Indie, Rock & Alternative

Little Bear – ‘Night Dries Like Ink’ (video)

Derry’s Little Bear had a fine 2013 that was helped immensely by two appearances at…

We Cut Corners – ‘Every Thief’

We Cut Corners played some songs from their second album a couple of weeks ago…

Listen to No Monster Club’s new album Foie Gras

Dublin indie-rock trio No Monster Club have been bouncing along at a zippy pace like…

St. Vincent – ‘Birth in Reverse’

For her new self-titled St. Vincent album, Annie Clark sounds like she’s dialing up the…

Intro: Chrystyne – Diamond Dagger and Goodtime’s new psychedelic electro project

If Diamond Dagger’s recent ‘What’s Your Friends Name’ track proved anything it’s that the double…

CON VOS – ‘Coast’

Irish singer Sorcha Richardson and New Jersey duo Fortunate Ones’ rap/electro-pop project CON VOS gave…

Intro: Sisters – Limerick London-based noise-pop band

Sisters are a new alt-rock band consisting of Andrew (drums), Aoife (bass/vocals) and Niall (guitar/vocals)…

Fight Like Apes – ‘Carousel’

Looking through the Fight Like Apes discography (i.e. listening to the music they’ve released), some…

Tandem Felix – ‘How Strange the Weather’ (Trout Records session)

Following on from videos of Enemies and Cian Nugent, the latest Trout Records session features…

Wampire – ‘The Hearse’ (video)

One of the records I’ve given a lot of time to this year but have…

Majical Cloudz – ‘Savage’

The questionably-named Majical Cloudz don’t have much else that’s in question. This year’s Matador-released Impersonator…

The Late David Turpin – ‘Like Bird and Beast’ feat. Cathy Davey

True to his eccentric form, David Turpin has released a free download of his track…

Intro: Go Wolf – Kitsuné-approved Belfast indie-disco pop

Having a track featured on a series which in the past has featured the likes…

Somadrone – The First Wave (album premiere)

Neil O’Connor’s fourth album as Somadrone feels like his most complete body of work yet.…

Rollers/Sparkers – ‘Slit Fricative’

Rollers/Sparkers haven’t done anything in five years but that’s about to change, the Dublin experimental…

Ghost Maps – The Ocean From The River (album premiere)

As a member of Halfset, Jeff Martin is no stranger to intricately constructed arrangements. It’s…

Metronomy – ‘I’m Aquarius’

Metronomy return with a dapper new single ‘I’m Aquarius’ this week and a first listen…

Intro: Winter Aid – Irish music blogger releases debut EP

It is eight years to the day since I first wrote about music on Nialler9,…

Bleeding Heart Pigeons – ‘Visiting Myself In Hospital’

About this time last year, I wrote about Bleeding Heart Pigeons, three Limerick teens making music…

Hunk – ‘Precipice’

Hunk are Niamh Hegarty, Sundara O’Higgins, a rock band who released their debut fuzzy lo-fi…