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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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Everything But The Girl’s ‘Missing’ remixed by Lee Kelly

Dublin producer (First Second Label, Pear, Jheri Tracks and Argot) and All-City staffer Lee Kelly…

Hazey Haze, Size and MCB aka Same D4Ence drop the rap banger ‘Real Rapper’

Same D4Ence are the Limerick trio of Hazey Haze, Size and MCB have dropped a…

The 25 best songs of the month

The best of March 2020.

Toby Kaar gets ‘Fierce Fancy’ on bouncy fizzy new track

Cork producer Toby Kaar is back with the first in a series of new tunes.…

Leo Drezden return with two wistfully cinematic tracks – ‘A Place For You And I’ and ‘Neo Tolkien’

Leo Drezden are an Irish four piece made up of Steve McKinney, Chris Con, Dan…

Ships’ Simon Cullen releases ambient album Holding Patterns, with its origins coming from the sounds of gates on the island of Inishturk

Known for his work with the Choice Music Prize winning duo Ships, along with his…

New Albums Released this week: Yves Tumor, Empress Of, Thundercat & more

The best new releases out this week.

Dua Lipa’s escapist pop bangers & your questions answered (Nialler9 Podcast)

Our favourite biscuits, favourite radio shows, what will happen when gigs and festivals return? Is it a good or bad time to release music? Which Father John Misty song would you live in?

Ryan Vail and Elma Orkestra’s Borders release uplifting new single ‘Love’

The song features on a extended digital version of the album out this month.

16 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Luz, Lydia Ford, All Tvvins, The Natural History Museum, Synthia Nixon, Aimée, Uly, Zapho, Naoise Roo and more.

AVA Festival opens Emerging Talent programme to producers, DJ & visual artists

After announcing that AVA Festival was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 crisis, here’s…

Everything Is Recorded share heartbreaking song feat. Infinite Coles and Maria Somerville

On Friday, XL Recordings boss, Richard Russell will release the second Everything Is Recorded album Friday…

Skinner releases cover of Junior Brother’s ‘Castlebridge’

Kildare slouch-grunge-pop musician Skinner has been spending time in isolation recording new music and today…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Villagers, Frank Turner, I Stay At Home, Dermot Kennedy.

Tame Impala release alternative version of The Slow Rush so you can feel like you’re listening to the album at a gig or festival in the distance

The phenomenon of people making versions of existing songs with added reverb and atmosphere has…

Irish musicians & industry, take this First Music Contact survey to assess how income much artists are losing out on during COVID-19

First Music Contact started a survey last week to measure the impact that COVID-19 is…

We are hosting a Nialler9 music quiz this Sunday on Youtube

We are hosting a music quiz this Sunday on Youtube! Join Niall at youtube.com/nialler9music for…

Listen to Gareth Quinn Redmond’s playlist of Irish Modern Classical /Ambient Music

Gareth Quinn Redmond is a minimalist composer who has featured on this site over the…

Nils Frahm has released a new album – Empty

German composer and pianist Nils Frahm dropped his new album Empty over the weekend to…

Kildare R&B artist April releases the confident ‘New Conditions’

The Kildare R&B singer April Lawlor follows up the mellow song ‘The Impossible Task of…