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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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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.

Two Door Cinema Club for Dublin & Belfast shows

Having recently returned with news and trails of their new album, Two Door Cinema Club…

Watch Fontaines D.C. make their US TV debut on Jimmy Fallon

With all the talk about the Dublin band’s debut, the reviews, the Dublin themes and…

Alternative Ulsters event in Liberty Hall explores punk & teenage kicks during the Troubles

Alternative Ulsters is an event set for Liberty Hall in Dublin recalling “Punk Rock and…

Banks returns with Hudson-Mohawke co-production ‘Gimme’

“I let you lick it from the ground, ground,I been dripping for your love, love..”