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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 best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Other Voices Courage with Saint Sister & Crash Ensemble, Wyvern Lingo, Erica Cody, Guerilla Studios.

BIMM Dublin launches Spotify BA Music Business Scholarship

Third level music college BIMM Dublin has announced details of its Spotify BA Music Business…

Stendhal is putting on a socially distant music festival called Unlocked this August

The Limavady festival Stendhal has rejigged its offering this summer to a socially distant music…

Watch live streams from MuRli, TPM, Bleeding Heart Pigeons, Jinx Lennon from the weekend

Two recommendations worth catching up from this weekend’s Irish artists streams. First, Limerick’s Nua series…

Gemma Dunleavy celebrates the Sheriff Street community she grew up in on ‘Up De Flats’

One of our favourite Irish singers Gemma Dunleavy is going to release a six-track debut…

A Litany Of Failures compilation III announced featuring songs from Silverbacks, Extravision, Junk Drawer, Post Punk Podge & Girl Band’s Dara Kiely

The compilation A Litany Of Failures has announced its third volume is available today for…

Podcast: 10 recommended albums from 2020 so far

Episode 97. Niall and Andrea pick five albums each we recommend we didn’t cover on the podcast so far this year for listeners to check out. We also discuss some of those favourites towards the end along with more talk of Succession and The Last of Us Part 2.

Here are 10 Irish releases you should buy on Bandcamp today

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10 of our favourite Irish albums from 2020 so far

At the half point in the year, it’s a good time to reflect the longform…

Guerrilla Recording Studios launch alternative music stream series with The Bonk, John Francis Flynn and Vicky Langan next week

The team behind Guerrilla Recording Studios, a studio under a bridged railway close to Dublin…

Fontaines D.C. sing of echo chambers on new song ‘Televised Mind’

Fontaines D.C.’s second album is out at the end of this month, which means the…

Another Love Story 2020 is officially cancelled

For many of my friends, the last bright hope of summer festivals for them was…

Male artists respond to the Irish radio gender disparity report

Last week’s report on Irish radio showed the stark numbers in terms of the lack…

Watch the special Oireachtas committee on addressing the arts & entertainment sector during COVID-19

Last night, a Oireachtas committee meeting on the Arts and Entertainment Sector took place to…

Music programmer Rob Farhat pens piece on structural racism in Irish arts and what can be done about it

The co-founder of Ensemble Records and current live music programmer based in London, Rob Farhat…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Celtronic, Glasto Shangri-LA presents Lost Horizon, Other Voices Courage, Ruby Sessions. Empress Of.

Caribou releases two Floating Points remixes

Caribou today shared two new remixes from his recent Suddenly album by Floating Points. The…

There’s an actual gig happening in Dublin this Saturday

Yes, how things have changed that this is actually news right now. With last week’s…

Celaviedmai teams up with Nealo on the laid-back ‘Questions’

The Galway rapper Celaviedmai is one of the best new MCs out of Ireland in…

Silverbacks tease July release of album FAD with ‘Up The Nurses’

Silverbacks have been teasing tracks from their upcoming announced July 17th-released debut album Fad of late.…