Featuring: Thee U.F.O, Lemoncello, EFÉ, Flynn Johnson, Jehnova, Adam Garrett, The Cliffords, Nogymx, Leon McMahon, Róisín McKeown, svhymns, Peter Vogelaar, Cat Dowling.

As first published on Nialler9 - 10 new Irish songs of the week

Mala and Coki have been announced for a rare Dublin gig. The Dubstep originators, who also run the DMZ club night and label will be making the trek to the Wigwam basement on Sunday February 4th. The show is a co-present with Slither and Bodytonic and support comes from none other than Woozy label head…

As first published on Nialler9 - Dubstep OG duo Digital Mystikz for rare Dublin show

Featuring Aoife Wolf, Pat Lagoon, Ezra Williams, Proper Micro NV, Becky McNeice, Sister Fenix, Arthur Valentine, Róisín McKeown, The Fae, Volleyball, Alex Tierney, Archy Moor, Lushed.

As first published on Nialler9 - 12 new Irish songs to hear this week

Featuring Man Alive, Tomike, Trá Pháidín, DaRoy, Zeztra, Zissou, EMBY, TraviS, Elzzz, Problem Patterns, Hi Vista, IB Rebel, Loners, Anice O, Telebox.

As first published on Nialler9 - 12 new Irish songs to hear this week

Featuring Krystal Klear, Guud Grief, Hotgirl, Touch Excellent, Havvk, Catching Shapes, Lucy Gaffney, Enola Gay, Jossle, Tamara Hall, Rebel Phoenix, Greg Tisdall, Max Zanga.

As first published on Nialler9 - 12 new Irish songs to hear this week

Overmono have announced the release of their debut album Good Lies, out on Friday May 12th this year via XL Recordings. ‘Is U’ is a new song which samples a Tirzah track ‘Gladly’ which serves as the second teaser from the record, after last year’s ‘Walk Thru Water’ featuring St. Panther. Brothers Tom and Ed…

As first published on Nialler9 - Overmono announce debut album Good Lies with Tirzah-sampling ‘Is U’

When Boiler Room first came to Dublin last year, it’s first night was centred around grime music, which isn’t exactly representative of the city’s music scene. However, there are a small pocket of producers and MCs making music that could be characterised as grime and you can imagine with the rise of Skepta and the…

As first published on Nialler9 - Check out Wriggle’s compilation of Irish grime & bass music

Pic: Brian Mulligan/ The Thin Air Wicklow singer Joni recently released a fine single called ‘Running’ on Feel Good Lost’s label wing. And Major Grave, who pops up on this site occasionally and who played the first Dublin Boiler Room . Here the pair hook up for a bass music track that has sinogrime feel…

As first published on Nialler9 - Major Grave featuring Joni – ‘Changes’

If Kevin Martin’s last album London Zoo was a dystopian soundclash, his first full-length in six years offers some hope and adds some shade to The Bug’s often dark surroundings. London Zoo was a tank, that waged dirty warfare on the ears. ‘Skeng‘ shook rooms too. Angels & Devils on the other hand, adds subtlety to…

As first published on Nialler9 - Album of the week: The Bug – Angels & Devils

Long-time drum’n’bass producer dBridge has a new EP called Move Way out next month on R&S Records. Most notably, the release will feature the title track, a collaboration with Skeptical which plays out of speakers like a tonne of dub half-time drum & bass bricks, a relentless quake with a Rasta urging the listener to…

As first published on Nialler9 - dBridge brings the heavy on the Move Way EP

Northern Irish producer Unknown has teamed up with White Collar Boy / Frank B vocalist Gemma Dunlovely for ‘I Cry’*, a new track on an EP of the same name on Belfast’s Champion Sound Recordings. ‘I Cry’ is a shuffling atmospheric downbeat garage track. The EP is out on vinyl at the end of June…

As first published on Nialler9 - Unknown featuring Gemma Dunlovely – ‘I Cry’

Ifan Dafydd, the Welshman who was formerly James Blake roommate continues his post-dubstep explorations synth runoff explorations with Alys Williams on the vocal sample. ‘Celwydd’ means lie in Welsh so Google tells me. The track is taken from a compilation called Recordiau Lliwgar which features another Dafydd track is out on double 10″ vinyl in…

As first published on Nialler9 - Ifan Dafydd – ‘Celwydd’

Roses Gabor’s hushed and cooed soulful timbre was one of three feminine voices on SBRKT’s debut album on the track ‘Pharoahs’. As Jessie Ware went from small-time collaborator to full-blown Sade-esque critically acclaimed diva, Gabor added Buraka Som Sistema, The Insomniax and Jakwob to her list of collaborators (she was also the female voice on…

As first published on Nialler9 - SBTRKT collaborator Roses Gabor goes solo with ‘Stars’

Twisting a first album Adele sample into an effusive dubstep production, Oxford man Alfie MacGibbon’s ‘I Made Up My Mind’ has the sound of a big club track: snarky synth bleeps, mournful female vocal and headnodding percussion. Toronto rapper Price gives this one an extra dimension, like the middle of a mixtape feel. You’ve heard his…

As first published on Nialler9 - Graphics – ‘I Made Up My Mind’ feat. Price

Fresh new sounds out of Cork from Ian Ring and Rachel Koeman, a duo going by the name of Young Wonder (Twitter) who released their first video today for ‘Tumbling Backwards’, a direct to the head dubby pop thrill that you could imagine sounding big on the radio. Just sayin’. In a move that surprises…

As first published on Nialler9 - Introducing: Young Wonder – Cork electronic pop duo

London’s Jessie Ware features on one my favourite albums of the year with SBTRKT’s debut album and you may remember her sweet collaboration with Sampha – ‘Valentine’. Her own debut single ‘Strangest Feeling’ is a super slice of ethereal yet abrupt electronic rhythms with Ware increasing the intensity as the song progresses. I like. it’s…

As first published on Nialler9 - Listen to Jessie Ware’s debut single & Joker collaboration

Yes, this is legit. Burial adds some atmosphere and a dark-shaded mood to Massive Attack’s previously unreleased ‘Four Walls’ at an epic-length of 12 minutes while on the yet unheard equally long B-side he re-dresses Heligoland favourite ‘Paradise Circus’. The limited to a 1000-only heavyweight vinyl with artwork designed by Robert Del Naja is already…

As first published on Nialler9 - Massive Attack vs Burial – ‘Four Walls’

You may have caught Groovalizacion’s DJ iZem at a DJ set here in Dublin or the last while. On the French-born’s debut EP he goes for some chilled-out vibes with flashes of dub rhythms, soul, hip-hop and tropical music. ‘Quiver’ featuring Dublin soul singer Aminah Dastan of Madu is sublime (listen to Madu’s State mix…

As first published on Nialler9 - Introducing: DJ iZem – Irish-based French post-dub soul producer