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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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K.P. Ring’s lilting acoustic track ‘Not A Hopeless Place’ gets an elevated music video

Cork folk singer-songwriter K.P. Ring comes through with this lilting acoustic lifting song ‘Not A…

The 40 best new Irish bands of 2020

Welcome to the third annual Nialler9 new new Irish bands list! It is of course,…

Stef Murphy launches a Patreon podcast with this Irish ballad-style cover of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air theme song

Stef Murphy FKA The Mighty Stef is launching a new Patreon-only podcast called Pub Songs…

Handpicked new tunes: Dry Cleaning, NewDad, Tandem Felix, Abbacaxi, Berwyn, Nils Frahm & more

Friday was release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

Other Voices are hosting a special Christmas gig live from Guinness Storehouse

Other Voices are set to brodcast a special Christmas gig called Home from the Guinness…

Watch Uly cut his hair in the ‘That’s No Way To Fly’ video

The Dublin artist Rafino Murphy AKA Uly has cultivated a strand of lo-fi jazz-funk and…

New releases out today: Flohio, The Din, Malaki, Miley Cyrus, Smashing Pumpkins & more

The best new releases out this week.

Longitude Festival announces 2021 lineup

If you can, cast your mind back to when Longitude announced its first lineup for…

Bitch Falcon’s Lizzie Fitzpatrick Coolgirl project remixes Brooklyn producer Varsity Star

When not releasing heavy rock jams with her band Bitch Falcon, Lizzie Fitzpatrick has recently…

UNQ drops the sparkling rhythmic R&B of debut song ‘Tried’

Simone Adinga, who makes music under the name UNQ, is a Dublin-based South-East London-born artist…

Soulwax are releasing a 15 year anniversary edition of Nite Versions this week; hear a 14 minute version of ‘NY Lipps’

Soulwax’s influential 2005 album Nite Versions is set to get a 15 year anniversary edition…

Fontaines D.C.’s A Hero’s Death nominated for a Grammy

The nominations for the 2021 Grammys were announced yesterday and among the list for shortlisted…

National Concert Hall and Sounding The Feminists expand Awards Scheme

The National Concert Hall and Sounding The Feminists with support from Creative Ireland have announced…

Spilt Milk Festival is happening online this weekend and features a big lineup of alternative music offerings

Spilt Milk Festival is a west of Ireland festival that debuted last year with a…

Phoebe Bridgers releases a cover of Merle Haggard’s ‘If We Make It Through December’

Not content with a charity cover of the Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Iris’ and Copycat Killer,…

Limerick rappers Aswell & Same D4Ence drop new tracks

It’s Limerick rap corner time, as two new tunes from Limerick rap artists dropped at…

District 8 launch membership package

While the clubs continue to be closed going on 9 months now, District 8, the…

New live stream collective Together In Electric Streams launches with show from David Kitt, Bitch Falcon, RSAG, Scullion & more

Together In Electric Streams is a new collective of promoters, artists and venues who are…

Watch Malaki and Irish Women In Harmony perform on the Late Late Show

On Friday’s Late Late Show, there were two musical guests of note. First up, Dublin…

184 artists awarded €896,000 funding from Music Industry Stimulus Package for recording

The Music Industry Stimulus Package has announced that 184 artists were awarded a total €896,000…