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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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Watch: Louise Gaffney play live at a Neolithic tomb in Sligo for Chromatic

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

€335,500 fund is now available to Irish musicians to buy instruments

Details of the Music Capital Scheme have been announced for this year with a total…

The 10 best tracks released today

With Overmono, Pillow Queens, Fears, Tomberlin, Mango X Mathman, God Knows, Emma-Jean Thackray, Rebel Phoenix, Stephen James Smith, Warmduscher, Automatic.

New albums out today: Alex Cameron, NIA Archives, Sprints, Mango x Mathman, Junk Drawer & more

The best new albums and EPs this week.

Sugarcoat Sessions is a new monthly night in The Grand Social aiming to showcase female/non binary artists

Sugarcoat Sessions is a new monthly night in The Grand Social by Lucy Rice aka…

Daithí collaborates with filmmaker Ayla Amano on new A/V project exploring family relations in island communities; Watch ‘Familial’ 

After releasing a Choice-nominated album with Paul Noonan as Houseplants last year, Daithí is back…

Sigur Rós for Dublin show

Sigur Rós have announced a bunch of tour dates on their 2022 world tour that…

Electric Picnic: Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, Megan Thee Stallion, Dermot Kennedy, Pixies, Fontaines D.C.& more announced.

It’s here. The first Electric Picnic since 2019 has announced its lineup for the return…

Other Voices is getting a BBC Four special to mark the show’s 20th anniversary

BBC Four is to mark the 20th anniversary of Other Voices, the Irish TV show…

The Electric Picnic lineup is out tomorrow – who might be announced?

It seems certain that Electric Picnic will officially happen for the first time in two…

12 new Irish tracks you should hear this week

Featuring Beauty Sleep, Kayleigh Noble, Lauren Ann, Irene Buckley, Curtisy, Lighght, Badhands, Micheál Quinn, Brawni, Floor Show, Wallfella, Odd Numbers, Niallish.

Floating Points – ‘Vocoder’

Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has released a new single today entitled ‘Vocoder’ via Ninja…

Kynsy releases buzzy synth-pop song ‘New Year’

Dublin artist Ciara Lindsey has released a great new single called ‘New Year’, the follow…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this week // March 8th – 14th

Highlights: Nilufer Yanya, CMAT, Shanti Celeste, Pillow Queens, James Vincent McMorrow & Friends, Objekt, Slowthai, Sprints, Kynsy, Gilla Band.

A Kyiv producer, currently in Kerry, on Ukraine’s electronic music scene

I’m Dari Maksymova, a Kyiv-based music producer, born and raised in Eastern Ukraine (aka Donbas).…

Wet Leg for Dublin & Belfast headline shows

Buzzy Isle Of White band Wet Leg have announced a debut Irish show at The…

PinkPantheress announced for debut Dublin gig

PinkPantheress is so interesting, we essentially did a whole podcast on her “new nostalgia” garage and…

Phoebe Bridgers is playing Dublin – Fairview Park

Phoebe Bridgers has been announced for a Dublin headline show, maybe her first one properly…

Otherside Festival announced for Slane with DJ Seinfeld, Tourist, The Scratch, Mango & Mathman & more

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

Here are the 13 Irish acts heading to showcase at SXSW in Texas this month

The annual South By Southwest Festival takes place this week in Austin, Texas in March and is…