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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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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…

10 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Fynch & Local Boy, EFÉ, Solkatt, Seamus Fogarty, Pat Lagoon, Wallfella, Somebody’s Child x Le Boom, Son Zept & more

God Knows, Naoise Roo and BooTang, an artist living in Direct Provision, are performing on Live From Guerrilla Studios this Thursday

Live From Guerrilla Studios is back for episode six of its fortnightly independent live music…

Clonakilty International Guitar Festival reveals schedule for this week’s online events

The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival will go ahead starting from today and running all week…

And So I Watch You From Afar, Joshua Burnside & Ciaran Lavery for drive-in Belfast shows

AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM A CAR. While the planned drive-in gigs for Gavin…

Spirit of Folk Festival present Sofft Nights with socially-distant gigs from Paul Noonan, CMAT and Junior Brother

The Spirit Of Folk Festival is due to present a weekend of concerts called Sofft…

Watch Bitch Falcon play ‘Gaslight’ live in studio

Ahead of the release of their genuinely long-coming debut album Staring At Clocks on November…

God Knows & Hazey Haze link up for the ‘Mup I Said’ video

It’s a new week and God Knows isn’t letting up on the work rate that…

National Campaign for the Arts outlines 9 measures needed to save the arts in Ireland in their Pre-Budget Submission 2021

Ahead of the Budget details to be announced this month, the National Campaign for the…

New Albums released this week: Doves, The Flaming Lips, Mammal Hands, Ev Carm & more

The best new releases out this week.

Denise Chaila, God Knows And MuRli are playing a National Concert Hall live stream show

Denise Chaila, God Knows And MuRli are playing a special Narolane live show live from…

The Mary Wallopers, Farah Elle, CMAT & more perform livestream show for AIDA Palestinian Refugee Camp

The Mary Wallopers, Farah Elle and CMAT are among the artists playing the Irish leg…

Franki’s ‘I Meant It’ is like The 1975 meets chillwave from Dublin

We recently debuted the lovely summery pop of ‘Santa Monica‘ from Dubliner Franki. Continuing the…

European Court of Justice rules to increase musicians’ recorded earnings in dispute between R.A.A.P. & PPI

The European Court of Justice has ruled that performers should receive an equal share on…

Nialler9 Podcast: Niamh Regan’s sublime debut album & the Irish hip-hop documentary

Episode 104 of the Nialler9 Podcast, and Niall and Andrea are staying positive! Join us…

Lyra is singing of a brighter day in the self-directed video for ‘New Day’

The Cork artist Lyra released her first material of 2020 last week after 3 singles last…

For Those I Love’s music video for ‘I Have A Love’ is a moving tribute to friendship

I’ve been waiting on this one. Ever since For Those I Love’s debut album released…

€6 million live & music industry support packages announced by Irish government

Some good news for the commercial live music sector today. Last night, the Minister for…

Clu returns with ‘Going Kayfabe’ inspired by “80s ballads, trance and contemporary R&B”

The electronic A/V Clu project we’ve written about over the years here is now a…