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Meditation and provocation: A conversation with The Bug

There are few figures in electronic music who can claim mastery of such a diverse…

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Tradfest: 5 shows to catch at the Dublin festival this week

With the recent resurgence in traditional Irish music, Tradfest is well placed to shine a…

ABBA Voyage review: The greatest almost real pop show you’ll ever see

This review contains spoilers for the ABBA Voyage live show currently showing in London. The…

All Together Now: 5 things to look forward to

All Together Now will return in 2024 for its fifth edition next August Bank Holiday…

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In The Meadows: a deeper look at the lineup at the one-day Dublin folk and alternative festival

The prospect of a one-day festival in Dublin city with a specific focus of folk…

Forbidden Fruit: 6 acts you must see at the festival next year

The twelfth edition of the Dublin city festival Forbidden Fruit takes place next year on…

Iceland Airwaves: 10 acts we loved from the 2023 festival

Lumo Club’s Simon Roche has been going to Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves every year for…

10 gigs to catch at the Cork Jazz Festival this weekend

There’s a lot on this weekend in Cork city for the Guinness Cork Jazz festival.…

Nialler9 Podcast: The bother of the Bandcamp sale

This week’s episode is a chat around the sale of Bandcamp from Epic Games to…

Track-by-track: Tandem Felix’s new album There’s a New Sheriff in Town

Tandem Felix, the Dublin-based project of Dublin-based project of songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer David A.…

Music highlights from the Bram Stoker Festival

The Dublin City Council Bram Stoker Festival is now in its tenth year offering “four…

Podcast: The fandom and community of Swiftogedden

The Fandom of Taylor Swift is something that I find so fascinating, particularly the massive…

Exploring the parameter space: A conversation with Autechre

Over the course of a career that has spanned more than three decades, Autechre’s Sean…

16 Irish albums to look forward to before the end of 2023

There are a lot of Irish album releases to come before the end of the…

Nialler9’s acts to see @ Ireland Music Week

The picks of the bands playing IMW this week.

Culture Night Dublin – 10 music highlights this Friday

It’s Culture Night’s eighteenth year with many free events happening around venues, museums, cultural spaces,…

Nialler9 Podcast: Latin Freestyle – 80s Electro with Bob Stanley

On Episode 227, we are joined by the acclaimed music writer Bob Stanley, the man…

Nialler9 Podcast: The KLF – the music, money & mayhem of pop’s rebel millionaires

The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, the JAMs, the Timelords, The  KLF. Episode 226 of…

Róisín Murphy’s statement about her trans comments is disappointing

Last week, a screenshot of a comment that singer Róisín Murphy made with her private…

Nialler9 Podcast: The music of Aphex Twin

Episode 224 is a deep dive into the discography of electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin.…