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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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The 25 best songs of the month

The best of September 2020.

Sprints have imposter syndrome on the Girl Band-channelling ‘Drones’

Dublin four-piece Sprints mark their card today with a new single from an EP called…

New releases out today: Future Islands, Machinedrum, Mary Lattimore & more

The best new releases out this week.

Handpicked new tunes: Anderson .Paak, Roosevelt, Nealo, Erica Cody, Channel Tres, Fia Moon & more

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

Nialler9 Podcast: Ailbhe Reddy’s personal debut album in review

On this week’s pod we have some surprise guests from chimney sweepers who interrupt the recording process more than once. Welcome to the home office. We review Ailbhe Reddy’s debut album, discuss new Bicep, Kynsy, Bon Iver guests on a track and we talk Eddie Van Halen’s legacy.

Shiv brings some sunshine and light to her ‘You & I’ music video

Siobhan McClean is a Dublin-born Paris-based singer-songwriter and producer who makes music as Shiv who…

10 of our favourite new songs this week

Music from Ultraflex, Mansur Brown, Keeley Forsyth, Anna B Savage, PVA, Arp Frique, Purity Ring, Dan Kye, Babeheaven & more.

Meltybrains? & Dermot Kennedy drummer Micheál Quinn releases solo EP

Micheál Quinn has spent the last two years playing drums on tour worldwide with his…

Introducing: Newry 18-year-old Lauren Ann has the grunge pop smarts on ‘How It Works’

The North of Ireland has always been a hotbed of guitar and rock music, usually…

Bicep announce new album Isles & release new single ‘Apricots’

Bicep have announced a new album Isles, will be released on Ninja Tune on January…

15 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Jehnova, Kynsy, JEAG, Alex Gough, USNA, Wyvern Lingo, Seba Safe, Rooue, Paddy Chambers, Lūna, Jar Jar jr, Mount Alaska, Autumns, A. Smyth Aural Air & more

Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock took the piss with his Rolling Stones Greatest album list submission

Rolling Stone recently published its list of 500 greatest albums , updating it for 2020.…

It’s Ireland Music Week – an overview who’s playing and what’s happening at the online showcase & conference event

It’s Ireland Music Week and normally, that would mean spending much of the next seven…

Review: Denise Chaila – Go Bravely

The most buzzed Irish artist of 2020, Denise Chaila released not a debut album but…

Nialler9 Podcast: Róisín Murphy feels the machine

On this week’s pod we review the new album from the queen with her disco machine Róisín Murphy, focus on reasons to be cheerful and new songs from Romy, Ultraflex, Tune-Yards and a load of Irish artists on the collab.

Listen to volume 3 of A Litany of Failures feat. Silverbacks, Junk Drawer, Post Punk Podge, The Bonk, Problem Patterns, Careerist, Rising Damp & many more

What started as a split four-track EP with four bands Oh Boland, Junk Drawer, That…

First listen: Loah & Bantum – ‘NGLA’

The partnership of Irish Sierra Leonean singer-songwriter and Cork producer Ruairi Lynch AKA Bantum continues…

Watch CMAT’s eh, cowboy-themed video for ‘I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby!’

It was one of our tracks of the week and continues CMAT’s run of excellent…

Ordnance Survey releases album featuring Donal Lunny, Crash Ensemble & Lankum’s Cormac Mac Diarmada

Neil O’Connor has released a second collaborative album under the name Ordnance Survey today. The…