The 10 best new tracks out today - Rosalía, Cate Le Bon, Mitski, Cbakl, The Line, Kae Tempest, JarJarJar, Jehnova, Hubbabubbaklubb, Telephones, Touts.

As first published on Nialler9 - The 10 best new tracks released today: Rosalía, Hubbabubbaklubb, JarJarJnr & more

Featuring Lyra, Maverick Sabre, SSMMÜTT, Enola Gay, Stevie Appleby, Cooks But We're Chefs, Owls, Jar Jar Jr, Travi The Native, riawaavy

As first published on Nialler9 - 10 new Irish songs you should hear this week

The ever industrious Limerick club collective Cabal are back and spending their Department of Culture LPSS money wisely with a boat party called All Aboard on Lough Ree, near Athlone on the Shannon. With All Aboard, Cabal are putting on two free parties on a boat on October 19th and 20th with cross-generational lineups, that…

As first published on Nialler9 - Cabal are hosting two boat parties on the Shannon with Wastefellow, P. Disconaut, Jar Jar Jr & more

Three years ago the Cork hip-hop producer Jar Jar Jr released Fallen Angel an MF DOOM-inspired beat tape to mark his favourite rapper’s birthday. With the passing of DOOM (hear our podcast on his legacy and our playlist), on January 9th, Jar Jar released another tribute to the great man – MM..Dessert, which pairs his…

As first published on Nialler9 - Jar Jar Jr releases MF DOOM tribute mixtape MM..Dessert

New music from Jehnova, Kynsy, JEAG, Alex Gough, USNA, Wyvern Lingo, Seba Safe, Rooue, Paddy Chambers, Lūna, Jar Jar jr, Mount Alaska, Autumns, A. Smyth Aural Air & more

As first published on Nialler9 - 15 new Irish songs you should hear this week

The lo-fi hip-hop producer moves out of his comfort zone and into a impressive new sound.

As first published on Nialler9 - Cork producer JarJarJr delivers blissful hip-hop with Free Parking On Sundays EP

Irish hip-hop: The freshest class of 2019.

As first published on Nialler9 - 19 Irish rappers & producers you should know in 2019

One of Cork’s lesser-known musical success stories is Robert O’Halloran, a beatmaker better known in Irish hip-hop circles as Jar Jar Jr. (or ｊａｒ ｊａｒ ｊｒ, as the kids say). Assembling jazzy, lo-fi beats of the old-school persuasion, O’Halloran’s traversion of “the Rhodes less travelled”, to coin his own phrase, has led to a dedicated cult…

As first published on Nialler9 - Cork producer Jar Jar Jr’s Fallen Angel melds Madvillainy into new shapes