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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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LCD Soundsystem’s new album tracklisting & pre-order is up

“Please don’t fuck this up.” That’s what LCD Soundsystem fans are probably thinking now after…

Ballet Átha Cliath: Cloud Castle Lake have written a score for a ballet-featuring short film

Ballet Átha Cliath is a new short dance performance film by Howard Jones, shot over…

The 10 best new songs of the last week

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

Bicep share new single ‘Glue’

Bicep, Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson are gearing up to release their debut album on…

10 acts to see @ Irish music festivals this weekend

It’s festival bank holiday weekend and that means there are 3 major music festivals happening…

The 20 best songs of the last month

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

Dubliner Charlotte Headon debuts R&B track ‘Hold Tight’

Here’s the first offering from a new Dublin-based artist Charlotte Headon. Headon is a relatively…

Lisa Hannigan & Aaron Dessner to perform with National Symphony Orchestra for Cork festival SFSH

Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival in Cork in mid-September has already announced its big…

Kelela announces new album for Warp Records & shares ‘LMK’

One of my favourite new artists of the last few years, Kelela has returned with…

Cian Ó Cíobháin’s ATT Vol. 8 is here via a Spotify playlist

The presenter of long-running underground music show RnaG’s An Taobh Tuathail, Cian Ó Cíobháin has…

The 25 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week

Tuesday August 1 Ruby Sessions @ Doyle’s (€6, 9pm) New music showcase with Ailbhe Reddy,  Rosi…

New live music venue opening on Dame Street modelled on ’80s Dublin venue The Underground

Temple Bar will get a new live music venue from late September. The Underground will…

Some of the cream of the Irish music scene come together on this remix

Bantum’s mini-album Move from last year has spawned a series of solid remixes from Mix…


Sun.Set.Ships introduce Balearic pop tones with new single ‘D_lay’

Monaghan three-piece Sun.Set.Ships are an electronic live band with pop sensibilities who will follow up…

Watch EP3 of This Ain’t No Disco feat. Rusangano Family, Lankum, Lisa O’Neill & more

Donal Dineen and Myles O’Reilly’s This Ain’t No Disco online music show has returned for…

Strains of Burial & Moderat abound on Mount Alaska’s ‘Radius’

Last October, former Halfset members Stephen Shannon and Cillian McDonnell returned to music under the…

Other Voices announce Electric Picnic bill

Other Voices have announced their Electric Picnic 2017 lineup for Stradbally’s woodlands with their own…

Tycho for first Dublin show since 2014

The instrumental band lead by musician and graphic designer Scott Hansen, Tyco have been announced…

Axel Boman & Space Dimension Controller have a B2B interview

On August 26th, Studio Barnhus’ Axel Boman (Talaboman) and Belfast electronic galactic funkateer Space Dimension…

Dublin producer neonfrench battled through depression and bipolar disorder to release his new album half-caste

The Dublin-based musician and producer Djamel Medjy aka neonfrench, has appeared with a full album…