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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 Daughters of Reykjavik have made the best lockdown Zoom music video (NSFW)

We are known as fans of the Icelandic rap group Daughters of Reykjavik (formerly Reykjavíkurdætur)…

Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider has died

Florian Schneider, one of the founding members of the seminal and groundbreaking electronic music German…

Now That’s What I Call PX Music! Listen to an all-Limerick rap mixtape featuring Denise Chaila, Hazey, Citrus Fresh, MurLi & more

PX Music are a Limerick collective and hip-hop label who are the forefront of the…

Electric Picnic headliners postpone festival and tour dates

Rage Against The Machine were one of the first acts to self-announce for Electric Picnic…

Kobina & Moving Still release joint charity EP as Midnight Blue which captures the feeling of a city at night

Midnight Blue is a new project from Irish producers Moving Still and Kobina, written together…

All Together Now announce Iggy Pop and Sinead O’Connor will return in 2021

After last week’s mass cancellation of 2020’s Summer festival schedule due to COVID-19, festivals are…

ASIWYFA’s Rory Friers releases vibrant album as Beach Comber

And So I Watch You From Afar’s Rory Friers has put out a solo nine-track…

Listen to the Irish artist-heavy soundtrack to Normal People

This week, Sally Rooney’s acclaimed novel Normal People began showing on BBC iPlayer in its…

Watch Luthorist’s hazy video for ‘If You Know, You Know’

Following the release of his debut solo album Hueco Mundo last year, the Nuxsense rapper…

Watch the fifth music video in Jape Sentinel video project for ‘The Sea Shade’

For Jape’s excellent Sentinel album from last year, eight music video directors were enlisted to…

House Arrest – Lumo Club is back broadcasting live from our 3 DJs’ homes this Saturday

Lumo Club are going to broadcast every Saturday fortnight on Twitch while we can no…

Worst summer ever & Fiona Apple sets herself free (Nialler9 Podcast)

We dissect Fiona Apple’s much-lauded and appraised fifth album Fetch The Bolt Cutters. It’s a dizzying , constantly zig-zagging and delightfully free of convention and very likely, one of the albums of the year. Plus, tracks of the week from CMAT, Patricia Lalor, Jamie xx and it’s officially the worst summer ever.

R.S.A.G. announces first album album in 10 years Chroma for May release

Multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Hickey has announced a brand new R.S.A.G. album called Chroma out digitally and…

One The One compilation raising funds for PPE For nursing homes & people in Direct Provision In Ireland

A new compilation of electronic music from producers working out of On The One Studios…

Neosupervital is back 10 years later with ‘We Are Not Alone’

Tim O’Donovan has returned to his electro-pop project of yore. Having spent the last few…

A roundup of Irish festivals cancellation statements following yesterday’s guidelines on public events

Even though we’ve deep down known for a while now that we’d likely not see…

Intro: 14-year-old Wexford artist Patricia Lalor is racking up 100K listeners on Spotify & 121K on Youtube for her sweet tunes

Patricia Lalor is a 14-year-old Irish musician whose age doesn’t define her abilities. What we’ve…

Malaki & Lucy McWilliams hook up on the bright laid-back and impressive ‘Fair Play’

Malaki is a rising Dublin artist who has caught our ears in the last year…

Prince died 4 years ago today; celebrate his legacy with this Prince tribute mix

Loose Ends is a club night that has put on many Prince tributes in recent…

Bandcamp is waiving its fees on music purchases on Friday May 1st

On March 20th, the independent music platform Bandcamp waived its fees on all sales on…