Christmas gig guide

Things are about to wind down for the season but there’s no better time to…

Podcast #10: Top Irish EPs of 2007

I had the notion months ago that December’s podcast would feature all Irish music and…

Results: Top Irish albums of 2007

There were only ever four real contenders for this once the voting started. The top…

Thom Yorke Eraser remixes available now

The long-promised Eraser remixes have finally been released in mp3 format today with 12″ formats…

Girl Talk, Foggy Notions Xmas Party

For one night only last Thursday, Whelans turned into an amalgamation of sorority/fraternity parties usually…

DJ Krush to play Dublin in January

Japan’s legendary hip hop DJ, DJ Krush is playing The Sugar Club on 24th January…

Final Fantasy @ Vicar St

Owen Pallett was received quite reverentially from the seated crowd last night. I enjoyed the…

Miriam Ingram – Trampolonica launch

Tonight sees the launch of Miriam Ingram’s remix album Trampolonica based on the original songs…

Voting closes Tuesday @ Noon

So if you haven’t already, leave a comment or drop me a mail, telling of…

Music Board of Ireland Documentary

Here’s a music documentary you won’t be seeing in its entirety on Irish TV any…

Favourite Songs of 2007

I relish compiling lists. So much so that I ended up with a list of…

Burial – Archangel (8-bit Boy remix)

My favourite song from what will probably be lots of cool people’s album of the…

Vote: Top Irish albums & EPs 2007

The second annual nialler9 Irish album poll is back after last year’s success! 2006 saw…

Dan Deacon: Gig of the year (again)

You’ve never seen Whelans quite like this. It’s a venue renowned for its patrons lack…

13 Things you may have missed this week

I’m back from a great week in Poland (not as cold as Ireland despite my…

Sarsparilla – Karahee

Nialler has fled the country in the wake of ponytail-gate, so this gives me the…

nialler9 Podcast #9: November

Well, myself and Aoife are heading off to Poland for the week so we are…

One night in Hackney!!!

A few of us went to Seomra Spraoi on Friday night. There was a bit…

Jape signs to Co-op label

After the folding of V2, many artists were left to find a new home. Thankfully…

The Go! Team, Cadence Weapon and the marketing sharks

Where to start with last night’s gig? Let’s start with the positive. The Go! Team…