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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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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…

Handpicked new tunes: Tierra Whack, Slowthai, Bill Callahan, Smoothboi Ezra, Oscar #Worldpeace, & more

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

Nialler9 Podcast: 2020 is somehow the year of disco

Episode 114 of the pod and Niall and Andrea are talking a lot about dancefloors…

Other Voices announces full lineup for Dingle digital festival including Damien Dempsey, Mark Lanegan, CMAT, Ailbhe Reddy & more

Other Voices have revealed the full lineup of artists to play their virtual festival this…

Girl Band’s Daniel Fox brings clanking industrial noise to his Columbia Mills’ ‘Understand’ remix

For the fourth and final remix in the Columbia Mills series before the EP is…

The Road To The Great Escape announces Berwyn, Baby Queen, Oscar Lang, CMAT, Denise Chaila and more for Dublin weekender

With a bit of optimism in the air regarding a vaccine, some 2021 events are…

5 great new songs to love this week

Just five great new jams I love this week. See the New Music section for…