clark's fourth album is here on Nialler9..

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Angel Olsen
Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Her second album brims with a powerful intimacy despite the increased dynamism.

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CON VOS
Cocoon Bloom EP

Sorcha Richardson and New Jersey duo Fortunate Ones release their first EP as a free download.

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Warpaint

The LA band make a robust and sensuous second album.

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The Gloaming
The Gloaming

Martin Hayes and friends create new ideas with the help of old ones on their spacious breathing debut.

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James Vincent McMorrow
Post Tropical

The Irishman moves past conventions and the folk tag on an ambitious second outing.

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Paddy Hanna
Leafy Stiletto

The Grand Pocket Orchestra singer tones down the cacophony on his solo album.

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Sunken Foal
Friday Syndrome Volume 2

An accomplished collection of Friday night jams part deux.

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Daniel Avery
Drone Logic

A jumbo-sized old-fashioned dance debut from the UK producer.

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Emakousma
Island

An instrumental album of atmospherics through guitar and piano from the Monaghan man.

Features & Premieres

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Replete – ‘Green Fields’

First listen to a bonus track not featured on the Hold Me EP out this Friday.

Pete Lawlor aka Cork-based producer Replete has a new EP, Hold Me out on Champion Sound Recordings this Friday and judging on the tracks so far, the title track with its percussive piano-house vibes, the upbeat club house of ‘Appetite‘ as trailed by a Rotor-made video by the artist and the ambient disco bass oddysey… Read more »

St Vincent

Album of the week: St. Vincent – St. Vincent

The Irish premiere of Annie Clark's fourth album is here on Nialler9..

Working collaboratively with a visionary artist like David Byrne has only made Annie Clark more fearless, more aware of her own convictions and more comfortable. Witness the current live performances, which like, the Love This Giant stage shows, use simple choreography and glances between the performer and band and performer and audience. Her own stage… Read more »

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JDIFF – The Music documentary highlights

Includes films about backing singers, electronic music pioneer and Looney Tunes musician Raymond Scott, DC hardcore band Bad Brains and a left-behind UK cult singer.

The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival takes place in Dublin cinemas and venues from February 13th to 23rd and there’s lots of interesting screenings, talks and events on the schedule including John Michael McDonagh’s new film Calvary, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, Richard Ayoade’s The Double, Terry Gilliam’s The Zero Theorem and Jonathan Glazer’s… Read more »

Upcoming Nialler9 Events

March 28th, 11pm @ Pacino's, Dublin

Nialler9 DJ set

A Nialler9 DJ set plus guests in the bar environment of Pacino's at Night. Free in to the main room.

More info.

Latest Podcast

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Nialler9 Podcast #45: I Want You

Psychemagik, Gary Low, Isaiah Rashad, Kaytranada, Tinashe, Lorde, Twigs...

Special shoutout to the ever-brilliant Stephen Maurice Graham for his illustration. This one, he says, is down to that Psychemagik track and the film Dazed and Confused. Please enjoy 15 tracks in under an hour. A bit less talking, a bit more mixing on this one than usual. Track list Mo Kolours – ‘Mike Black’ Gary… Read more »