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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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Kaytranada won the Polaris Music Prize last night

Kaytranada was announced as the winner of the 2016 Polaris Music Prize last night. The…

7 new songs you need to hear this week

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

Skepta was overawed to win the Mercury Prize last night

Last night’s announcement of the winner of the Mercury Prize for UK / Ireland album…

Albert af Ekenstam – ‘Made of Gold’

Swedish singer-songwriter Albert af Ekenstam has a debut album called Ashes coming on October 14th…

Premiere: Hvmmingbyrd – Know My Name EP

Hvmmingbyrd are a very different proposition from the alt-folk pop band they formerly traded as.…

Canalaphonic stage times are here

Canalaphonic happens next Friday and Saturday 23rd and 24th in Rathmines and Portobello across over…

The Northern Ireland Music Prize announced its shortlist of 12 albums

The Northern Ireland Music Prize today announced its shortlist of 12 albums from Northern Ireland…

Chance The Rapper, 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne tore up the (fake) stage performing ‘No Problems’

Chance the Rapper performed ‘No Problems’ with Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz on Ellen, using…

Watch Bon Iver debut the gorgeous ‘8 (Circle)’ on Jimmy Fallon

‘8 (Circle)’ is a song from Bon Iver’s forthcoming album 22, A Million and Justin Vernon and…

First Listen: Booka Brass – Chilled Milk

Since appearing on the live scene a few years ago, Booka Brass have built a…

Tuff City Kids team up with Norway’s Annie on ‘Labyrinth’

I can still remember the time that everyone on the internet was going nuts for…

New Irish electro-pop music from Caz9 – ‘Running’
https://soundcloud.com/iamcaz9/running

The name Caz9 was first spotted on the Electric Picnic lineup and duly highlighted but…

Metropolis add Jack Garratt, Paul Kalkbrenner, Mount Kimbie, Cyril Hahn, Jessy Lanza to the festival

Metropolis Festival have announced another rake of artists to play the festival in the RDS…

Laura Ann Brady’s six-minute ‘Masterpiece’ is the sound of turmoil & heartbreak

Laura Ann Brady is a Dublin-based singer-songwriter whose music moves between acoustic folk and ambient…

Hard Working Class Heroes Convention panels and schedule announced

Hard Working Class Heroes is only a few weeks away and we already know the…

Beck’s new video for ‘Wow’ showcases Instagram-friendly artists

It’s a surprise in 2016 to see artists of any kind, established or otherwise actually…

Second Grace Jones show added for Dublin’s Olympia

After the first show on September 21st sold out in seconds, Grace Jones’ will play…

Watch Christine And The Queens cover Beyoncé’s ‘Sorry’ on the Live Lounge

Christine & The Queens were on BBC Radio One’s Live Lounge today and did a…

Listening Post: Nite Jewel on some of her favourite songs

Ramona Gonzalez aka Nite Jewel is an Los Angeles-based electronic artist. With a sound that…

Chet Faker changes artist name back to his real one – Nick Murphy

The Australian musician Chet Faker is done with his artist name you guys. Having operated…