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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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A five-date “hybrid music festival” featuring Lethal Dialect, JYellowL, Vernon Jane & more is happening at Drop Dead Twice this month

The gigs, albeit, seated, socially distanced and with reduced caps are coming back. Laters With…

Wyvern Lingo announce two 85-capacity seated gigs in Dublin in October

Wyvern Lingo have announced two actual shows to take place this October, socially-distant of course.…

Watch the artist’s wife, Hinata Hallinan, perform interpretive dance in the video for Art Of Algebra’s ‘Maasai’

Irish electronic producer David Hallinan released a full-length album under the name Art Of Algebra…

Ireland Music Week announce online conference details

Ireland Music Week has moved entirely online this October 6th to 9th, and has previously…

The 25 best songs of the month

The best of August 2020.

Yenkee releases 30 minute mixtape of “ambient music, little nuggets, pub songs” – Music Meditation

Cork’s Graham Cooney aka Yenkee has been releasing some fine music this past while and…

Watch Niamh Regan’s Hemet album launch from Galway’s Black Gate

Last week, the Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan’s fine debut album Hemet was released, and it’s…

Bicep are playing a special live streamed show this Friday

With real life gigs and DJ sets off limits right now, Belfast duo Bicep are…

Ailbhe Reddy challenges the norm of social media breakups on ‘Looking Happy’

‘Looking Happy’, the third single from Ailbhe Reddy’s debut album so far is its bounciest…

14 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Farah Elle, AE MAK, Absentee, Chris Kabs, Gareth Quinn Redmond, JyellowL, Míde Houlihan, Moving Still, RUNOFFBROKE & more

Toygirl sing of infatuation on the affecting alt-pop of ‘Poison’

A week before lockdown, we posted Toygirl’s previous single ‘Moonlight Velvet’, a gorgeous song we…

Bandcamp Friday: Releases to buy from God Knows, Rush Hour, Ordnance Survey, Emma Langford & more

It’s impossible to feature all of the worthy releases available on Bandcamp for their now-monthly…

SZA returns with ‘Hit Different’ featuring Ty Dolla $ign & The Neptunes

It’s been a long time coming but SZA is finally back on her solo tip.…

Kean Kavanagh announces Dog Person LP & ‘Emma’ video

After looking for a rollie on a rollover, Soft Boy Kean Kavanagh has posted a…

Christian Cohle debuts the meditative and hypnotic ‘Wallflower’ video

After a brace of singles, the electronic producer and singer Christian Cohle has established an atmospheric…

First Listen: Miriam Ingram is back with her first release in 13 years, Spells EP, produced by her son Wastefellow

In internet, music and life terms, it’s been a long time since we heard from…

NewDad make it a hat-track with the super-impressive dreamy indie pop single ‘Blue’

The Galway based dream pop NewDad previously featured here with their previous two singles ‘Swimming’…

First Listen: Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan’s splendid debut album Hemet

Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan has had a strong 2020 leading to the release of her debut album…

Watch Lankum play ‘The Pride Of Petravore’ live from Vicar Street featuring Spider Stacy

For many people, the Lankum gigs in Vicar Street in January would have been the…