Best of Lists

Nialler9’s Top 30 albums of 2021

30. Four Tet Parallel Four Tet’s eleventh album was released on Christmas Day 2020, alongside…

Leagues O’Toole’s top tracks of 2021

Leagues O’Toole is a music promoter with Foggy Notions based in Dublin. Maybe it’s because…

EMA’s top Irish releases of 2021

EMA is a Dublin-based DJ and selector, who runs the Woozy label and club night,…

Nialler9’s Top 100 songs of 2021: #50 – #1

See all best of 2021 coverage. The best songs of the year #100 to #51…

Nialler9’s Top 100 Irish songs of 2021

If Nialler9 has helped you discover new music this year, or any other year, consider…

Moving Still’s top tracks of 2021

Jamal Sul makes Arabic electronic bangers as Moving Still. See his choices from 2020. 10.…

Andrea Cleary’s top tracks of 2021

Andrea Cleary is the cohost of the Nialler9 Podcast, and a freelance writer for the…

Craig Fitzpatrick’s top tracks of 2021

Craig Fitzpatrick is the cohost of the No Encore Podcast. Listen to their best of…

Claire Beck’s top tracks of 2021

I’ve given myself an extra spot cos I got the COVID, so I deserve one.…

Jim Carroll’s top tracks of 2021

Jim Carroll is no longer a music writer. You can find him at RTÉ Brainstorm…

Nialler9’s Top 100 songs of 2021: 100-51

See all best of 2021 coverage. Part one of our best songs of 2021 posts.…

Aoife O’Neill’s top tracks of 2021

Aoife O’Neill is a DJ and founder of Out of Space – a party and…

David Balfe of For Those I Love’s top tracks of 2021

David Balfe is the creator of my favourite Irish release of 2021 for the For…

MuRLi’s top tracks of 2021

MuRLi is a rapper and producer who is a part of the Narolane crew alongside…

Nialler9 Podcast: The best songs of 2021

It’s part two of the trilogy of the Nialler9 Best of the year podcasts, and…

Nialler9’s Top 25 Irish albums of 2021

There was hope that 2021 would be a different kind of year to 2020, but…

Sally Cinnamon’s top tracks of 2021

Sally Cinnamon is one of the nation’s premier DJs and party starters, here are her top…

Kelly-Anne Byrne’s top tracks of 2021

Kelly-Anne Byrne is a soul and disco-loving DJ queen whose radio show The Beat Goes…

Ruth Medjber’s top tracks of 2021

Ruth Medjber is a photographer whose eyes have been hired by Arcade Fire, Hozier, Glastonbury, Electric Picnic and many others.

Cian Ó Cíobháin’s top Irish tracks of 2021

Cian Ó Cíobháin is a west Kerry DJ and radio presenter with An Taobh Tuathail five nights a week on Radio na Gaeltachta.