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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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How Music Works: A chat with the Forbidden Fruit Festival organisers (Podcast)

Forbidden Fruit Promoter Will Rolfe & Festival PR Jenny Headen chat about putting on the festival and honouring John Reynold’s legacy.

The National are binging hard on female singers (Podcast)

Plus It Takes A Village in review and GAME OF THRONES ONE LAST TIME.

Denzel Curry for show at the Helix in December

The Miami rapper Denzel Curry has been announced for a Dublin gig in the Helix…

Just Mustard wade through the celestial murk on ‘October’

Dundalk band Just Mustard continued their worldwide ascent this week with the news that they…

Forbidden Fruit 2019 stage times & 7 more acts added

While there was some necessary shuffling of the lineup of the weekend, Forbidden Fruit has…

Creation Records’ Alan McGee is coming to Dublin for a public chat next week

No single label owner had a greater reputation in the 90s in UK indie than…

Fontaines D.C. added & First Aid Kit cancel at Forbidden Fruit Festival

Forbidden Fruit has some good and bad news this weekend for the upcoming festival in…

Ireland Music Week (formerly Hard Working Class Heroes) opens band applications

Having rebranded and expanded from Hard Working Class Heroes into Ireland Music Week, the festival…

Little Green Cars members debut new band Soda Blonde at secret Dublin gig tonight

Four of LGC’s five members have formed a new band.

Nialler9’s favourite festival of 2018, Another Love Story reveals full music lineup

Another Love Story was my favourite festival of 2018, a perfect blend of intimacy, details,…

The Redneck Manifesto mark Japanese tour with sleek tribal dance video for ‘Head Full Of Gold’

The band are also playing Another Love Story this Summer.

Saint Sister release new contrasting song ‘Is It Too Early? (Kilmainham)’ & headline tour

Gigs in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Kilkenny, Derry, Drogheda and London announced.

An LCD Soundsystem exhibition with a Pat Mahoney DJ set is coming to Guinness Open Gate Brewery in June

An LCD Soundsystem exhibition featuring photography and artwork of the band will have a Dublin…

The Eurovision boycott & Big Thief’s Magic Hour (Podcast)

Eurovision – boycott calls, culture and politics question, propaganda, tourism, Nick Cave and Charlie McGettigan. Should Ireland be participating?

Jam Park announces summer rooftop day parties with Optimo, Kornél Kovács, Palms Trax, Lumo, & Project Pablo

The Swords centre is getting heated up for summer.

Culture Minister supports Give Us The Night campaign’s mandate for a night mayor & staggered closing times

Fine Gael’s manifesto addresses night-life suggestions from the campaign.

Here’s the It Takes A Village timetable & map for this weekend

The East Cork festival It Takes a Village is this weekend in Trabolgan and it…

Deaf Joe returns with Love Stories, an album of ambient love-soaked bliss

The album is inspired by “chasing memories of special places with lovers and loved ones he’ll never forget.”

A Palestine solidarity concert is taking place in the National Stadium the same night as the Eurovision

This year’s Eurovision has become a divisive for and against issue in the artist community.

The best gigs & clubs in Dublin this week

Highlights include Eastbound, Manic Street Preachers, Fat White Family, Blank Banshee & more.