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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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Watch Bad Sea’s new video for ‘Solid Air’

Bad Sea‘s ‘Solid Air’ was one of the best songs from a new Irish band…

Lyra announces Dublin show

The Cork-born London-based artist Lyra has had some recent success with big placements in two…

Tara Lee – ‘If I Burn, You Burn Too’

Having debuted to most as an actor in films like A Date For Mad Mary,…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

Win Free entry to: Friday Jan 27: District Magazine: The Notas, Gumshoe, Diffusion Lab @ The…

Father John Misty reveals new album Pure Comedy, lead single & documentary

Father John Misty looks set to release a new album called Pure Comedy on April 7th, in…

Hear Young Fathers’ closing song from T2: Trainspotting

The followup to Irvine Welsh’s Danny Boyle-directed Trainspotting film is being released this Friday as…

Sónar announce 40 new acts: Anderson .Paak, Soulwax, Lunice, DJ Shadow, Arca & more

Electronic festival Sónar have announced 40 new names for the Barcelona festival taking place in…

Premiere: Kid Karate return with ‘No Way’

Kid Karate dropped a debut album last year but the sense that there was a…

Vanilla Ice, Salt-n-Pepa, Coolio, Color Me Badd & more ’90s acts are playing Dublin & Belfast

Vanilla Ice, Salt-n-Pepa, Coolio, Color Me Badd, Tone Loc, Young Mc.. Push It? Ice Ice…

Win tickets to Cork’s Quarter Block Party festival

The third annual Quarter Block Party Festival in Cork City is only just over a…

Rosie Carney lifts the fog of depression and anorexia on new song ‘Awake Me’

The Donegal singer-songwriter Rosie Carney is back on her own path. Carney recently wrote about…

Premiere: For Foresters address the shock of parental sickness on ‘Towels’

For Foresters are a Donegal/Dublin band who impressed me last year with the live video…

Joe Goddard covers dance classic ‘Music Is The Answer’ for new album

Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard is to released a new solo album on April 21st called…

Watch Evvol’s Calvin Klein ad-inspired video for ‘Comfort Fit’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaRA_xnJZXI&feature=youtu.be Comfort Fit’ is the new video from Evvol’s recent EP Physical Luv which arrives…

Goldfrapp return to electro-pop with new single Anymore

Goldfrapp just announced that their seventh studio album Silver Eye arrives on March 31st on…

Gig news: Tash Sultana, Repeal @ Olympia Theatre, Aine Cahill, Carla dal Forno, Homebeat shows & more

As featured here last year, Melbourne former busking singer-songwriter Tash Sultana is planning to play a…

I Have A Tribe debuts the bright new single ‘After We Meet’

Patrick O’Laoghaire is currently recording some new music in Berlin for upcoming I Have A…

Belle & Sebastian to play Iveagh Gardens in July

After Friday’s announcement of Future Islands playing Iveagh Gardens, Scottish band Belle & Sebastian are…

7 new songs you need to hear now
https://soundcloud.com/codewalk/guess-what-feat-smerz

Follow the Nialler9 New Music playlist on Spotify. This is only a selection of new…

6 albums to listen to this weekend

With so many releases flying at you, here are 6 vetted listens from Nialler9 for…