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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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First Listen: Sligo hip-hop trio This Side Up’s debut album Full Fat

Having formed in Sligo at a vinyl-only night in McGarrigles in 2008, This Side Up…

Album of the week: Lee Fields & The Expressions – Special Night

It’s been a clusterfuck of a week by any standards, even a year which has…

8Radio receives temporary licence to broadcast on FM for a month

With the loss of TXFM on the airwaves, there are definitely some people who feel…

Press Record releases live album featuring 11 performances

Press Record is an online video performance series conceived by 98fm’s John Barker with producer…

Listen to this class pisstake pirate radio show from GIRLI

GIRLI is a London producer and singer who exists in the post-PC Music vein, except…

Belfast’s New Portals release their most commanding song yet – ‘Winterskin’

Ruth and Mike Aicken aka New Portals have made a fine line of electro-pop songs…

Watch a documentary about the recording of We Cut Corners’ new album in a church

John Duignan and Conall Breachain’s third album as We Cut Corners‘ The Cadences Of Others…

The xx release new song ‘On Hold’ which samples Hall & Oates

Earlier this week, the xx’s new album details leaked out via Shazam. Well, surprise, we…

Links of note: Run The Jewels address Trump, The xx new album details, Kraftwerk’s synth banned in Buenos Aires

A Reddit user has uncovered a potential tracklisting for new The xx album through Shazam.…

Other Voices announce first round of Music Trail & IMRO Other Room artists

If your thoughts are turning to Dingle for Other Voices at the start of December,…

Benihana – ‘Habituals’

It’s been a while since we heard from Kildare duo Benihana. It’s been two years…

Cork producer ELLLL to release new Romance EP, drops Ariana Grande refix

Cork producer Ellen King aka ELLLL has been cultivating a propulsive style of low-end techno…

Warpaint for Dublin 2017 show

Following their recent National Concert Hall show, Warpaint will be back in Ireland in 2017…

First Listen: New Jackson’s remix of Shit Robot’s ‘Is There No End’

‘Is There No End’, from Shit Robot’s newest album is a song that is narrated…

Metropolis in review: A considered & cultured city festival

This review is sponsored by Visa to celebrate Metropolis’ first year of being a fully…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

Email to be in the draw for free entry: Saturday: Pantha Du Prince, Lumo DJs @ District…

Eurosonic announce 84 acts including Saint Sister, Áine Cahill, Ekkah, Chinah & more

Eurosonic Noorderslag is Europe’s best new music industry festival and it takes placefrom January 11…

Barq debut ‘Bear’, a song about dealing with loss

Rising Dublin four-piece Barq’s two singles thus far have revealed an alternative live band jazz/R&B vibe.…

Watch Nocturnes’ Sligo-set video for ‘Serpents’

From Pearse McGloughlin and Nocturnes‘ recent album The Soft Animal LP (premiered here) , ‘Serpents’…

2ManyDJs are playing a Dublin Christmas club show

2ManyDJs are very much back making and facilitating great dancefloor music. With their new label…