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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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Why? announce 10th-anniversary Alopecia Dublin show

Alopecia, by Why? was my favourite record of 2008 so news of a special 10th…

33 acts added to Longitude Festival including Sigrid, Playboi Carti, Rejjie Snow, Kojaque, Le Boom, Mango x Mathman…

A day after publicly announcing their festival’s support for the Yes vote, Longitude have added…

The Beastie Boys memoir to include 592 pages, rare photos, illustrations, a cookbook, a graphic novel, mixtape playlists, guest contributors and more

The long-talked about Beastie Boys memoir will be released at the end of October and…

10 new songs you should hear this week

The most essential tracks of the last week handpicked by the Nialler9 team. Subscribe to…

The 25 best songs of the month

My favourite songs of the past month – all in one place. Listen on Spotify…

“I physically couldn’t be in a room if there was music being played.” Irish musicians open up on their mental health

Of all the things that musicians have to deal with, from record deals to publishing…

Podcast #009: Childish Gambino, Super Extra Bonus Party, Leon Bridges…

On this week’s podcast, Ellen Fitzpatrick and Nialler discuss Kanye’s Poopity Scoop trolling against the…

Super Extra Bonus Party debut anthemic & shimmering ‘Purple Heart’ ahead of first headline Dublin show in seven years

Super Extra Bonus Party are now, well and truly back. On Saturday, Nialler9 presents the…

Vulfpeck add second Olympia show

American funk group Vulfpeck have added a second show with Choice Cuts at the Olympia…

Jungle return with two new tracks ‘Happy Man’ & ‘House in LA’

It’s now been four year since Jungle released their debut album on XL. The self-titled…

6 new songs you should hear this week

The most essential tracks of the last week handpicked by the Nialler9 team. Subscribe to…

Róisín Murphy casually dropped two new songs to make you dance today

Not content with featuring on DJ Koze’s first album in five years out today, Róisín…

The 50 best Irish music videos of all-time

A great music video is greater than the sum of its parts. When we took…

The Murder Capital’s debut track could peg them as Ireland’s best new alt-rock band

The Murder Capital are a new five-piece Dublin-based band made up of James McGovern, Morgan…

Listen to Le Boom’s Late Night Edit of ‘Coma’

Le Boom have released a new Late Night edit of newest single ‘Coma’ just in…

Mercury Rev to perform Deserter’s Songs at Future Islands Donnybrook gig

After performing some 20th anniversary shows of their 1998 album Deserter’s Songs, Mercury Rev will…

Talos releases the ambitious electronic pop of ‘Kansas’; re-releases debut album in US

Corkman Eoin French’s 2017 album Wild Alee was a Nialler9 favourite and Talos are one…

Podcast #008: Mango interview, Kimbra, Lykke Li & the song of the summer

On this week’s podcast Niall and Ellen talk It Takes A Village Festival, song of…

Massive Attack’s Mezzanine is to be coded in DNA

Trust Massive Attack to mark the 20th anniversary of their claustrophic 1998 album Mezzanine by…

Christine and the Queens for RDS Dublin show

Christine and the Queens will return to Ireland for a show at the RDS Main…