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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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Silicon Valley fascist propaganda, Maija Sofia & Friendly Fires (Podcast)

Andrea and Niall talk Majia Sofia’s album Bath Time, Feeemales, Amanda Palmer vs The Guardian, Naoise Roo, Confidence Man and Stormzy.

Frightened Rabbit Revisited shows to take place in Dublin & Galway

Frightened Rabbit Revisited is a series of gigs in January by Strange Brew and Labyrinth…

Choice Music Prize announces dates for shortlist and event in 2020

After yesterday’s first publish of the longlist of eligible albums, the RTÉ Choice Music Prize…

Imagining Ireland: Speaking Up, Singing Louder is bringing Ireland’s women artists together for a celebration

Imagining Ireland: Speaking Up, Singing Louder is an event happening at the National Concert Hall…

Good Not Bad is a new Galway indie music festival happening this weekend

Good Not Bad is new indie music happening across three venues in Galway across Friday…

Youtube adds gig ticket links to platform in the UK and Ireland

YouTube has announced it’ll be adding links to live concert tickets on their platform through…

Watch the first of eight Jape music videos for Sentinel

With the release of Jape’s textured and intimate album Sentinel and news that Richie Egan…

Sigrid announced for Indiependence 2020

After her largest show anywhere in the world last weekend at the 3Arena, Norwegian popster…

Sunstroke – a new alternative rock festival featuring Faith No More, Deftones, The Jesus & Mary Chain & more has been announced for Punchestown

Surprise! The optimistically-named Sunstroke is a newly announced alternative rock festival offering from MCD that…

A soundclash of Irish soundsystems is returning to Galway next month

The third annual event.

The Other Voices timetable for Dingle this weekend is here

Other Voices returns to Dingle this weekend and they have released the full timetable for…

Haim announced for Trinity Summer series gig

After Walking On Cars and The Specials were announced for the Trinity Summer Series, Haim…

Mango x Mathman pull their Dublin jocks up (Podcast)

A review of Jape’s Sentinel, a chat with Dublin buzzers Mango x Mathman, Grammys talk.

God Knows, Denise Chaila, Bantum & Celaviedmai for Fresh Mode free gig at The Well this Thursday

We hope you enjoyed Jafaris and Melina Malone last week at the Well. This week,…

Jon Hopkins for Galway Big Top gig next summer

In a nice coup for the Galway International Arts Festival and the Róisín Dubh, Jon…

Rod Stewart’s love of tall models & Dublin’s love of Lizzo (Podcast)

We review Mango x Mathman’s Casual Work and Lizzo played Dublin and we were there!

Dan Deacon for Dublin show in 2020

A Dan Deacon show is like no other. Unashamed in its desire to make the…

Lizzo live in Dublin review: a celebration of collective self-empowerment

Melissa Jefferson aka Lizzo has been a curious cool artist operating on the fringes since…

Watch Irish bands fly the flag at KEXP sessions at Iceland Airwaves

The new music festival Iceland Airwaves is happening again in Reykjavik and our man Simon…

Jafaris, Nealo, Bantum, God Knows & Denise Chaila & more for Fresh Mode series at The Well this month

Fresh Mode is a three-night Thursday residency this November featuring the best new emerging Irish…