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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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Body & Soul Festival 2017 stage times

The stage times for Body & Soul Festival this weekend are in and are split…

The 25 best gigs & clubs in Dublin city this week

Tuesday June 20 Radiohead @ 3Arena (€65+) First gig here since A Moon Shaped Pool came…

King Kong Company have made a Buckfast beer for festival sessioning

King Kong Company are a Waterford band known for their 90s-inspired electronica, music videos and…

Slow Place Like Home – ‘When I See You… Ice Cream!’

Slow Place Like Home have gone from Keith Mannion’s bedroom electronic project in Donegal to…

Hard Working Class Heroes 2017 will have less acts on the bill; submissions now open

Hard Working Class Heroes returns from Thursday 28th to 30th September in Dublin and the…

Nils Frahm for NCH Dublin show

German musician and composer Nils Frahm  will play National Concert Hall’s Perspective Series next year…

7 new songs you need to hear right now

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

Ships, Le Boom, Ailbhe Reddy, Talos among Irish names at Latitude Festival

Latitude Festival has grown to become one of the biggest in the UK with 15…

Meltybrains? are offering fans Melt the Jewels? – their album recorded using only Run The Jewels samples

Ireland’s finest ebullient experimentalists Meltybrains? have been quiet on the live gig front because they…

London-based Irish /Aussie duo AGE debut the tropical electronic pop of ‘Peaks’

The East London duo AGE, made up of Lucan-born Jenny Cosgrave and Australian Gavin Dwight…

LCD Soundsystem’s album to be released September 1st; European / UK tour dates announced

LCD Soundsystem have announced that their new album American Dream will be released on September…

Quinton Campbell drops two edits of Nils Frahm & Entro Senestre

Quinton Campbell is one of the more interesting and talented dancefloor producers to have emerged…

Rusangano Family debut mental heath-centred video for ‘I Know You Know’

Rusangano Family have debuted the Bob Gallagher-directed video shot in Clare for new single ‘I…

Here’s a Spotify playlist of my favourite Dutch music to coincide with the Vermeer exhibiton

The National Gallery of Ireland has undergone an extensive renovation over the last six years…

Queens of the Stone Age for Dublin show; hear new track

Queens Of The Stone Age have announced their Irish return as part of the Villains…

Bicep announce debut album on Ninja Tune; hear ‘Aura’

It’s been some ride for Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson, the Belfast lads who started…

18 current favourite dancefloor tracks from the Lumo Club DJs

Lumo Club turns 21 club nights old this Friday night in Yamamori Tengu this weekend…

Ensemble Ériu to release Stargazer, an album inspired by paintings of Jack B. Yeats

Modern Irish traditionalists Ensemble Ériu have released some superb music that moves between trad and…

First Listen: Rosa Nutty’s Pips EP

Dublin singer-songwriter Rosa Nutty last month gave us a song about “Dublin, Club Lemon and…

Arcade Fire played an acoustic song & DJed in Whelan’s for their Malahide Castle afterparty last night

Before their Malahide Castle gig last night, Arcade Fire’s Everything Now Twitter account posted instructions…