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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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Jafaris is stuck to you like ‘Glue’

Jafaris dropped a new tune on Friday, the first solo song since last year’s debut…

Everything Shook’s ‘Stand Ajar’ is dystopian electro-pop inspired by Plath and Dickinson

Back in 2016, Áine Stapleton, Robyn Bromfield and Jessica Kennedy released their debut album as Everything…

New Irish pop artist Franki fears being left behind on ‘Santa Monica’

Franki is a new Irish pop act who attended the Dublin branch of BIMM, whose…

Watch Denise Chaila’s video for ‘Chaila’

The video for rising South East all-star Denise Chaila’s ‘Chaila’, which we premiered here recently,…

Nialler9 Podcast: Run The Jewels are the soundtrack to the trash fire of the world

Episode 94 of the Nialler9 podcast and we’re mostly about RTJ4 along with discussion about Black Lives Matter, representation and perception of Black Irish voices, and the End Direct Provision movement. New songs from Leon Bridges, MuRli, Roosevelt and His Holiness The Dalai Lama and a frank recommend for the Beethoven movie. Yep, the one about the St. Bernard dog.

Zapho & Tolü Makay release the first track from The X Collective – ‘Collide’ feat. Jenny Browne

Last month, we shared the news of a new Irish 70-strong collective called The X…

Nealo enlists comedian Darren Conway and dog Norman for ‘Heart Food for Hard Times’ video

Nealo has dropped the video for ‘Heart Food for Hard Times’, which kicks off with…

Pillow Queens announce debut album In Waiting and new song ‘Handsome Wife’

The PQs are back. Announcing their long-awaited (around these parts) debut album, Pillow Queens have…

1000 Beasts – ‘Le Marais’ (feat. Kayleigh Noble)

Cork electronic producer 1000 Beasts has been a roll of collaborative new tunes of late,…

Margaret Glaspy announced for 2021 Dublin show

Yes, things are so f**king weird right now, that the only gigs being announced that…

Roosevelt returns with the uplifting festival-ready vibe of ‘Sign’

We’ve been long time fans of German musician Roosevelt’s svelte electro/house pop tunes for a…

Dig With It is a new magazine from Stuart Bailie and his daughter Betsy about “music, arts and ideas”

Dig With It is a new magazine out of Belfast from ex-NME writer, book author…

14 new Irish songs you should hear this week

New music from Fehdah, Our Krypton Son, BARQ, Skinner, Brigid Mae Power, Evans Junior, Jordan Adetunji.

Fontaines D.C. share the Whipping Boy-esque album opening track ‘I Don’t Belong’

After news of A Hero’s Death, album number two from the Fontaines D.C. to come…

15 Irish musicians top iTunes Irish singles chart with cover of Bills Withers’ ‘Lean On Me’ to raise money for PPE equipment for a nursing home

Listowel venue Mike The Pies and friends has put together a cover of Bills Withers’…

Listen to the Black Artists Who Are Absolutely Running the Irish Music Scene playlist

Kelly Doherty aka the Cork electronic artist Gadget and the Cloud and recent Nialler9 writer…

Watch the Nialler9 DJ set from Cabal’s Behind Closed Doors live streamed event now

A few weeks ago, I participated in Limerick promoter Cabal’s impressive three-city live stream DJ…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Empress Of, Lisa O’Neill, Waxahatchee, Perfume Genius, Kelly-Anne Byrne.