A year on from his passing, here’s a new Conor Walsh song ‘Fanthesia’

The Mayo pianist and composer Conor Walsh passed away this time last year. The musician…

Watch Lyra perform ‘Emerald’ on Dancing With The Stars

Dancing With The Stars is definitely not my buzz at all but delighted to see…

AikJ – ‘Hidden Agenda’

Dublin R&B singer AikJ follows up his summery pop jam ‘Suite Life’ from last year…

Super Silly drop the jazz R&B single ‘Not Ready to Leave’

Precious, Solbas, Grooves, and Shek are Super Silly, a band you may have seen playing…

Irish Sierra Leonean singer Loah releases ‘The Bailey’

Sallay Matu Garnett aka Loah has been a regular on the Irish music scene over…

Paths is the ‘Last One Standing’

Jules Shawe used to play in the Die Hard-referencing Belfast band Nakatomi Towers and 2017…

Katie Laffan debuts fun disco-pop single ‘Tastemaker’

I’ve been keeping an eye on Dublin singer-songwriter Katie Laffan ever since her EP of…

4 recommended albums to listen to right now

With so many releases flying at you, here are recommended vetted listens from Nialler9 for…

Hear two quality Bantum remixes from Mix & Fairbanks & Phare

Ruairi Lynch aka Bantum’s Move album is nominated for a Choice Music Prize this week…

Watch We Cut Corners’ meta video for ‘Reluctant Recluse’

One of the highlights from John Duignan and Conall Breachain’s third Choice-nominated The Cadences Of…

Watch Talos’ indoor-storm & smoke-filled video for ‘Odyssey’

The gorogeous lead single from Talos’ upcoming album ‘Odyssey’ now has a video by label…

Premiere: Winter Aid – ‘The Night is an Ocean’


It was no major surprise that someone who was thoughtful in writing about music as…

7 new songs you need to hear right now

This is only a selection of new music – dig into more. 3 New Music…

Paddy Hanna delves deeper into orchestral classic pop on ‘Bad Boys’

For a musician who started out in the toy-bashing indie pop band Grand Pocket Orchestra,…

White Collar Boy debut ‘Mount Kōya’

White Collar Boy, alongside Kobina are playing Homebeat’s Spectrum Festival club show in Whelan’s on…

Laoise impresses with the building electronic pop of ‘Halfway’

Laoise, the rising Galway electro pop artist, has released one standout track in ‘You’ so…

Hear the opening song from Alt-J’s new album Relaxer – ‘3WW’

After teasing last week and I speculated, Alt-J released their first new song from their…

Mix & Fairbanks’ soulful house & disco edits EP will start your weekend

The Newbridge, Kildare duo of Rob Smyth and Gary O’Reilly aka Mix & Fairbanks have…

Watch Rusangano Family slay live on TV from Other Voices

Rusangano Family, the creators of the Nialler9 Irish album of 2016 were broadcast on Other…

Listen to Daft Punk’s Essential Mix… first aired 20 years ago

It was 20 years ago this week. Before they became the robots, before they became…