District Magazine launched a collaboration album with all proceeds going to Pieta House.
The album, released on District Recordings label is a compilation of unreleased material from 20 Irish hip-hop artists including JYellowL, This Side Up, Wastefellow, Neomadic, Rebel Phoenix, Mathman and many more.
The album is available for purchase on District Magazine’s Bandcamp for €9.90 and a vinyl release is promised, along with a big party.
Posted on January 11th, 2018
This Side Up are a Sligo trio that dropped an excellent album of West Coast (of Ireland) hip-hop in November.
‘Billy No Mates’ is an easy highlight from the LP, I said it “sounds like a Jurassic 5 throwback production” originally.
Watch the fun video by Gavin Fitzgerald of the track above.
This Side Up’s next gig is in the Grand Social in Dublin on Saturday.
Get their album on Bandcamp.
Watch the video for Sligo rap trio This Side Up’s ‘Snappin’ feat. Hamo
Posted on April 18th, 2017
A new festival to take place by the seaside Enniscrone, Co. Sligo has been announced for 26th and 27th of May and the lineup features predominantly indie, rock, pop. folk and jazz.
The all-ages family-friendly festival will feature headliners like Hothouse Flowers, The Riptide Movement along with Rusangano Family, Wyvern Lingo, Meltybrains?, Interskalactic, The Side Up, Disco na mBo and more.
Weekend tickets start from €100 and Saturday tickets are €60 from Eventbrite.
Full poster below. Win tickets to the festival via the Gleam widget:
Posted on March 28th, 2017
Update: Richie Egan of Jape added to the show now.
The always condsidered Young Hearts Run Free put on unique events in special places with a mix of live music, performers, chat, poetry, comedy and more.
Every year they do a big Christmas bash in the Co-Op on Newmarket Square. This year’s event takes place on Saturday December 3rd and features:
Tickets are available on the door for the BYOB gig and it starts at 7.30pn and goes on late. Tickets €22 and as ever, all proceeds go to the
Simon Community.
Posted on November 23rd, 2016
Having formed in Sligo at a vinyl-only night in McGarrigles in 2008, This Side Up represent an West Of Ireland faction of hip-hop lovers brought up on the golden age of rap – call and response, posse cuts, samples and fat drum beats. On Myster-E, Shaool & Noone’s debut album there’s a playfulness in their bright hip-hop style that’s matched by their accents.
‘Billy No Mates’ sounds like a Jurassic 5 throwback production, ‘The Beast’ is a Beastie Boys flute loop with more bass, ‘All Nottin’ are these Sligo MCs in full flow, ‘Signs’ sees them team up with UK rappers Verb T and MoreOne.
Other guests include Spekulative Fiktion and MC Muipead (rapping as Gaeilge – “wild Atlantic shit”), while Hamo, one half of dance producers Brame and Hamo, also Sligo-born, contributes the beat to ‘Snappin’.
The album is out Monday via Bandcamp. Listen to it here first:
This Side Up have gigs in Cork and Dublin this month.
Posted on November 11th, 2016
This week’s chart is headed by French producer Para One’s incendiary slice of gospel house with the South African Youth Choir, a surprising rap debut from Future Islands’ Sam T. Herring with Madlib no less, new artists from LA (Transviolet), Brighton (Oslo Parks), Cork (Lakerama), Wicklow (Joni), Melbourne (Cloves, pictured) along with electronic heat from Jack J and new music from Chvrches, Tame Impala and Mac Demarco. Also available on Spotify.
Like your new music on Spotify instead? Follow the Nialler9 New Music playlist on Spotify. Updated weekly.
Posted on July 20th, 2015
I’ve been looking back for much of the last month, revisiting and enjoying the first six months in music so far. Normally at this point I’d pick 50 songs to represent the half-year but I couldn’t limit it to 50 and went for 75. My albums of the year so far are also worth your ears.
In the meantime, the new music train keeps on running and while I was busy compiling and revisiting, I didn’t get the chance to share some doozies other than on the radio. So here are 20 of the best new songs released in the last 14 days.
Like your new music on Spotify instead? Follow the Nialler9 New Music playlist on Spotify. Updated weekly.
Posted on July 13th, 2015
My new music show is live every Thursday from 10pm to midnight on TXFM. The show starts about six minutes into the first hour.
You can listen live on Thursdays to the show on 105.2FM, online, the iOs app, Android app or if you missed it, along with all the other shows, via the listen back section
Posted on July 3rd, 2015
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