The best of recent album streams:
- Top of the must-listen pile: Tune-Yards brilliant new album w h o k i l l.
- Crystal Stilts – In Love With Oblivion
- Guillemots – Walk This River
- Sleep Thieves – Heartwaves
- Metronomy – The English Riviera
- Son Lux – We Are Rising
- Low – C’mon
- Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
- Cass McCombs – Wit’s End
- Bill Callahan – Apocalypse
- MatthewDavid – Outmind (Brainfeeder)
- UNKLE – Another Night Out
- Daedelus – Bespoke.
- TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light
- Ponytail – Do Whatever You Want All The Time
- Bell X1 – Bloodless Coup
- Sonny And The Sunsets – Hit After Hit
- The Head and the Heart – The Head and the Heart
- Smith Westerns – Die It Blonde
- Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost!
- Vivian Girls – Share The Joy
- Architecture In Helsinki – Moment Bends
- Glasvegas – EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK
- Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys!
- More at Luisterpaal.

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
I’m about 3/4s through my first listen to the new J Rocc album ‘Some Cold Rock Stuf’… I like what I hear so far (and I have the Mystery disc to check out next!)
http://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/sets/j-rocc-some-cold-rock-stuf/s-xkfmG
Nice one Robbie.