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The best new Irish songs this week: Katie Phelan, MOIO, GNS, Polytunnel, Long Island Sound & more

1 week ago | nialler9.com | byNiall Byrne |Niall Byrne

Explore the best new Irish songs alongside our curated playlist for the week. For more extensive Irish and new music coverage, follow our Spotify playlist or hit up the Irish section for individual track features. SpotifyTidal (organise by date to see latest)Youtube playlistChoose your preferred service.
The best gigs & club nights in Limerick this weekend

1 week ago | nialler9.com | Cathal Ryan

Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon All door times are 7:30pm/8pm unless stated. Amble @ King John’s Castle (Sold out)Three-piece Folk outfit. No Skips @ Pharmacia (Free)Citrus Fresh and 40Hurtz playing Hip-Hop, Reggae, and RnB. The Darkness @ King John’s Castle (€59.95)Dreams On Toast tour. Rebecca O’Connor as Tina @ Dolan’s Warehouse (€30)All the Tina Turner hits. Duke Special @ Dolan’s Upstairs (€25)The Freewheel songwriter returns.
Basic Income for the Arts extended to 2026 as National Campaign for The Arts calls for it be made permanent | Nialler9

1 week ago | nialler9.com | Niall Byrne

The pilot scheme was awarded to 2000 artists in 2022, paying €325 per week. 9000 artists and creative workers originally applied. Artists’ pay was lower by a third than the average for all other employees in 2022 which is one reason it was needed. The scheme has a lot of eyes on it internationally as Ireland leads the way in piloting a scheme that covers artists’ basic financial requirements so they are free to create work without the burden of covering rent etc through their art.
Free music production workshops aimed at women & gender minorities for London, Berlin, Amsterdam and Dublin this July

1 week ago | nialler9.com | Niall Byrne

The tour, titled “EmpowHer Sound – Live”, will be hosted by the University of Westminster, SRH University and Trinity College TCD Music Department and will feature sessions from MPW’s award winning founder and CEO, Xylo Aria on topics such as Beatmaking, Audio Effects and Synthesis.
Kez - 'In The Arms'

1 week ago | nialler9.com | Niall Byrne

The song is one of a batch, originally written for a collaborative album and film that brought together artists including Denise Chaila, Tolu Makay, God Knows, and James Smith. The project was shelved but the creative partnership with Smith continued with him producing this track ‘In The Arms’ – a song which has ambient piano pop and electronic expanses in its delicate repeating patterns.
RÓIS soundtracks the Armagh planetarium dome show with screenings from this weekend

1 week ago | nialler9.com | Niall Byrne

Along with this week’s collaboration at Musictown with Crash Ensemble and the weekend’s Beyond The Pale set which segued into a heathen electro-pop set, RÓIS has made an original soundtrack for Music for Domes, a new planetarium dome show experience launching this weekend at Armagh Planetarium. Combining English and Irish languages, as well as Khmer and French, this original film shot in Ireland and Cambodia takes the viewer on a cosmic odyssey from the Moy to the Mekong via the Milky Way.
Outside The Box festival lineup of indie and rock for Galway and Cork

1 week ago | nialler9.com | Niall Byrne

Emerging Irish rock and alternative acts such Basht., Esmeralda Road, Theatre, Sell Everything, Pebbledash and Telebox are set to play the double city weekender as it takes place at Coughlans (Cork) on the 4th of July and Róisín Dubh (Galway) on the 5th of July. The independent event is ran by the band Telebox, and is the third year of the festival’s existence.
pôt-pot: Lisbon-based Irish psych/krautrock band to release debut album Warsaw 480km

1 week ago | nialler9.com | Niall Byrne

The Cork/Lisbon band pôt-pot are inspired by psych and krautrock bands like Neu!, CAN, Spacemen 3 and the motorik beats and drones of those forebearers, and bring psych-rock sounds with harmonium drones and vocal harmonies. The band initially started as a solo project of Mark Waldron-Hyden before the rest of the members joined after meeting in Lisbon. A debut EP Ode to A followed on Blindhead Recordings in May 2023 for which all songs featured only contain the note A, a love letter to 440hz.
Say She She for Dublin Academy show

1 week ago | nialler9.com | Niall Byrne

Say She She return after a recent show at The Sugar Club to a bigger room across town at The Academy Dublin on Sunday November 23rd 2025. Tickets from €29 plus fees on sale Friday 20th June @ 10am. It’s part of a larger EU and UK tour – dates below. Cut & Rewind is the title of the forthcoming third album from Nya Gazelle Brown, Sabrina Cunningham and Piya Malik, the three women who front NYC punk-chic, discodelic band Say She She. The title track is out now.
The 5 best songs of the week

1 week ago | nialler9.com | byNiall Byrne |Niall Byrne

See the end of the post for the Weekly Playlist featuring all the tracks I loved this week. Nialler9 is an independent publication –support us on Patreon, where you get exclusive playlists, Discord community access and more. 1. Ahmed, With Love. is set to release his second EP of collaborations called Ahmed, With Friends! Vol.2, to follow up his recent Comma, FullStop. mixtape album. It continues Ahmed’s gift for dropping bright and breezy sampling rap tunes, which he calls “Sillywave”.