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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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Villagers releases ‘So Simpatico’, “a song of devotion” and music video

Following the announcement of his fifth album Fever Dreams, and the release of the song…

Watch the Motherland music video for MuRli and Kobina’s Ra Gerra song ‘Indecisive’

MuRli and Kobina’s Ra Gerra project announced a debut album New Vessels for July 16th and dropped…

Caribou for Vicar Street show in January

Caribou has already had to reschedule the Iveagh Gardens show from last year to Friday…

Aaron Dessner & Justin Vernon’s Big Red Machine announce new album featuring collaborations with Taylor Swift, Lisa Hannigan, Fleet Foxes and more

Big Red Machine, who are The National’s Aaron Dessner & Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon have…

Nealo announces All The Leaves Are Falling one-year anniversary show

Dublin artist Nealo had big plans around the release of his debut album All The…

Call for musicians to participate in an Irish study on gender in the music industry

Dundalk Institute of Technology researchers are calling for musicians to participate in an study on…

Dublin six-piece Loraine Club debut the shimmering psychedelic pop single ‘Desire’

The Dublin band Loraine Club have featured on Nialler9’s Irish tracks a few times in…

Watch Kojaque perform ‘No Hands’ live from the Olympia Theatre in Dublin

Another marquee Irish and international release from last week, was Town’s Dead, the official full-length…

Saint Sister are broadcasting album live stream gigs with venues in London, Paris, New York and Derry screenings

Saint Sister’s excellent second album Where I Should End was released last Friday and they…

New Music Friday Edit: The best new tracks released today

New music from Tyler, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Saint Sister, SAULT, Kojaque, Soulwax, Sylvester, SG Lewis, Bee Gees, Mick Jenkins, Daniel Avery, Strange Boy, Ra Gerra, bb Sway.

Sea Sessions announce 2022 lineup

Sea Sessions is counteracting all the festival cancellations in coming months by announcing their festival…

Joshua Burnside and Laura Quirke (Lemoncello) are golden on their collaboration ‘Far Away The Hills Are Green’

Joshua Burnside and Laura Quirke of Lemoncello recently put out a song they wrote together called ‘Taking…

Jessie Ware and James Vincent McMorrow collaborate with Two Inch Punch on ‘Lost In LA’

London producer Two Inch Punch has worked with both Jessie Ware and James Vincent McMorrow…

Watch: Chromatic crawl into Smugglers Cave for a resonating Henry Prune performance

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

Somadrone releases Series A – a 12″ of archival material from 2012 – 2019

Irish electronic musician Neil O’Connor has most recently released a collaborative album as Ordnance Survey…

Trophy Wife returns with the alt-pop banger ‘Good Love’

Ruby Smyth is an Irish artist who makes alternative pop music under the name  Trophy…

Podcast: Saint Sister on the songs and inspirations of their new album

Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on Patreon We’re delighted to be joined by…

Danny G & the Major 7ths – ‘Make Me Feel (Believing)’ feat. JusMe, 0phelia, Breezy Ideygoke & King Koko

Danny G & the Major 7ths has got an absolute crew together for his their…