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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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The Beatyard announce Candi Staton, Bananarama, Horse Meat Disco for August festival

The Beatyard is wasting no time in 2017 announcing some of its lineup to take…

7 new songs you need to hear this week

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

Fans of Solange & Kelela, listen to Alexandria’s new LP

For R&B fans, Alexandria’s newest LP, Cut Of Cloth, which just dropped on Awful Records…

Listen to The 202s new single ‘Up In Thin Air’

Six years after the release of their debut album which drew favourable reviews and comparisons…

Watch rapper Lethal Dialect’s powerful spoken word piece about Apollo House

Apollo House in Dublin is a vacant building that has been occupied by the Home…

Win tickets & overnight stay for Future Sounds weekend in Killarney

Future Sounds is a new indoor festival weekend taking place at the INEC Killarney on…

Album of the week: Run The Jewels – RTJ3

El-P and Killer Mike’s partnership continues at full clip with the release of their third…

17 New Artists To Love in 2017

Now we’ve kicked 2016 to the curb, it’s time to look forward. January is all…

This Run The Jewels / DJ Shadow mashup mix is magic

DJ Skarface took beats from DJ Shadow’s discography and paired them with acapellas from Run…

Quarter Block Party announce lineup for Cork festival

Quarter Block Party Festival in Cork have announced its lineup to take place across North…

St. Patrick’s Festival announce two gigs featuring Rusangano Family / Hare Squead & Music For 18 Machines

St. Patrick Festival have announced two gigs to take place around the holiday that will…

Young Dubliner Reuben James channels Kendrick on ‘What You Want’

There’s an undeniable influence on Reuben James‘ impressive new track ‘What You Want’. The flow…

Irish beatmaker Plant Food & MC Ganiyu TLG collaborate on the grimey ‘Shivers’
https://soundcloud.com/plantfoodmusic/sets/the-greenroom

The Dublin beatmaker Plant Food dropped a fine EP of Brainfeeder-style beats late last year,…

Free pianos for jazzers anyone?

The Galway Jazz Festival has been running for 12 years now and in 2016, the…

Brian Eno has already done two great things in 2017

On January 1st, Brian Eno released his latest excursion into ambient music – Reflection. The…

Coachella announces lineup lead by Beyoncé, Radiohead & Kendrick

Coachella, one of the biggest drawing music festivals around announced its lineup today and it…

Karl Blau to play Ireland dates next month

Singer-songwriter Karl Blau is an artist who came to my attention via Sally in our…

District 8 will close if owner gets his way

Anthony Byrne, the owner of Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre which operates as a pop-up nightclub District…

London Grammar return with ‘Rooting For You’

The London three-piece London Grammar released their debut album If You Wait and the band…

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