Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ video is now in 4K

Forget your Whamageddon challenges, sometimes you just need to state the obvious and embrace the…

Nialler9’s 40 best albums of 2019

Our favourite albums of the year ranked.

Magazines, mental health, and Basshunter: God Alone redefine Irish metal for the post-genre age

In the sound-hopping, always-on, premium-subscription language of music fandom in 2019, it’s perhaps for the…

All Tvvins’ Lar Kaye releases experimental music project documenting a recorded piece of music every day in 2018

The total collection of music has an 8 hour 47 minute duration.

The Unscene Bazaar release eclectic compilation showcasing talent from Limerick and beyond

The seventh edition of the Unscene Bazaar is on in the Wickham Tap on December 15.

Saltwater is a new festival in Westport featuring Dermot Kennedy, Johnny Marr & more

Saltwater is a new addition to the Irish festival calendar and set to take place…

Rhythm of the Mind party in Wigwam set to raise funds for Mental Health Ireland and Jigsaw

Sylk, Elkae and Sprints are playing on the night

The Mary Wallopers get festive on Cod Liver Oil & the Orange Juice (premiere)

It’s been a hell of a year for the boys of TPM/The Mary Wallopers. Between…

Watch Æ Mak perform ‘We Have It Right here’ a cappella in front of Mount Esja in Reykjavík

A Field Recording captured at Iceland Airwaves.

The 50 best new Irish acts of 2019

Here are Nialler9’s 50 favourite new acts from A-Z who impacted Irish music and left a lasting impression on us this year.

Local Boy longs for Bright Days on new single (premiere)

The Dublin slacker’s second EP is set for release on December 13.

Chromatic team up with Candice Gordon for a sunrise performance (premiere)

Chromatic return to showcase Irish talent and nature.

Watch Anna Mieke & band perform outdoors in the Dublin docklands

Irish musician Anna Mieke and video director Myles O’Reilly (Arbutus Yarns) have teamed up on…

Bombay Bicycle Club release title track of their first album in five years

Everything Else Has Gone Wrong drops on January 17

Just Mustard share esoteric collection of Seven remixes and tour dates

Hear Just Mustard’s sound pushed to its experimental limits

Watch the first of eight Jape music videos for Sentinel

With the release of Jape’s textured and intimate album Sentinel and news that Richie Egan…

Skinner’s ‘Sometimes My Brain Is Goo’ is rage against the expectations of your early 20s

Skinner is an artist we’ve been mightly impressed with throughout 2019. The Dublin-based musician’s sharp…

It’s youth & young love in Dublin indie band milk.’s ‘A Little More’ (premiere)

“Girl call when they leave home but/ she says she likes it when I turn…

Hozier does dirty blues on new single ‘Jackboot Jump’, new project dropping next year

The nation’s most popular musical export flexes his guitar skills on new single.