Alot of Irish and Northern Irish music comes Nialler9’s way and there’s little time to feature everything we think is worthy of a thumbs up or more ears. Every week, we collate the new songs from emerging artists that deserve to be heard by you.
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1.
DAY_S
Dangerous
Diffusion Lab artist Day_S new single ‘Dangerous’ is the Dublin artist’s finest pop-centric track yet.
2.
Ugolino
Early Hours
Shane Richardson and Oran Hurley’s Ugolino makes an immediate impression with their debut single melding spoken word rap and live jazz instrumentation for something fresh.
3.
Alyxis
MINE
Bad Bones returned as Alyxis earlier this month, and the Rush EP has just been released. ‘Mine’ is a minimally-constructed track that sounds like the hushed atmospherics of FKA Twigs.
4.
Smilez x Youngiz
Outside
Tallaght and Dublin 24 are represented in Smilez and Youngiz‘ viral hit (200k+ hits in a week) ‘Outside’ which blends drill with a pop sensibility.
“Since we started sharing the snippets a certain group has been feeling a certain type of way and targeting us because they think when we say ‘Outside’ we are looking for beef but we are letting people know now we are ‘Outside’ working hard, focusing on our music, our visuals, looking good and all the boys looking fresh and keeping their energy good”.
Smilez
5.
Honas
Redesign
Honas is the solo artist who is a member of the Orchid Collective. ‘Redesign’ is a sweet pop track with electronic tones about a relationship that has run out of road.
6.
Taylor Mas
Me Again
‘Me Again’ is a sparking dance pop tune from new Irish artist Taylor Mas.
7.
KK Lewis
First Bus Home
KK Lewis‘ soft bedroom pop R&B style impresses on ‘First Bus Home’.
“The song captures a memory in Dublin City in the early hours of the morning waiting for the buses to start running again after a night out. It depicts my later teenage years and explores how isolating love can feel and how quickly these emotions can overtake you and leave you feeling completely lost. Listening to this song now, is like reading an excerpt from my diary, I can visualise the memory in my head so clearly and even though it was such a confusing and lonely time in my life, I can look back now with some clarity.”
I enjoyed this live version from a back garden.
8.
Adrian Crowley
Bread and Wine
The Watchful Eye Of The Stars is Adrian Crowley’s ninth album, produced by John Parish is the work of a songwriter hitting a masterful new level as heard on new song ‘Bread & Wine’.
The album features Nadine Khouri and Katell Keineg on backing vocals and Jim Barr of Portishead on double bass.
9.
Local Boy
Thoughts
Quickly following up his ‘Al Bundy’ single, Jake Hurley’s Local Boy has a nervous energy on a track about profiteering mental health services.
10.
Walk Then Dance
Something Human
Ian Goulding featured here with his first single and now the Scotland-based Irish electronic producer has dropped a followup that has a fine electronic fettle to it.
11.
Kyle Meehan
Guilty Of Love (feat. Jessica Hammond)
Dua Lipa vibes abound with Belfast vocalist Jessica Hammond’s vocal over the dance pop production of Kyle Meehan.
