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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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Here’s the moment John Grant surprised Claire Beck live on TXFM

TXFM is going off air for good on Wednesday (tomorrow) this week. Back in March,…

RiZA’s ‘Thank You’ is the sound of contemporary Irish/African music

Congolese/Dublin guitarist/singer Niwel Tsumbu’s band RiZA is made up of Eamonn Cagney (of Treelan) on…

Loose Joints Podcast #3: Emmet Kirwan

Loose Joints is new podcast hosted by Nialler9 and Sally Cinnamon talking to people about…

Tegan and Sara for Vicar Street 2017 show

Tegan and Sara have announced a date for Dublin’s Vicar St for Sunday February 19th.…

Certified banger KDA feat. Tinashe’s ‘Just Say’ has a video

A certified club banger, ‘Just Say’ is a song that that was played at Ibiza…

D.R.A.M. feat Erykah Badu – ‘WiFi’

D.R.A.M.’s new album Big Baby D.R.A.M. dropped last Friday and in the middle of the…

Repeal Project, Andy Warhol Silver Clouds and other installations announced for Metropolis Festival

Now just over a week away, Metropolis has revealed its installations for the festival from…

Run The Jewels just dropped the first single from RTJ3
https://nialler9.com/watch-dj-shadow-run-jewels-nobody-speak/

Run The Jewels just dropped the first single from Run The Jewels 3 via the…

Clock Opera return with ‘Whippoorwill’

Yes, it felt unlikely for Guy Connelly, Andy West, Che Albrighton, and Nic Nell but…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide – Halloween edition

Email to be in the draw for free entry: Thursday: The Hot 8 Brass Band @ The…

Ruth – ‘Queen Of The Con’

The Kerry musician and singer, Ruth, who is now based in Dublin city, featured her…

Album of the week: Bantum – Move

Four years on to the month, Cork producer Ruairi Lynch, Bantum, follows up his debut…

New record store Head Records to open in Liffey Valley

Bucking the trend of closures of record shops around Ireland, UK independent entertainment retailer Head…

The posthumous Prince releases are coming next month

Prince’s passing in April is still palpable yet things are very much moving on. Paisley…

Watch Myles O’Reilly’s new video for I Have A Tribe’s ‘Cuckoo’

Patrick O’Laoghaire, I Have A Tribe released his debut album Beneath A Yellow Moon this…

Dublin Bowie Festival announces lineup of events

Last year’s inaugural Dublin Bowie Festival was a celebration of the great man and the…

Sorcha Richardson ruin and romance-featuring ‘Ruin Your Night’

Irish-born New York-based talent Sorcha Richardson is back releasing music into the world. Check out…

Radiohead confirmed for Glastonbury 2017

News from Worthy Farm yesterday that Radiohead were planning an announcement of playing Glastonbury has…

John Carpenter’s five best soundtracks

For the last two Halloweens, John Kowalski has shared his favourite Halloween soundtracks with us.…

Austra are back with ‘Utopia’

Katie Stelmanis and the Austra crew will return with a third album called Future Politics…