Highlights

Podcast: The new music that got us through April

Like the podcast? Support Nialler9 on Patreon At the end of the month on the…

The 25 Best Songs Of The Month

The best songs of April 2021.

For Those I Love releases instrumental version of debut album

Dave Balfe aka For Those I Love has released the instrumental version of his seminal…

Here’s everything the Irish government said today about the return of live music & clubs

With the announcement of the easing of restrictions today that include inter-county travel, hair and…

5 great new songs to love this week

With tracks from Jessie Ware, Self Esteem, Dave, Faye Webster and Orange Tree Edits.

The best live stream gigs & events happening this week

The best live streamed shows we know about this week. All times are Irish /…

9 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from Banyah, Benjamyn, Twin Diver, Pretty Please, Bedrooms, Pagan, Kubb, Ocena Tisdall, NTF and more.

Dublin cultural space Jigsaw has closed – the city needs spaces like it

The pandemic’s effects on our city’s landscape is currently hard to ascertain when everything is…

You can’t go to a gig yet but you can apparently go to a Bon Jovi drive-in concert screening

While we wait for clarification around live events, New Jersey’s finest Bon Jovi are seemingly…

The Visual Artists of Irish Music #2: Julie Weber

The Visual Artists of Irish Music series In Association with regular. Visual Art, talks to…

New Music Friday Edit: The Chemical Brothers, Little Simz, Flying Lotus, David Keenan, Space Dimension Controller, The Juan Maclean & more

It’s New Music Friday, which means there’s loads of new songs out. Here are the…

Podcast: #BrokenRecord & the campaign to fix streaming

Support Nialler9 on Patreon The lack of income in the last year for musicians during…

Watch For Those I Love’s 17-minute live music film Holy Trinity

For Those I Love has premiered a 17-minute “live music film” written and directed by…

“When writing electronic music you never have to consider when someone needs to take a breath.” ELLLL on creating music for Crash Ensemble to perform at New Music Dublin

“When writing electronic music you never have to consider when someone needs to take a breath.”

The best live stream gigs & events happening this week

All times are Irish / GMT. Wednesday April 21st Tame Impala announce InnerSpeaker Live @…

Villagers announces new album Fever Dreams; hear ‘The First Day’ inspired by Another Love Story Festival

Conor O’Brien has announced that his fifth studio album Fever Dreams will be released on…

Kojaque samples Girl Band on ‘Town’s Dead’, the first single from the rapper’s debut album

Kojaque has announced that his debut album to followup the Deli Daydreams mixtape will be…

11 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from DAY_S, Ugolino, Alyxis, Smilez x Youngiz, Honas, Taylor Mas, KK Lewis, Adrian Crowley, Local Boy, Walk Then Dance and Kyle Meehan / Jessica Hammond.

Podcast: An introduction to Italo Disco

Italo disco is a European form of electronic disco that proliferated throughout Europe in the early ’80s. It’s a catch all term for 80s electronic pop of mostly Italian origin.