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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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There’s a new free IMRO showcase @ Abner Brown’s barber shop featuring Ailbhe Reddy & Marc O’Reilly

IMRO and Abner Brown’s Barber shop are teaming up for a new showcase series to…

Dublin producer Melly drops Low Pressure EP on Jheri Tracks

Dublin producer Mel Keane aka Melly has just released the Low Pressure EP on Jheri…

A 23-year-old Irish woman is putting on a two day festival of Irish music in London

Mary Grammer is a 23 year old Kilkenny woman working and living in London who…

Iceland Airwaves announce first acts including Ásgeir, Kelly Lee Owens, Arab Strap…

Iceland Airwaves announced their first names for the festival in Reykjavik from November 1st to…

The 25 best songs of the month

My favourite songs of the past month. Listen to the continuous playlists on Spotify, Apple Music…

The Choice Music Irish song of the year shortlist is…

We already know the 10 albums nominated for Irish album of the year for the…

Bandcamp are donating 100% of all their shares on any purchases on Friday to the ACLU

Bandcamp announced that on Friday from noon (Pacific Time) for 24 hours (add 8 hours…

Future Islands are back with a new chest-beating single – ‘Ran’

Future Islands play Iveagh Gardens this summer. Usually when a band trods back on the…

Download a 21-track Irish math-rock compilation from Feckin’ Bahamas

Fecking Bahamas is a website that specialises in math rock, cataloguing and highlight the bands…

London Irish duo St. Francis Hotel release ‘Stay As You Are’

As introduced earlier in the month, St. Francis Hotel are a production duo from Ireland…

Intro: Lorne – a new London singer & songwriter impacts with melancholic debut

Lorne is a brand new artist based in London whose debut single ‘Bread Alone’ offers…

Mac Demarco announces new album & Dublin date on tour

Mac DeMarco announced his new album This Old Dog, on May 5th and he shared…

A playlist of artists and immigrants on Trump’s banned country list

At a time of great turmoil, every thing else can feel insignificant. Spending all your time…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

Win Free entry to: Saturday Feb 4: Fangclub @ Whelan’s (€13) Saturday Feb 4: Sense with Alexis…

Premiere: Joshua Burnside – ‘Tunnels Pt.2’

The Northern Irish alt-folk singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside has a new album forthcoming on Quiet Arch…

Saint Sister announce biggest show yet at National Concert Hall

Saint Sister have announced their biggest show yet to take place at The National Concert…

Father John Misty gets real on ‘Two Wildly Different Perspectives’

So far, Father John Misty’s new album Pure Comedy sounds like it’s going to be…

UNKLE feat. Keaton Henson – ‘Sick Lullaby’

James Lavelle’s guest-heavy UNKLE project debuted in 1998 with Psyence Fiction, a collaborative album between…

Soulwax’s Dee Wee label just dropped another banger from Bolis Pupul

Soulwax continue their run of releasing mega records by others (or themselves listed as others)…

9 new songs you need to hear right now
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