The best songs of September 2023

Featuring Rachael Lavelle, The Chemical Brothers, Qbanaa, Super Extra Bonus Party, Soda Blonde, Cleo Sol, Octo Octa, Mitski, Barry Can’t Swim, Odd Numbers, Fynch, The Scratch, Jape, Overmono, Mike, Wiki, The Alchemist, Doja Cat and more.

Watch Myles O’Reilly’s Quiet Lights festival short film with performances from Lisa O’Neill, Niamh Regan, Rachael Lavelle & more

Myles O’Reilly was present at the 2021 Quiet Lights Festival in Cork city and captured…

Gash Collective, Open Ear & more for new art/tech festival Beta events at Tailors Hall

Beta is “a new festival of art and technology critically engaging with the impact of…

Conor O’Brien for Oscar Wilde Festival in Dublin next month

Oscariana is an Oscar Wilde festival taking place at The Oscar Wilde House (1 Merrion…

New releases out today: Jorja Smith, 0PN, Jape, Super Extra Bonus Party, Cleo Sol, Wilco & more

The best new releases out this week.

2,000 & 250-capacity music venues proposed for Vicar Street quarter

In February, the Irish Times shared the news that Harry Crosbie was looking to build a 2000-capacity…

Nialler9’s Indie Sleaze party this Friday night

We are back with round 2 of our indie sleaze club and heads will roll…

Premiere: Negro Impacto’s ‘Maybe’ music video, performed by The Fe-Fi-Fo-Lifers

The Dundalk band Negro Impacto – Laurence Kapinga (Strangelove) and Chi-chi returned with their first…

Barry Can’t Swim enlists Northern Irish poet somedeadbeat for the euphoric ‘Deadbeat Gospel’

Scottish producer Barry Can’t Swim’s new album When Will We Land is out on October…

Peggy Gou celebrates summer in Ibiza in video for (It Goes Like) Nanana

Peggy Gou drops a video for the Balearic ATB-sounding single ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’. The…

Synthetic Biology: Shaping the Future

In the Age of Information, news media faces both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges.

Really Good Time debut Sin City-style video for new song ‘Mountain of Spit’

“Dublin’s hottest post-crunk apré-garde super group,” are back with single #4. ‘Mountain of Spit’ is…

The best gigs & club nights in Limerick this weekend

Highlights: Tom Prendergast, Moving Home, Colm Brennan, Small Church, Shee, Candy Warhol, DJ Egg, Emmy Shigeta, Culchie Goth, Tan Jackets and more.

The Line new album with stacked-guest lineup; hear MuRli & God Knows on ‘Patience Of Saints’

The Line is the pseudonym of Meltybrains? musician, sound artist and sound lad Brian Dillon.…

The Murder Capital – ‘Heart In The Hole’

The Murder Capital have released a fresh new single, continuing the softer indie soft they’ve…

Podcast: Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of the month – September

It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and…

The Last Dinner Party for Dublin debut headline gig

London five-piece band play their Dublin debut. The Last Dinner Party’s rise to large stages…

Irish A/V artist ALYXIS explores themes of loneliness, anxiety with a AI chatbot on ‘Lucky’

Sal Stapleton’s Alyxis project has returned. Formerly known as Bad Bones, the non-binary artist has…

cbakl – ‘Changes’ feat Leo Miyagee & Curtisy

Belfast hip-hop producer cbakl links up with two of Ireland’s finest rappers on ‘Changes’. Leo…

Uly lost a decade of creative work on a faulty hard drive and started again with ‘All The Sins I’ve Forgotten’

Dubliner Uly has announced a new single, EP and tour dates. One of the worst…