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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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Otherside Festival adds Saint Sister, Soda Blonde, India Jordan, Nealo, Joe Goddard and more to the Slane summer festival

Otherside Festival are continuing to add to their lineup today taking place Rock Farm, Slane,…

Podcast: Our favourite music of March

It’s Andrea and Niall with our monthly new music recommender episode. We are talking new albums from from…

Open Ear announces details and lineup for return to Sherkin this June

Open Ear is Ireland’s festival event most on the edge both figuratively and literally. Musically,…

AVA Festival announce Boiler Room lineup

AVA Festival in Belfast has had Boiler Room on board for live streams for the…

Body & Soul reveal Róisín Murphy, Mogwai, Kelly Lee Owens, Yves Tumor, Pillow Queens, CMAT & more

Body & Soul Festival put tickets on sale and announced a new vibe last month…

Other Voices announces 20th series broadcast with Sam Fender, Dermot Kennedy, Sigrid, Villagers, Damien Dempsey & more

Other Voices has announced its return to TV screens next month where you can see…

180 acts added to The Great Escape: Tolü Makay, The Scratch, Object Blue, Or:la, Goat Girl, Piri & Tommy & more

Brighton’s new music showcase festival has announced 180 more bands to play the festival from…

Really Good Time implore you to not touch the good cups on ‘Afternoon Tea’

Really Good Time are a new band featuring members of Beach / Fat Pablo and…

Maria Kelly and Paul Noonan team up on new version of ‘the sum of the in-between’

Plus, the Mayo songwriter has a pop-up exhibition and tour dates upcoming.

Fontaines D.C. have added a third Dublin show in December after 2 Dublin dates sell out this morning

Update: Fontaines D.C. have added a third headline show at Vicar Street to their Irish…

Otherside Festival add Cobblestone folk & trad stage with The Scratch, Ye Vagabonds, Lemoncello, Ispíní na hÉireann, Skipper’s Alley and more

Otherside Music & Arts Festival is a new 3-day camping festival from the Bedlam crew…

Angel Olsen announces new album Big Time and Dublin gig along with European & UK dates

Angel Olsen has announced a new album called Big Time which will be out on…

11 new Irish tracks you should hear this week

Featuring Fya Fox, Aaron Lawlor, Max Cooper, Still Blue, RÓGAN X ØMEGA, Fizzy Orange, Ye Vagabonds, Brendan Bailey, Jamie Dean, Arlene and Peter Vogelaar.

Warp Records producer Mira Calix has passed away

Longtime Warp Records electronic producer and composer Mira Calix, real name Chantal Passamonte has passed…

Self Esteem announces biggest Dublin show at 3Olympia

It’ll be no surprise to anyone who has been on the Rebecca Lucy Taylor train…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week // March 29th – April 4th

Highlights:, Gemma Dunleavy, Bitch Falcon, India Jordan, Stormzy, Hayden Thorpe, JPEGMAFIA, Justin Strauss, Sorcha Richardson, Hammer, Future Islands, Shakalak, Vitalic, All-ages gig with Thumper.

Gilla Band announce biggest Dublin and Belfast shows yet

After their recent residency in Whelan’s, Gilla Band (FKA Girl Band) have announced two big…

The 10 best tracks released today

With Spider, Aldous Harding, Skinner, Ibibio Sound Machine, UNQ, Bishop Nehru, Amy Michelle, Logic1000, Zaska, Jess Kav, Alex Gough.