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Niall Byrne

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 Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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Sorcha Richardson releases fresh song ‘Shark Eyes’ & announces new album Smiling Like An Idiot in September

Sorcha Richardson has announced a new album entitled Smiling Like An Idiot will be released…

The best gigs and club nights in Dublin this week

Highlights: Villagers, Pixies, Continuous Patterns @ IMMA, Laurent Garnier documentary, Tr One, Orla Gartland, M Ward, Bricknasty, Alex Gough, Burner Records Sim Card Sessions..

12 great new Irish songs you should hear today

Featuring Volleyball, Under Tears, The SMC, Last Apollo, Froman, Dylon Jack, Catscars, Eamon Dunne, Dog Day Afternoon, Typeface, Naoise, Róisín McKeown.

Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival adds new acts

Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival has added to its series of events taking place from August…

Frank Ocean drops two new episodes of his blonded radio show featuring new scored music along with interviews about psychedelics & Qi Gong

Frank Ocean has released two new radio show episodes of blonded radio, his Apple music…

The 10 best tracks released today

Loyle Carner, EDEN, Cormac, Yuksek, Red Axes, Katy J Pearson, Anthony Naples, HappyAlone., 49th & Main, Gwenno.

Guestlist: Jordan Nocturne’s Oddball Disco playlist selection

Belfast producer Jordan Nocturne has been one of our favourite producers of electronic disco edits…

Sudan Archives for debut Dublin show

Cincinnati artist Brittney Parks who goes by the music alias Sudan Archives has been announced…

13 great new Irish songs you should hear today

Featuring Elaine Howley, Judy on the Roof, Khakikid, Sammy Copley, Molijah, Filmore, SHEE, Christian Cohle, Zuchley, Patrick Stefan, Olivia Emade, Poser, owin, Muttonhead, Max Zanga.

Watch: Sean Carpio perform @ The Temple on Dublin’s coast for Chromatic

Chromatic is a video series capturing musicians in unique places around Ireland. See previous episodes…

M(h)aol are ‘Bored Of Men’

The Dublin, London and Bristol band M(h)aol, whose name is pronounced “male’, have shown a…

VIDEO PREMIERE: Farah Elle crosses generations on the calm-seeking new song ‘Desert’

The Libyan-Irish artist Farah Elle has returned with her most ambitious song yet. After debuting…

The best gigs and club nights in Dublin this week

Highlights: Caribou, Otherside Festival, Community Skratch Games, Orla Gartland, Samuel Powell, Analog Rhythms Exhibition, Malaki & Curtisy, A Night For Emmy, R.A.P Party.

55 Irish musicians & groups have received funds totalling €306,096 from the Music Capital Scheme

In March, we shared the news that The Music Capital Scheme had a €335,500 fund…

New RTÉ music show The Main Stage launches Friday night with Villagers, Lyra, Rejjie Snow, Cormac Begley & more

A new music show starts on RTÉ One this Friday July 1st for the next…

Daphni announces new album Cherry; hear new song ‘Cloudy’

Caribou’s Dan Snaith has announced a new album under his Daphni alias, the first from…

Nialler9 Podcast: Our favourite music of June

It’s monthly music recommender time.  Andrea and Niall are here with the songs and albums that have…

All Together Now add final acts & reveal stage breakdown

All Together Now have added the final acts for the festival and shared the stage-by-stage…

Celtronic electronic festival runs all week in Derry city with Henrik Schwarz, Luke Una, Surgeon, Skee Mask, Paula Temple & more

Celtronic Festival in Derry has returned after two years away. The electronic festival kicked off…