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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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Cork’s Quiet Lights festival announces lineup with Lisa O’Neill, Anna Mieke, Emma Langford, Maija Sofia & more

Cork festival Quiet Lights has announced its lineup for this year – to take place…

Hear Danny G & the Major 7ths cover Samantha Mumba, Thin Lizzy, The Bothy Band & more

Danny G & the Major 7ths have released an EP of Irish song covers called…

Glasshouse Ensemble announce Aphex Twin, Joni Mitchell and R.Kitt shows this month

Glasshouse Ensemble are the Irish collective who perform orchestral and contemporary arrangements of classic songs…

Girl Band for Dolan’s Limerick on New Year’s Eve

Girl Band have been announced for a New Year’s Eve show at Dolan’s Warehouse in…

First Listen: Elaine Mai & Loah – ‘Waiting To Breathe’

The Mayo electronic producer Elaine Mai is about to release her long-awaited debut album Home…

Mitski for Dublin 2022 show; hear new song ‘Working For The Knife’

Mitksi has announced an extensive North American and European tour including a Foggy Notions presented…

Silverbacks announce new album Archive Material; hear the title track

Silverbacks recently shared the exquisite ‘Wear My Medals’ recently with the news that they had…

It’s Ireland Music Week – 15 artists to watch at the showcase

And some panel recommendations for the music showcases and conference.

The 25 best songs of September

A playlist featuring Little Simz, The War On Drugs, Charlotte Adigery, Charli XCX, Overmono, M(h)aol and more.

Cork’s Right Here Right Now Festival features Wallis Bird, Loah, Niamh Regan, Junior Brother & more playing with concert orchestra

The Cork Opera House & Coughlan’s have announced the first names for the lineup for…

Lumo Club is back on Saturday October 30th

Sign up to the Lumo mailing list for pre-sale access next week.

The best new tracks released today: Headie One, Overmono, Wet Leg, IDLES, Brién, Lauren Ann & more

New music from The War On Drugs, Self Esteem, House Plants, Shiv, CASISDEAD, La Roux, James Vincent McMorrow, April, James Blake, Ouri, Tanoki, Mac Demarco, Metronomy, Biig Piig.

New releases out today: Tirzah, Wiki, Headie One, In The Echo, Audiobooks and more

The best new releases out this week.

Sligo’s Spilt Milk announces eclectic lineup of music and art for November festival

Spilt Milk Festival in Sligo has announced its third edition will take place a month…

Podcast: Our favourite music of September

Our end of the month episode is all about the albums and songs we loved…

Abbacaxi brings a house flavour on the uplifting ‘More Than I Need’

Abbacaxi is the Dublin multi-instrumentalist and literal member of the Loah and Fehdah family who…

Yasiin Bey/Mos Def and Hypnotic Jazz Ensemble are playing Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

Cork is going to be busy on reopening weekend with news that the Guinness Cork…

Cabal are hosting two boat parties on the Shannon with Wastefellow, P. Disconaut, Jar Jar Jr & more

The ever industrious Limerick club collective Cabal are back and spending their Department of Culture…

The Sugar Club are live streaming sets from 80 Irish DJs in the next month

The Sugar Club and DJ Arveene have put together a huge series of live streamed…

Sin É has a huge amount of acts playing In Through The Out Door in October

It might not be clear if a Prince or a Led Zeppelin reference but I…