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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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Monjola & Aby Coulibaly collaborate on ‘where u at’

Two of the breakthrough Irish artists of the last year or so, Dublin-based modern R&B…

Floor Staff returns after four years away with new song ‘Aspiration’ & a debut album later this year

Anthony Donnelly has returned to release some new music under his Floor Staff project, four…

12 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from Chameleon & Lucy McWilliams, Neil Dexter, Darkroom Data, Lewwab, Jack Murphy & Jena Keating, Hazey Haze, Eoin x Max Zanga, Louise Gaffney, Alan Finan, Shadeemus, Subrelic, Ama Millieir

Ireland’s pilot music events to include 3500 capacity festival at Phoenix Park & more

News this evening of what we can expect for live music and sports events in…

New Music Friday Edit: Sigrid, Skinner, Tolü Makay, NiNE8, Koreless, Yenkee, Chaya & more

It’s New Music Friday, which means there’s loads of new songs out. Here are the…

Rock Against Homelessness returns with live show streamed from Olympia & Windmill Lane with Pillow Queens, Blindboy, Wyvern Lingo, Tolü Makay & more

After the success of Rock Against Homelessness gigs in the Olympia pre-pandemic raising much needed…

New releases out today: Black Midi, J Smith, Penelope Trappes, Easy Life, Elgin & more

The best new releases out this week.

Little Simz for Dublin show in November

With a new album on the way in September, and things reopening hopefully in time,…

12 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring new music from Enola Gay, Elephant, Gaptoof, Strange Boy, Alicia Raye, Maria Kelly, Just Wondering, Embarcadero, Susan O’Neill, Molly Burman, Fya Fox, Gorgeous Wrecks.

Breaking The Silence at NCH this Saturday features Loah, The Mary Wallopers, Jess Kav and more responding to Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes

The National Concert Hall and International Literature Festival Dublin are presenting a show this Saturday…

BIMM Dublin announce a Dermot Kennedy scholarship

Dermot Kennedy and Music college BIMM Institute have announced a new scholarship – a Foundation…

Watch: Royal Yellow debuts live performance of ‘Still Pt. 1’

Mark O’Brien’s Royal Yellow project released an epic skyscraping 12-minute electronic production called ‘Until’ recently.…

9 new songs to love this week: The Nialler9 Weekly playlist

With tracks from Audrey Nuna, Charlotte Day Wilson, Shire T, Raven Blue, Emma Houton, Peyton, Ouri, Helen Deland, CHAI, Georgia Ann Muldrow.

SoFFT Nights – the socially distant small outdoor series has announced dates with Pillow Queens, Soda Blonde, Maija Sofia, Cormac Begley & more

Last year, the socially-distant tented outdoor mini-festival series SoFFT Nights filled the gap where there…

Saint Sister announce big Dublin & Belfast gigs; share outdoor Dublin bay rendition of ‘Manchester Air’

Saint Sister have announced some headline gigs for later this year including a seated show…

Future Islands for Dublin & Belfast shows

Baltimore synth pop band Future Islands will return for live shows to these shores with…

Artists can now apply to play Ireland Music Week 2021

Ireland Music Week has announced that it will be going ahead  from October 5th-8th this year and…

Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion, Gorillaz, The Strokes, The National, Lorde…. Here are the ALL the artists playing Primavera Sound festivals in 2022:

As announced last week, the Barcelona festival Primavera Sound is going to put on 11…

First Listen: Rory Sweeney x Pippa Molony’s darkwave synth track ‘Only Love’

The Dublin producer Rory Sweeney is gearing up to release his 7-track album I like…

Fontaines D.C Drummer Tom Coll to release vinyl compilation of Irish trad

Tom Coll, the drummer with Fontaines D.C has announced a compilation of Irish traditional music…