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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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Post Punk Podge & TPM have a comedic new song about toxic masculinity – ‘Hard Man’

“There’s no hard men in Dublin, everyone knows that, ” say TPM.

7 online livestreamed gigs to watch this week

Highlights: Jessy Lanza, Assembly 2020, Denise Chaila, God Knows And MuRli, Musictown with The Mary Wallopers, Maija Sofia, CMAT and Radie Peat.

Denise Chaila & Martin Hayes on the government’s Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce

The members of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce were announced by the government today…

Kildare artist April is ‘Watching You Disappear’

Nialler9 favourite April is set to release a second EP called Luna on October 23rd.…

Mix & Fairbanks – ‘Red Light Runner’

Kildare dance duo Mix & Fairbanks have followed up their recent remix of COEO’s ‘Habibi…

Robocobra Quartet’s Chris Ryan Sorbet EP uses the same two-chords as a foundation for each tracks

Producer, drummer and vocalist Chris W Ryan of Robocobra Quartet released a very interesting EP…

Irish Women In Harmony seeking 12 girls, 12 years and under, to join their Christmas song recording

Irish Women In Harmony’s ‘Dreams’ single which was sung by 44 Irish female artists and…

Sault release brilliant second album of 2020 – UNTITLED (Rise)

In June, the engimatic Sault released UNTITLED (Black Is), which was one of our favourite…

EPIC share open letter signed by over 600 people in the Irish music industry

After detailing a 9-point pre-budget submission to launch National Awareness Week for the Live Entertainment…

Van Morrison is releasing anti-lockdown protest songs

After telling the music industry to “fight the pseudo-science” when it comes to Covid-19 and…

Watch Æ MAK’s gas and giddy dance video for ‘hey driver (!)’

Æ MAK has been releasing songs and videos from the EP how to: make a…

Ireland Music Week announce artist showcase and conference schedule

Ireland Music Week have announced the full schedule from Tuesday 6th to Friday October 9th…

Nialler9 Podcast: Pillow Queens’ debut album reviewed & a chat with Niamh Regan

It’s episode 105 of the Nialler9 Podcast, and Niall and Andrea are burying their heads in the sand, maybe?
We review the Pillow Queens debut album, chat to last week’s album of the week artist Niamh Regan and chat songs from Gorillaz, Sufjan, For Those I Love And more.

Pillow Queens announce 2021 Irish shows

Pillow Queens are to release their debut album In Waiting next Friday September 25th and…

Denise Chaila is performing on the Late Late Show this Friday

Denise Chaila’s star continues to rise, the Limerick MC is the musical guest on this…

Kojaque drops video for studio version of ‘Shmelly’

After dropping the live COLORS Show version of new track ‘Shmelly’, Dublin’s Kojaque has released…

EPIC launch a 9-point pre-budget plan & an Uplift campaign for the survival of the Irish live music industry & its workers

EPIC, the Event Production Industry Covid19 Working Group (EPIC), which was started during the pandemic…

Musictown Long Distance Love event featuring Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny, Radie Peat, The Mary Wallopers & Maija Sofia to broadcast from National Concert Hall

Many events originally envisioned for MusicTown this year are taking place across September, Long Distance…

Nightclubs are not coming back to Irish society this year, according to Irish government’s Living With COVID-19 plan

Look, it won’t be a surprise to anyone following the guidelines around events at the…