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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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16 music documentaries worth watching on Netflix

An up-to-date selection of music documentaries on Netflix (UK and Ireland) to delve into. See…

Ships’ Simon Cullen returns to his Lasertom disco project with a new EP next week; hear ‘Super Saor’

After his recent success with winning the Choice Music Prize as Ships with his partner…

8 gigs and clubs to see in Limerick city this week

Wednesday March 21 Bad Reputation presents: Cannibal Corpse @ Dolans Warehouse (€26) American death metal…

Adebisi Shank’s Vinny and Bats’ Rupert finally release the Speed Of Snakes LP

It’s been a saga going on years at this point, which is fitting as this…

Four Tet’s Essential Mix will get you through a midweek slump

Four Tet was back in the Essential Mix hotseat over the weekend and he contributed…

The 30 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week

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Mykki Blanco for Dublin Mother show

Dublin LGBT club Mother are bringing the rapper and performer Mykki Blanco to Dublin for…

Flight Of The Conchords European shows cancelled due to injury

Flight of the Conchords were due to play UK and Irish shows this week, starting…

Bloc Party are doing Silent Alarm in full in Dublin in October

Bloc Party’s debut Silent Alarm was first released in 2005 and quickly became a seminal…

St. Patrick’s Day: A 150-song sounds of New Ireland playlist

St. Patrick’s Day is a time for celebration. Sure, we all know that. It’s also…

Electric Picnic 2018: Kendrick Lamar, N.E.R.D., Massive Attack, St. Vincent, Dua Lipa, Sigrid, The Blaze & many more announced

Electric Picnic’s 2018 lineup has begun and it’s shaping up for Stradbally for August 31st…

Podcast #004: Jape on creativity and procrastination

This week’s episode features Jape’s Richie Egan chatting about procrastination, living in Malmo and creating…

9 Irish songs you should hear this week

This is only a selection of new music – dig into more or follow the…

Greg Wilson to release volume 3 of Credit To The Edit featuring reworks of Psychemagik, Space, Sheila B. Devotion, Escort & more

UK DJ and remix/edit master Greg Wilson is ro release volume three of his Credit…

Sunil Sharpe and DeFeKT are releasing a techno full-length Tinfoil album

Sunil Sharpe and Defekt have been playing live techno shows together as Tinfoil and releasing…

The best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week

Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun |…

Here are the Irish bands heading to SXSW in Texas this week

The annual South By Southwest Festival takes place in Austin in March and is the…

Nialler9’s new showcase night All My Friends to feature surprise headliner, Roe, 1000 Beasts & more

All My Friends is a new live music showcase gig from Nialler9 which had its…

Ships win the Choice Music Prize for Irish album of the year 2017

Last night in Vicar Street, the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, the Irish album of the…

A playlist of my favourite female artists for International Women’s Day

It’s International Women’s Day and if you’re a regular visitor to this site or have…