Irish Music

Premiere: Kid Karate return with ‘No Way’

Kid Karate dropped a debut album last year but the sense that there was a…

Premiere: For Foresters address the shock of parental sickness on ‘Towels’

For Foresters are a Donegal/Dublin band who impressed me last year with the live video…

Watch Evvol’s Calvin Klein ad-inspired video for ‘Comfort Fit’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaRA_xnJZXI&feature=youtu.be Comfort Fit’ is the new video from Evvol’s recent EP Physical Luv which arrives…

I Have A Tribe debuts the bright new single ‘After We Meet’

Patrick O’Laoghaire is currently recording some new music in Berlin for upcoming I Have A…

All of The Redneck Manifesto albums are now on streaming services

TRM are back.  Not only are their live dates around Ireland next month but there’s…

Listen to a new Jape remix on the 202s’ new EP

Last week the 202s gave us a listen to the lead track from their EP…

Marlene Enright announces debut album; hear ‘123’

One of Ireland’s most promising musicians, Cork lady Marlene Enright has released a fine series…

HAWK confront a late-night tailgater on ‘Take It Away’

London-based band HAWK have released a new song inspired by Galway vocalist Julie Hawk’s friend…

Listen to The 202s new single ‘Up In Thin Air’

Six years after the release of their debut album which drew favourable reviews and comparisons…

Young Dubliner Reuben James channels Kendrick on ‘What You Want’

There’s an undeniable influence on Reuben James‘ impressive new track ‘What You Want’. The flow…

Irish beatmaker Plant Food & MC Ganiyu TLG collaborate on the grimey ‘Shivers’
https://soundcloud.com/plantfoodmusic/sets/the-greenroom

The Dublin beatmaker Plant Food dropped a fine EP of Brainfeeder-style beats late last year,…

Listen to David Kitt’s new album Yous

David Kitt released his first album in in his own name in in eight years…

Watch the first episode of Donal Dineen’s new online show This Ain’t No Disco

As trailed back in November with Donal Dineen reflecting on the No Disco TV show…

Nialler9’s Top 40 albums of 2016

2016 Best of | Best albums | Best songs | Irish albums | Irish songs…

Nialler9’s top songs of 2016

2016 Best of | Best albums | Best songs | Irish albums | Irish songs…

Nialler9’s top 50 Irish songs of 2016

In association with: 2016 Best of | Best albums | Best songs | Irish albums…

Nialler9’s top 90 Irish songs of 2016
https://soundcloud.com/rosiecarney/better-man

What started as a top 50 grew into at top 90. Either I have a…

Nialler9’s Top 30 Irish albums of 2016

2016 Best of | Best albums | Best songs | Irish albums | Irish songs…

Watch: A short film on the Facets Of Dublin’s newest music scene

I’ve spent 11 years writing about and documenting Irish music, with an emphasis on Dublin,…

Hear the last ever track from the Mmoths project

After releasing a fine debut album as Mmoths in the form of Luneworks, Jack Colleran…