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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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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.…

Listen to the Beastie Boys and Spike Jones talk to Licensed To Ill producer Rick Rubin on Broken Record podcast

The latest episode of Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell’s Broken Record podcast which talks to…

Watch Glasshouse Ensemble perform a cover of Minnie Riperton’s ‘Les Fleurs’ with vocals from Rachael Lavelle, AE MAK, Caoimhe Barry of Wyvern Lingo & more.

Glasshouse Ensemble, who have reimagined the music of Sufjan, Bon Iver and more over the…

Podcast: Haim’s Women In Music Pt. III in review + How Other Voices brought Courage to the world

It’s Episode 96 and we talk to Other Voices’ booker Aoife Woodlock about how the Courage live series came about, we review Haim’s looser, more eclectic Women In Music Pt. III, we discuss the Gender Disparity Report on Irish radio plus songs from Beyonce, SAULT, Soccer Mommy and CMAT.

New Albums Released this week: HAIM, Jessie Ware, Arca, Khruangbin, Daniel Avery & more

The best new releases out this week.

11 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Powpig, Shee, jYellowL, Diffly, Goodtime John, Peter Vogelaar, Melina Malone, Robert John Ardiff, LUZ and more.

Thumper go on a self-destructive bender in an attempt for self-discovery on ‘Topher Grace’

The six-piece Dublin rock juggernaut that is Thumper release one of their finest songs to…

Celtronic Festival reveals Together : Apart online streams featuring Move D, Andrew Weatherall, Eamon Harkin, Or:la, Space Dimension Controller, Arvo Party & many more

Derry’s Celtronic festival is one of the many festival casualties that can’t take place in…

Otherkin’s Luke Reilly is actively avoiding irrelevance on Blood Donor’s ‘Under The Sun’

Otherkin split up late last year saying “the unfortunate reality is that life in a…

Simon Mós drops a spiralling kaleidoscopic 8-minute synth workout ‘Yesterdays Revolution’

Simon Arnold aka Simon Mós is a London producer who spent lockdown building a modular…

First listen: All Tvvins’ Conor Adams’ reflective and expansive solo EP I Admired Your Grace at the End of the World (2 for Joy)

Known for his current work as one half of All Tvvins and his past work…

A new report shows most Irish radio stations’ top 20 Irish airplay features less than 10% women artists, or worse

A new report released today based on data from Radiomonitor, which charts the airplay of…

Ailbhe Reddy’s touring lifestyle makes it hard to maintain a relationship on ‘Time Difference’

Dublin musician Ailbhe Reddy returns with sprightly new song about a relationship on the verge…

CMAT is the Rodney Dangerfield of your ex-girlfriend

Since debuting with ‘Another Day (KFC)’, Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson aka CMAT a “self-styled global pop…

10 great new songs you should hear this week

Featuring tracks from Teyana Taylor, SAULT, H.E.R., upsammy, bb sway, Anderson .Paak, The Vision, Mattiel. Myd and Franc Moody.

Lone and Kettama team up on new release on R&S

Having played B2B at Glastonbury together (see below), English producer Lone and Irish producer Kettama…

Move The Record event will broadcast 2 days of 12-hour streaming broadcasts to support independent record shops

Move The Record is a new initiative by Dana Ruh and KMA60 record store in…