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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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Loah marks St. Brigid’s Day with the moving ‘Gabhaim Molta Bríghde’

Loah marks just the third year of the new holiday in celebration of Ireland’s female…

Beyond The Pale Festival adds BadBadNotGood, Kiasmos, Le Boom, Skinner and more

Beyond The Pale has added 11 acts to the lineup for the Wicklow festival. The…

Fugazi documentary screening at Dublin’s Lighthouse Cinema this February

A screening of a music documentary about the Washington post-hardcore band is showing in Dublin…

Black Country, New Road announce new album and EU, UK and Irish dates

Black Country, New Road will release a new album Forever Howlong on April 4th on…

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Open Ear Festival reveals 2025 lineup

The avant-electronic and experimental music festival Open Ear returns to Sherkin Island this June Bank…

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Choice Music Prize announces live event lineup for Vicar Street

The live event where the winners of the Irish album of the year and other…

6 of the best Irish songs this week

Featuring amy michelle, Smokey, Jordan Adetunji, Slightly Dishevelled, Blue Slate, Barkbeat.

Getdown Services for Dublin and Cork shows

The Bristol duo’s music is a fun mix of slacker pop, indie-disco, funk and rock.…

Cola, M(h)aol and Junk Drawer announce Irish tour together

Three alt-rock bands are going on an Irish tour. Montreal post punk band Cola, UK-based…

Gig Guide
The best gigs & club nights in Dublin city this week – Brigid Bank Holiday edition

Gig Guide Highlights: Dublin Disco All-Dayer, Crazy P, JPEGMAFIA, Pearson Sound, Quantic, O’Flynn, femtanyl, Cormac, Seanchoíche: Pippa Molony & more, Ivan Smagghe b2b David Holmes, Houseplants, Earthgang, Passersby.

Quantic plays Donal Dineen’s Backstory night this Saturday

Donal Dineen’s club night Backstory is the only club that takes place regularly in Dublin…

Pippa Molony
Pippa Molony, Farah Elle and Natalya O’Flaherty among guests at Seanchoíche Brigit event this week

As part of the Brigit Festival programme, a special Seanchoíche event takes place at the…

Paddy Hanna
Premiere: Paddy Hanna returns as a cosmonaut in the video for ‘Oylegate Station’

The Irish musician Paddy Hanna has announced his forthcoming album Oylegate on Strange Brew Records,…

Ispini
Ispíní na hÉireann for biggest Dublin show yet

It’s going to be a sausagefest. The Dublin trad band with a penchant for memes…

AVA Belfast announces Underworld, Overmono, Ewan McVicar, KI/KI, Sloucho and lots more for 2025

The Belfast electronic festival has announced its first names for this year, which takes place…

The 5 best songs of the week

Featuring FKA Twigs, Sam Amidon, $ONA BLU€, Anna B Savage, Dobao.

Forbidden Fruit announce Jamie xx, Underworld, Caribou, Peggy Gou and more

The festival in Royal Hospital Kilmainham, IMMA has announced its first names for its 13th…

Kneecap
Kneecap for 3Arena gig in Dublin this December

The Belfast rappers already announced an outdoor show for this summer. In october, Kneecap announced…

New releases out today: FKA Twigs, Mogwai, Anna B Savage, Sam Amidon, Jordan Adetunji…

Here’s a rundown of new Albums & EPs on DSPs and physical releases in record…

6 of the best Irish songs this week

Featuring Hotgirl, Joshua Burnside, AC3, Poser, Altara, Shiv.

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