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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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Totally Irish is releasing a 23-track Irish compilation album in aid of MASI this Friday

John Barker’s 98FM radio show Totally Irish, was putting on a series of live Tuesday…

The 25 Best Songs Of The Month

The best songs of November 2020.

Saint Sister and Lisa Hannigan sing together on ‘The Place That I Work’

Saint Sister and Lisa Hannigan have teamed up for a new song from Saint Sister’s…

Paul Mescal, Phoebe Bridgers & Phoebe Waller-Bridge team up for a music video get upstaged by a dog called Charlotte

The breakout star of 2020, Normal People’s Paul Mescal starring in the video for his…

Here are the top 10 most watched music videos in Ireland this year

Youtube release a list of their most watched videos every December, and of interest to…

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,…