On this week’s podcast Niall and Ellen talk It Takes A Village Festival, song of the summer chat, new music from Lykke Li, and we chat to one of Ireland’ leading lights in hip-hop and grime sounds, Mango, of Mango X Mathman released the Wheel Up EP in late 2017 and spent the year building… Read more »
Trust Massive Attack to mark the 20th anniversary of their claustrophic 1998 album Mezzanine by encoding it in DNA. In a press release, the band say that Mezzanine was “the first album to be made available as a free stream from the internet using Real Audio player” (remember that?) and to mark 20 years, they… Read more »
Christine and the Queens will return to Ireland for a show at the RDS Main Hall on Friday November 30th. It’s been two years since the French artist’s debut album Chaleur Humaine was released and the artist has a new album coming this year. Recently, Héloïse Letissier has been going under the name Chris with… Read more »
Queens Rapper and F*ck, That’s Delicious host Action Bronson is coming back to Dublin on Wednesday July 18th at The Academy this summer. Bronson’s latest album Blue Chips 7000 was released last August and F*ck, That’s Delicious is an excellent food book. Tickets €42.50 Inc. booking fee go on sale at 10am this Friday April… Read more »
Vinyl Love For Repeal is an initiative by the Vinyl Love crew around Ireland to support the Repeal the 8th campaign and Together For Yes as the vote to remove the 8th amendment from the constitution nears on May 25th. There’s will be 7 simultaneous Vinyl Love for Repeal Events in 7 cities across Ireland… Read more »
The second anniversary of Prince’s death approaches this Saturday and the Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records have shared the original studio recording of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ to mark the occasion. In a video for the track recorded in 1984, six years before Sinéad O’Connor’s version was popularised as a classic in 1990, you… Read more »
It’s the second anniversary of Prince’s untimely death so we talk to three big Prince fans, Ruairi Lynch (Bantum), Kelly-Anne Byrne (Today FM) and Tim O’Donovan (Buffalo Woman) about their love of the the Purple One as the second anniversary of his death approaches this Saturday, We’ll be marking the occasion at Lumo on Saturday… Read more »
The new festival on the summer scene, All Together Now which takes place from August 3rd to 5th at Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford has added a load of new artists in addition to its first list of acts announced in February which included Fleet Foxes, Underworld, Nils Frahm, Chaka Khan and more. Today’s adds are:… Read more »
Skip to day:Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri| Sat | Sun Monday April 16th The Streets @ The Olympia Theatre (Sold Out) The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light tour. Also taking place on April 10th. ‘Don’t Mug Yourself’. Support from Stevie G We Bloom: Ørtega, Jacob Henley, Cat Turner @… Read more »
Bulmers Forbidden Fruit Festiva; have announced an all-Irish Bulmers Live Stage with 20 Irish acts playing across the three days at the festival at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham , with many Nialler9 favourites including: Ae Mak Ailbhe Reddy Booka Brass David Keenan Day_S Dj Deece Erica Cody Fehdah Flynn Fontaines Dc Katie Laffan King Bones… Read more »
Superorganism have been announced for an indoor show at The Academy on Thursday October 18th. The band are playing Forbidden Fruit festival in June but this is their first non-festival headline show. Tickets priced €18.50 inclusive of booking fee go on sale at 10am this Friday, 13th April via Ticketmaster. Check out our interview with… Read more »
It Takes A Village Festival is a new festival that happens in Trabolgan Holiday Village in East Cork this weekend from Friday 13th – Sunday 15th April and as well as the likes of Young Fathers, Andrew Weatherall, Talos, Saint Sister, Lankum and more playing down there, there’s also self-catering accommodation, pool parties, an arcade,… Read more »
Skip to day:Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri| Sat | Sun Monday April 9th Dua Lipa @ The Olympia Theatre (Sold Out) English singer-songwriter who also plays a sold out show on April 10th. ‘New Rules’ Tuesday April 10th Ruby Sessions: Bryde @ Doyle’s Bar (€7) A night in aid of the… Read more »
David Hopkins was a member of the band LiR before he decided to switch things up and move to New York. While he had a brief flirtation with a job in a famous restaurant that ended in him being fired for throwing cutlery at the head chef, most of his music career has since worked… Read more »
They’re back. Last week, Arctic Monkeys finally revealed that their new album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino will be released on Friday the 11th of May and today, Arctic Monkeys today have announced some gigs in arenas in the UK and Ireland. A Dublin date has been announced on September 24th with tickets priced from… Read more »
22 gigs and clubs to see in Cork this week
Pillow Queens, Maria Kelly, Sub Motion and ROE to perform at Girls Rock Dublin fundraiser
Massive Attack’s Mezzanine is to be coded in DNA
Punk-funk legends A Certain Ratio announce Dublin date
Kurt Vile announces Dublin show
Christine and the Queens for RDS Dublin show
Leon Vynehall, Horse Meat Disco, Avalon Emerson and Optimo for Dublin gigs
The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week
Rising Cork band Happyalone unveil new trip-hop-leaning single ‘bodybags’
Action Bronson for Dublin show
