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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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Oh Wonder for Olympia Theatre show

Last week, the English pop duo released their third album No One Else Can Wear…

New Albums Released this week: Grimes, King Krule, Best Coast & more

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

The Avalanches new album is inspired by “life after death” and there’s a beautiful heartbreaking new song featuring Blood Orange to hear

The Avalanches have been teasing a followup to their 2016’s album Wildflower of late and…

Jessy Lanza returns with the sprightly ‘Lick In Heaven’

Canadian producer and singer Jessy Lanza has returned with a new song ‘Lick In Heaven’,…

Listen to Cian Ó Cíobháin’s Andrew Weatherall radio show tribute

Cian Ó Cíobháin was one of the many people last week who shared his memories…

EU musicians and artists will have to pay for a visa to perform in the UK soon

Once Brexit came into effect, the reality of the situation for all and any industry…

April – ‘The Impossible Task Of Feeling Complete’

We’ve been mightily impressed with the music and live gigs of April since the Kildare…

Grimes & Tame Impala in review & what makes a good Bond Theme? (Nialler9 Podcast)

Dan Deacon, Superbowl half-time, Taylor Swift documentary, Original Rudeboys and more.

Lethal Dialect to release LD50 Part 3 on March 6th

Paul Alwright has announced the date for the long awaited third part of his Lethal…

Bingo Loco & Marcus O’Laoire have opened a bar on Francis Street called Anti Social

Dublin 8 has become a hotspot for new bars of late with the likes of…

Diatribe Records are releasing 7 albums during New Music Dublin Festival; listen to a percussive track by Lina Andonovska which explores the “Junglist massive circa ‘95”

The contemporary music festival New Music Dublin returns next week Thursday February 27th to Sunday…

Gruff Rhys & Andy Votel DJing together in Dublin 8 in March

Gruff Rhys will be in town for a special St. Patrick’s Festival show alongside Jape…

Andrew Weatherall has passed away at the age of 56

Awful unexpected news that the venerated DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall has passed away suddenly…

Peggy Gou and Maurice Fulton collaborate on a banger called ‘Jigoo’

Maurice Fulton has enlisted the help of Peggy Gou on his new Earth EP on…

There’s a band called Cocaine Piss coming to Dublin and they sound like a buzz

Cocaine Piss are a band from Belgium who make thrashy shouty garage rock and they…

Kneecap announce Olympia show

Belfast rap provocateurs Kneecap have been building up their live and tune reputation over the…

New Albums Released this week: Tame Impala, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and more

Albums from Tame Impala, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Tennis, Suicideboys and more.

These venues & festivals were voted the best in the country last night at the IMRO Awards

The IMRO Live Venue of the Year Awards picked their winners last night.

Body&Soul reveal first lineup with Metronomy, Róisín Murphy, King Kong Company, Marc Rebillet, Princess Nokia & more

It’s the festival’s eleventh year, which they are billing as “going back to where it all began’ and promising to be “smaller, smarter, cosier, shinier, glitzier”.

Rhye will play his delicate & lovely songs in Dublin in December

Rhye is the singer-songwriter and vocalist Mike Milosh known for his delicate and gentle songs,…