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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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Rejjie Snow for Dublin show in April

Rejjie Snow’s recent live shows at festivals this summer had a great word of mouth…

Early bird Indiependence tickets on sale Friday

Indiependence Festival has announced its date for 2017 in Mitchelstown. Taking place over three days…

Metropolis Festival announce Saturday afterparties: Crystal Castles, Floating Points, Klangkarussell…

With a day to go, Metropolis just announced it Saturday afterparties to follow its Thursday/Friday…

The 25 best songs of the month

My favourite songs of the past month. Get the majority of them as a continuous playlists…

Fight Like Apes call it a day

Fight Like Apes are a band who have been around as long as this site…

Premiere: Daithí – ‘Falling For You’ feat. Sinead White

Galway electronic pop producer Daithí teamed up twice last year with Sinead White on ‘Love’s…

Limerick producer Proper Micro NV revels in electronic soul on ‘Flaws’

The Limerick electronic producer Rory Hall aka Proper Micro NV has impressed me with occasional…

Win tickets to Metropolis Festival thanks to #AbsolutNights

It’s Metropolis Festival week and if you’ve not had a chance to get a ticket…

King Kong Company are offering €1K for their remix competition The Inaugural Buzzers Bursary

Waterford electro-rock band of buzzers King Kong Company made their name with a series of music videos…

Kildare producer EMBRZ has a remix of The 1975’s ‘Somebody Else’

Maynooth electronic producer Jack Casey AKA EMBRZ has already put his spin on a track…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

Email to be in the draw for free entry: Come back later this week. How to…

Hear two new Saint Sister songs – ‘Tin Man’ & ‘Corpses’

The atmosfolk duo Saint Sister, Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty have established themselves as one of…

Radiohead just announced a 2017 Dublin gig

Radiohead just announced a Halloween surprise, a Dublin gig in the 3Arena on 20 June…

Run The Jewels’ song for Halloween is pretty filthy

It’s a clash of two sensibilities when Stephen Colbert and Run The Jewels try to…

A Tribe Called Quest will drop their final album dropping in two weeks

Q-Tip posted a note on Facebook earlier explaining that a final A Tribe Called Quest…

Watch Slow Riot’s stylish & dystopian video for ‘Absent Dreams’

Limerick alt-rock band Slow Riot have just signed a deal with UK label Killing Moon,…

Metropolis Festival announces afterparties feat. Wolfgang Flür, Modeselektor, Marcellus Pittman & more

Hup. Metropolis isn’t done with its programme yet (playlist? stage times?). A la Forbidden Fruit,…

Metropolis Festival playlist with Visa

There’s a lot going on at Metropolis Festival next week from November 3rd to 5th,…

Thirty Four Café announce winter music series

Homebeat’s Thirty Four Café on Lennox Street in Dublin 8 have announced their winter series…

First Listen: Swords – Tidal Waves

Diane Anglim (vocals & piano), Jarlath Canning (bass, guitars & synth) and Ian Frawley (drums)…