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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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Watch Run The Jewels perform RTJ4 in full for Adult Swim show

In what will be the closest you’ll get to hearing Run The Jewels live this…

Andy Shauf for Dublin 2021 show

Andy Shauf’s album The Neon Skyline was one of the early highlights of albums from…

Check out this photo series about the Wicklow & Dublin DIY music scene from 2005 to 2010

Photographer Alex Sinclair has been sharing some photo projects on his website of late and…

Handpicked new tunes: Lana Del Rey, Orla Gartland, Ten Past Seven, Boots & Kats, Sharon Van Etten, The Vision…

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

Nialler9 Podcast: Loah & Bantum talk 2020 and Future Islands are in retrograde

This week’s episode we chat to close collaborators Loah & Bantum about their 2020 experiences, review the sixth album from the Baltimore synth-pop band, swoon over Julia Jacklin’s lyrics, Dre takes up knitting, Niall doesn’t have COVID and Pepe the Frog is in the mix somehow.

James Blake releases new Before EP & Boiler Room set this Friday

After a clutch of once-off singles ‘You’re Too Precious’, ‘Are You Even Real?’, his cover…

Watch Erica Cody’s video for her new R&B bop ‘Calculated’

When not showing up for the black Irish community to illuminate the conversation around Black…

Tebi Rex & Awkward Z get steamed on ‘AAAAGH’; Watch the video

The duo of Matt O and Max Zanga aka Tebi Rex have dropped their third…

Rejjie Snow
Rejjie Snow drops ‘Mirrors’, with Snoh Aalegra & Cam O’bi

Rejjie Snow has released his second single of the year. After collaborating with his hero…

First Listen: JEAG’s Finally EP is a breath of fresh electronic textures

Dublin-based electronic artist and producer James Eager had that worst of fates for any digitally…

Yenkee’s ‘Life in 3/4 Time’ is inspired by Abba & John Martyn

It’s acccurate to say that Graham Cooney’s Yenkee project is one of my personal favourites…

EPIC react to yesterday’s Budget 2021 measures for the live music industry

Yesterday’s Budget 2021 measures for the live music and arts industries were covered here yesterday…

Watch: Art Of Algebra & Breezy IDeyGoke's music video explores being black and Muslim in Ireland
Watch: Art Of Algebra & Breezy IDeyGoke’s music video explores being black and Muslim in Ireland

Art Of Algebra, the project of Dublin producer David Hallinan is premiering the music video…

7 new Irish songs from emerging artists you should hear

New music from Dark Tropics, Lucy Gaffney, Travi The Native, Paper Clap, Synthia Nixon, Lydia Ford ,Sara + Greg Tisdall.

Budget 2021: An overview of live music, arts and entertainment funding announced

It’s been an unforeseen 12 months since we last discussed the Budget in regards to…

Watch Waterford poet Sasha Terfous’ spoken word piece on her black Irish identity

The Waterford spoken word artist Sasha Terfous has filmed a spoken word piece with in…

New Wicklow label Remote Town launches with Damien Lynch EP

Remote Town Records is a new record label that will exclusively release music from the…

Julia Jacklin releases two new songs on the Sub Pop Singles Club

One of our favourites, the Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin has followed up her excellent second…

Budget 2021 to significantly increase live music supports for the music industry

Reports emerged over the weekend that the upcoming Budget 2021 due tomorrow Tuesday October 22nd,…