Rap & Hip-Hop

Handpicked new tunes: AE MAK, Noname, Clark, Tebi Rex, Fears, People Club & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

Handpicked new tunes: Cadence Weapon, Erol Alkan, Black Bones, Wastefellow, Kaytranada, Ghetts & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

5 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

New music from J Smith, NTF, The Sei, Conor Hamilton-Long & FI.

Bon Voyage’s Shamon Cassette drops Blades Of Steel old-school-leaning rap mixtape

Known as the interstellar futurist MC rocking parties alongside Arveene in Bon Voyage, Shamon Cassette…

9 great new songs to love this week

With tracks from Sven Wunder, Dawn Richard, Ragz Originale, Extra Credit, Moses Boyd, El Michels Affair, Alfie Templeman and more

Handpicked new tunes: Syd, Leon Vynehall, For Those I Love, Aby Coulibaly, Biig Piig, Rochelle Jordan & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

7 new songs from Irish artists you should hear this week

New music from Cherym, Matthew Harris, Jay Pryor and Chaya, Brídín, Sam Wickens, Four Nights and LazyRevs.

Watch: Spotlight – a film about Black Irish creatives including Tolü Makay, Jafaris, JyellowL, Aby Coulibaly, Offica, Felispeaks

 SPOTLIGHT: Éire to the World is a new film that is being premiered tonight that…

Watch: MuRLi & friends perform in an old abbey in Clare for the latest Chromatic video

Here’s a special entry in Chromatic‘s ongoing live performance videos. Limerick rapper and producer MuRli…

Nialler9 Radio show – A Madlib selection

In honour of the excellent Four Tet-arranged Madlib album Sound Ancestors, I played just over…

Handpicked new tunes: Benin City, Eomac, Jimi Tenor, Octa Octa, Franki, Doubt, Black Country, New Road & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

13 new songs from Irish artists you should hear this week

New music from Theo, Myles Manley, Gaze Is Ghost, Noden, Carrie Baxter, Chósta, Nixer and more

Handpicked new tunes: Squid, Wyvern Lingo, Tom Trago, Olof Dreijer, AMA, Madlib, Kynsy, Somebody’s Child & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

Denise Chaila goes full medieval cosplay in the ‘Anseo’ video

Ah look, it’s another week, which means there’s another reason to talk about Limerick rapper…

FKA twigs returns with powerful single ‘Don’t Judge Me’ addressing systemic racism

FKA twigs has been through a lot in the last few years. After dealing with…

Handpicked new tunes: Billie Eilish & Rosalia, CHAI, Anna B Savage, Madlib, Sal Dulu & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

5 great new songs to love this week

Just five great new jams I love this week. See the New Music section for…

Jar Jar Jr releases MF DOOM tribute mixtape MM..Dessert

Three years ago the Cork hip-hop producer Jar Jar Jr released Fallen Angel an MF…

God Knows brought the All Stars to perform the ‘Who’s Asking’ remix on RTÉ last night

The Shannon rapper God Knows is a connector in the Irish rap community, who brought…

Podcast: The artistry and villainy of MF DOOM

On this week’s podcast, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer Dean Van Nguye,Lex Records and Choice Cuts for a deep dive into the life and work of the supervillain rapper MF DOOM.