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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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Have you heard the album inspired by the Lidl on Dublin’s Aungier Street?

Lidl Museum of Ancient and Contemporary Art Audio Tour (LMACA) features contributions from artists like Acid Granny, Rob Mirolo, Robbie Kitt, Davy Kehoe and Jennifer Moore (Dreamcycles).

Levis’ in West Cork is presenting a Secret Song festival live stream this Valentine’s weekend

Levis’ Corner House is a lovely little spot in Ballydehob, West Cork who have put…

Nialler9 Radio show – A Madlib selection

In honour of the excellent Four Tet-arranged Madlib album Sound Ancestors, I played just over…

Watch Æ Mak perform ‘I Dance In The Kitchen’ on The Tommy Tiernan Show

Aoife McCann aka Æ Mak were the musical guests on this past week’s Tommy Tiernan…

Caribou releases Suddenly remix album

A year on from the release of Suddenly, Caribou has released a remix package of…

Handpicked new tunes: Benin City, Eomac, Jimi Tenor, Octa Octa, Franki, Doubt, Black Country, New Road & more

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

The Live Venue Collective are streaming gigs from David Kitt, Zen Arcade and Mick Flannery this Saturday

Three of the venues from the Live Venue Collective have bandied together to present three…

22 new albums to look forward to in 2021

Are we getting new albums from Adele, Rosalía, SZA, Kendrick, Billie Eilish & more this year?

Ricky Powell, photographer associated with Beastie Boys passes away at 59

Ricky Powell, the photographer and artist who had a long association with the Beastie Boys…

The Kino venue in Cork city has closed due to ongoing pandemic restrictions

Due to ongoing pandemic restrictions

13 new songs from Irish artists you should hear this week

New music from Theo, Myles Manley, Gaze Is Ghost, Noden, Carrie Baxter, Chósta, Nixer and more

Watch: No More Hotels’ documentary about why Clubbing Is Culture

Last Culture Night, the club night and culture-over-tourism advocate group No More Hotels teamed up…

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Live Venue Collective shows government support for the arts can get people back to work during the pandemic

The Live Venue Collective, a group of live music venues and producers have shared the…

The 25 Best Songs Of The Month

The best songs of January 2021

Handpicked new tunes: Squid, Wyvern Lingo, Tom Trago, Olof Dreijer, AMA, Madlib, Kynsy, Somebody’s Child & more

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

Denise Chaila goes full medieval cosplay in the ‘Anseo’ video

Ah look, it’s another week, which means there’s another reason to talk about Limerick rapper…

New releases out today: Madlib, Anna B Savage, Arlo Parks, Celeste & more

The best new releases out this week.

Watch Fontaines D.C. perform in a London pub for Jimmy Fallon

Grammy-nominated Fontaines D.C. appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night, in which…