Highlights

15 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Bobby Arlo, Nicetry, Qwasi, Arvo Party, Telephony, Luz, Bitch Falcon, A92, Adam Garrett, Tomike, Skripteh, Crome Yellow, Tolü Makay & more

Gadget and the Cloud addresses anxiety and depression with new video & track ‘It Never Felt Right’

Gadget and the Cloud is Kelly Doherty who is known for her ambient electronic productions,…

CMAT – ‘I Wanna Be A Cowboy Baby’

It’s almost hard to believe such has been the reliable presence of CMAT in Irish…

9 of our favourite new songs this week

Music from Sault, Glüme, Slowthai, James Blake & Mount Kimbie, Kiwi, Hammer, People Club, Hudson Mohawke, Blood Orange, Park Hye Jin, & R.Kitt.

Post Punk Podge & TPM have a comedic new song about toxic masculinity – ‘Hard Man’

“There’s no hard men in Dublin, everyone knows that, ” say TPM.

7 online livestreamed gigs to watch this week

Highlights: Jessy Lanza, Assembly 2020, Denise Chaila, God Knows And MuRli, Musictown with The Mary Wallopers, Maija Sofia, CMAT and Radie Peat.

Denise Chaila & Martin Hayes on the government’s Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce

The members of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce were announced by the government today…

Sault release brilliant second album of 2020 – UNTITLED (Rise)

In June, the engimatic Sault released UNTITLED (Black Is), which was one of our favourite…

EPIC share open letter signed by over 600 people in the Irish music industry

After detailing a 9-point pre-budget submission to launch National Awareness Week for the Live Entertainment…

Nialler9 Podcast: Pillow Queens’ debut album reviewed & a chat with Niamh Regan

It’s episode 105 of the Nialler9 Podcast, and Niall and Andrea are burying their heads in the sand, maybe?
We review the Pillow Queens debut album, chat to last week’s album of the week artist Niamh Regan and chat songs from Gorillaz, Sufjan, For Those I Love And more.