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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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Watch Æ MAK’s lo-fi dance video for the joyous ‘I Can Feel It In My Bones’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ypFGvwe3SA The brilliant new Dublin duo Aoife McCann and Ellie McMahon aka Æ MAK are…

Album of the week: Solange – A Seat At The Table

Solange Knowles’ new album A Seat At The Table, which was surprise released at the…

Watch Ailbhe Reddy’s new video for ‘Keepsake’

Dublin singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy released a fine debut EP in Hollowed Out Sea, which was…

Jens Kuross returns with the uplifting hymnal ‘We Will Run’

Recent new artist of the week Jens Kuross, the Idaho-born musician making “brittle piano balladry…

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve’s Richard Norris remixes Hannah Peel’s ‘All That Matters’

Armagh’s Hannah Peel is a member of The Magnetic North with Simon Tong (The Verve,…

New artist Sølv is glacially consumed by another on ‘Losing My Mind’

‘Losing My Mind’, the debut song from Sølv. The new artist impresses immediately with a…

Win a 4-star hotel stay and tickets to Rodrigo Y Gabriela at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

The Guinness Cork Jazz festival is fast approaching at the end of the month 28th…

Halloween gigs: Mother featuring Jape & Bad Bones; Winter afterparties with Leon Vynehall & Skream

Mother have announced a Halloween Ball which will feature a Jape DJ set and a…

Watch the debut video from LIV – a new band featuring Lykke Li and Miike Snow

Lykke Li has formed a new band with Miike Snow with help from Peter Bjorn…

Kaytranada dropped DJ edits of Solange & Chance The Rapper

Recent Polaris Prize winner Kaytranada is a frequent dealer of dancefloor edits and he’s come…

Hear new Swedish / Irish band Little White Things’ ‘Corner Of’

Consisting of Irish guy David Behan and Swedish fellah Max Bergstrom, Little White Things are…

Loose Joints Podcast #2: Oisin Davis

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

Halfset members return as Mount Alaska; Hear ‘Sine, Cosine, Tangent’

Mount Alaska (Twitter) is a new project from former Halfset members Stephen Shannon and Cillian McDonnell. Since…

Listen to Adultrock’s End Of Summer mix

Gavin Elsted AKA Adultrock recently put out his second Bodytonic release earlier this summer featuring…

Hear Joe Goddard guest on Michael Mayer’s new single ‘For You’

German producer Michael Mayer has a new album the influential !K7 Records label called &.…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

Email to be in the draw for free entry: Friday Oct 14: Optimo, Mister Saturday Night, K15 Adultrock…

Boys Noize remixed Poliça’s ‘Kind’ in a ’90s vogue house style

This Boys Noize remix of Poliça’s ‘Kind’ is totally my buzz. The original features on…

Listen to the Drake / Sufjan Stevens mashup album Six Swans

Sufjan and Drake aren’t artists who come into each other’s orbit often. Despite that, this…

Listen to The xx’s playlist of album #3 inspirations

Good stuff. The xx are back in the studio they told us on Facebook and…

Check out Wriggle’s compilation of Irish grime & bass music

When Boiler Room first came to Dublin last year, it’s first night was centred around…