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The best gigs and club nights in Dublin this week.
The Dublin garage-psych duo Thee UFO released a succinct seven-track 30-minute album in March. The album is full of psych-rock band jams, from the King Gizzard-esque ‘Bursting Egos’ to the off-kilter ...
Brian O’Brien for the end of your week. Nialler9 has been covering new music, new artists and gigs for the last 19 years. If you like the article you just read, and want us to publish more just like ...
The Dublin producer has dropped a collection of vocal only tracks to make them available for remixes, DJ and other productions. Sweeney’s Irish hip-hop mixtape was under the pseudonym Carlos Danger, ...
Today, I kick off a four-part series feature where I share a selection of 40 artists polled from 40 people who I’d consider arbiters of good taste in the new music department from musicians to ...
“Hungry Ghost is a concept record that explores the theme of ‘consumption,’ with each track offering ethereal, experimental electronic sounds inspired by the overall theme, Irish folklore and dreams.
The Dublin 12 rapper Fynch released his debut album Youngfella on Burner Records this past week. Here, the Drimnagh man shares the places in his locality that influenced his album, as you can hear ...
Lizzie Fitzpatrick started synth-wave project called Coolgirl a few years ago and released some occasional recordings throughout that time. Now that the band she fronted – Bitch Falcon – are no more, ...
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish ...
Sunday, November 24th Altan @ Dolan’s Warehouse (€28) Donegal Folk and Trad stalwarts. Prima Volta Weekender @ Wickham Way (Free, 4pm) Eva Keyes, Brigadier JC, Frawley, Frankie Downbeat, Macca, and ...
Smerz – Big city life Norwegian electronic duo’s second album is rooted firmly on an arch art-pop vibe, with woozy tracks drawing from electro, R&B, synth-pop, DIY pop, minimal, trance and casually ...
Tyler is coming to the 3Arena for 2 Irish shows now. Having just released his new album CHROMAKOPIA on Monday, Tyler, The Creator brings his Chromakopia World tour to Dublin on Saturday May 24th 2025.