Irish Music

SOAK announces new ’90s indie rock-inspired album If I Never Know You Like This Again, new song & gigs

Bridie Monds-Watson (they/them) aka SOAK is back with news of a third album entitled If…

Dubliner Ellen Arthur Blyth impresses with the jazzy cinematic pop of ‘Young Ones’

Ellen Arthur Blyth is a new Dublin-based singer-songwriter, and make of classic soul-infused songcraft. The…

12 new Irish songs you should hear this week

Featuring Tara Nome Doyle, Long Island Sound, Junk Drawer, Skripteh, 49th & Main, Elzzz, Travis, Lucy Gaffney, Fia Moon, Jena Keating, Tung In Cheek, Blondmodel, Find-Joy, Matt O.

Pillow Queens announce second album Leave The Light On & new song ‘Be By Your Side’

Good news this Wednesday morning. Pillow Queens have announced that their second album Leave The…

The 10 best new tracks released today: FKA Twigs, Soulé, Warmduscher, Guerilla Toss & more

The 10 best new tracks out today – also featuring Imarhan, Hot Chip, Earl Sweatshirt, !!!, Kae Tempest, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, DJ Shadow.

All City Records are reissuing ’90s Irish dance records on the Arís imprint

All City Records have been delving into Ireland’s past with a series of releases on…

Watch Fontaines D.C perform ‘Jackie Down the Line’ on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

After news that the Fontaines D.C.’s third album Skinty Fia is being released on April…

15 new Irish songs you should hear this week

Featuring Crash Ensemble/ELLLL, banríon, Duke Dimez, Sprints, Kyoto Love Hotel, Tomike, IMLÉ, Róisín Seoighe, No Monster Club, Nina Hynes, Rory Sweeney, Curtisy, Ahmed With Love, Pirate, CK & McG, Nixer, Súil Amháin, Anamoe Drive.

Watch: Stevie Appleby perform ‘Mother Of Pearl’ in the ruins of a manor reclaimed by nature

Chromatic is a video series capturing musicians in unique places around Ireland. See previous episodes…

CMAT is in her feelings in the food hall on ‘Lonely’

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson aka CMAT is releasing her debut album on March 4th this year.…

Fontaines D.C. announce third album Skinty Fia & new song ‘Jackie Down The Line’

Dublin band Fontaines D.C. have released the first taste of new music from their forthcoming…

Silverbacks’ ‘A Job Worth Something’ contrasts a frontline worker’s noble profession with a copywriting job

Irish art-rock band Silverbacks are gearing up for the release of their second album Archive…

NewDad release new single ‘Say It’

Galway band NewDad have followed up the October release of ‘Ladybird’ with another track from…

Here are the nominees for the Irish album of the year // RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2021

The 10 nominees for the seventeenth RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2021 were announced this week,…

Nialler9’s Top 30 albums of 2021

30. Four Tet Parallel Four Tet’s eleventh album was released on Christmas Day 2020, alongside…

And So I Watch You From Afar announce new album Jettison

And So I Watch You From Afar have announced their forthcoming album, billed as a…

Nialler9’s Top 25 Irish albums of 2021

There was hope that 2021 would be a different kind of year to 2020, but…

Premiere: Ballymun spoken word artist Adam Mohamed’s powerful debut single ‘Me And I’

Just after Christmas last year, a special spoken word video made out of Ballymun was…

The 30 best new Irish artists of 2021

Welcome to the fourth annual Nialler9 new artists list! As with last year’s list, this…

Dublin spoken word artist Lyndsey Lawlor debuts with ‘Bottle & Chain’

Lyndsey Lawlor is a new 23 year-old Dublin spoken word artist who has teamed up…