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It has been five years since I last visited The Great Escape Festival, and stating…
It’s been a few days since All Together Now added 100 acts to the lineup…
Galway rapper Celaviedmai is one of our favourite up and coming rappers and collaborators as…
Julie Fogarty’s Under Tears project is a celebration of queer love, queer ageing, and domesticity.…
It’s the monthly episode with Niall and Andrea discussing songs and albums we loved from…
The generation of music content through AI has grown at a rate much faster than…
A second episode this week as it’s a timely chat with MayKay, the vocalist, singer-songwriter…
On this episode of the Nialler9 Podcast, Niall is joined by No Encore’s Dave Hanratty…
In 1996, the Belfast DJ and producer David Holmes travelled to New York to make…
A lot has happened since Lizzo last made an appearance in Ireland. In 2019, Lizzo…
February was a short month but there was lots to love (and talk about). It’s…
On this two-hour episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer and journalist Una Mullally…
Episode 201 is a journey through some of the last 35 years in music through the medium of the sample, from the Amen break to famous sample-heavy albums to our own personal favourite sampled songs.
Highlights:, Loyle Carner, Dry Cleaning, Easy Life, The Love Ball, Max Cooper, Five to Two, The Word is – Terry Christian, Out Of Place documentary, Big Love, Tales from the Holywell.
Highlights:, Weyes Blood, Lumo Club, Partiboi69, Algiers, Cailín, R3D’s House, Junk Drawer, Paddy Hanna, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Marina Allen, Florence + The Machine.
John Lydon’s song about his wife’s struggle with Alzheimer’s is the most heartfelt and personal thing associated with Ireland’s Eurovision entries in a long time.
Highlights:, VTSS, Carly Rae Jepson, Skinner, Sally C, Vieux Farka Touré, Myst Milano, Lucky’s 5th birthday, Titus Andronicus, Yung Singh, Rosa Nutty, Sainte, Kerry Chandler, R.Kitt.
Here’s a selection of gigs coming up to get those fingers twitching over the buy button.
Highlights: The 1975, Byron Wallen plays Boards Of Canada, The Next Big Thing Festival, Tradfest Templebar, Kimbra, Meltybrains?, Efa O’Neill, Kai Campos, Staples Jr. Singers, Metric, Romare, Conway The Machine.
Highlights: The Murder Capital, Viagra Boys, Daniel Johnson night with with Jerry Fish, MayKay, SOAK; Soul Juice with Qbanaa, Giant Swan, Raji Rags, Black Flag.