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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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Promising alternative band The Notas are back with ‘Sick in Sin’

Three years on from The Notas’ second EP, it turns out the Dublin band had…

Christmas shows announced for The Beat Goes On, Le Galaxie & Jerry Fish

The Sugar Club has announced a series of shows in the run up to Christmas…

The Lumo Club DJ Chart

Lumo, our club night is just over a year old now and it’s been a…

€210,000 fund available to Irish musicians for instruments

It was announced today by Music Network who administer the Music Capital Scheme that €210,000…

Download 2ManyDJs/DeeWee’s unreleased remix of Tiga’s ‘3 Rules’

Tiga’s ‘3 Rules’ is a snarky club jam from the Canadian’s recent album No Fantasy…

Links Of Note: Licensed to Ill at 30, RIP David Mancuso, Steely Dan, Frank Ocean & more

It’s the 30th Anniversary of Beastie Boys’ album Licensed To Ill and there’s a few…

The xx announce European tour dates

The xx were sending out invites to random fans to their upcoming tour this week…

T-Woc releases album inspired by crate-digging and comics in Brazil

Long active producer and DJ Mick Donohoe, better known as T-Woc, will release a full-length…

Introducing: Laoise – brooding Irish electro pop

Galway artist Laoise Ní Nualláin came to my attention with a downbeat electro pop cover…

Marlene Enright – ‘Alchemy’

When not singing with Cork band The Hard Ground, Marlene Enright has been releasing a…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

Email to be in the draw for free entry: Saturday: Lumo Club #14 @ Yamamori Tengu (10pm) Sunday:  Mutual…

Soulwax return with first song in 11 years

2016 was somewhat of a renaissance for the Dewaele brothers with a new label, radio…

Gig news: Bonzai NYEE, Culture Vultures, Bruno Mars, Jens Lekman, Frances, 65daysofstatic, Margaret Glaspy…

Dublin-raised UK based Bonzai is to play live and is bringing some friends to the…

Download Graeme S’ refix of Abra’s ‘No Chill’

Graeme S of Hsüan Records and Lakerama has been playing this remix of “darkwave duchess”…

7 new songs you need to hear this week

Follow the Nialler9 New Music playlist on Spotify. This week’s additions include new music from…

Watch Overhead, The Albatross cover Hans Zimmer’s ‘Time’

Overhead, The Albatross have a headline gig coming up in Dublin’s Vicar Street so to…

Listen to Æ MAK’s debut EP – I Can Feel It In My Bones

Dublin duo Aoife McCann and Ellie McMahon’s Æ MAK burst onto the Dublin music scene…

Mango represents Dublin’s grime scene with ‘What Are You Sayin?’

Earlier this year, the Dublin MC and former member of The Animators dropped the superb…

Watch A Tribe Called Quest perform new songs with old friends on SNL

A Tribe Called Quest released their final album We Got It From Here… Thank You…

Billy Ocean for Dublin & Belfast gigs

Billy Ocean, the man responsible for stone-cold classics ‘When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough…