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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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It Takes A Village Festival cancels 2020 edition

It Takes A Village is a very fun festival that was due to take place…

New Albums Released this week: Dua Lipa, Little Dragon, Half Waif, The Scratch, Nicolás Jaar, The Chats & more

Friday is album release day and here’s a quick rundown of what’s been released today.…

Reasons To Be Cheerful: What’s Consuming You Special (Nialler9 Podcast)

In lieu of our regular programming, we decided to focus on the things that are making us feel a little better in these uncertain times.

Our all-ages Musictown event is back this year and features Gemma Dunleavy, Junior Brother, Extravision & a special vinyl record

Update: This event is us due to to be reannounced. Last year, Nialler9 put on…

Cork producer Ian Ring’s Boku project “reflects the stress and anguish of dealing with a person’s recklessness” on ‘Vermilion’

The Cork producer Ian Ring, formerly of Young Wonder and Abovedat has been releasing singles…

Run The Jewels dropped two new songs this week ‘Ooh La La’ and ‘Yankee And The Brave’; album to drop in late spring

Back at it like a crack addict, Mr. Black Magic The teetering energy of Killer Mile…

10 music things to watch today in isolation

While we all have a lot of time on our hands, we wanted to share…

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Bon Iver’s Dublin show rescheduled to January

Inevitably, Bon Iver’s big show in the 3Arena planned for May 3rd has been rescheduled…

Irish artists Hozier, Dermot Kennedy, Kodaline & more to live stream charity gigs with ISPCC/Childline & RTÉ 2FM

ISPCC / Childline and RTÉ 2FM have enlisted the help of Irish pop artists like…

The Scratch say ‘Pull Your Jocks Up’ & release album Couldn’t Give A Rats this Friday

After announcing earlier this week that they would be bringing their album release forward by…

Rosalía releases mellow heartbreaker ‘Dolerme’; watch all her recent videos

Catalan’s finest Rosalía released a new song yesterday, a guitar-assisted ballad with a mellow tone…

The Nialler9 ambient playlist for calm & quiet times

I spend most of my day listening to music of all tempos and styles, so…

Watch Daithí construct a new track ‘An Irish Goodbye’ live on Youtube

While the world is self-isolating, musicians and DJs are doing lots of live streams in…

New Albums Released this week: The Weeknd, Zebra Katz, Christian Löffler, Lemoncello, Hare Squead & more

Friday is album release day and here’s a quick rundown of what’s been released today.…

Lumo Club is livestreaming G2G (Gaff 2 Gaff) this Saturday night

Lumo Club will be broadcasting online this Saturday night in lieu of our planned regular…

14 music documentaries worth watching on Netflix right now

An up-to-date selection of music documentaries on Netflix (UK and Ireland) to delve into. 1.…

An Irish-Portugese festival due to take place this weekend is now an online event

The PORT to PORT festival was conceived as a cross-border event to strengthen ties between…

Charli XCX is doing a series of live stream hangouts with Christine & The Queens, Diplo, Clairo and more from today

Charli XCX is the latest artist to take to social media live stream in the…

St. Patrick’s Day: A 150-song sounds of New Ireland playlist

This is the sound of Ireland in 2020

Live At Home is a livestream of Irish musicians including Emma Langford happening this Wednesday

After today’s Mary Wallopers live stream announcement, another collective of Irish musicians will be live…