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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 a selection of Culture Night 2016 music highlights

The annual Culture Night where buildings, museums, galleries and more open their doors to the…

Vogelbat is delightfully discombobulating on ‘Ovl’

David Sheenan’s previous work as Vogelbat ranges from ambient beat productions to densed textured dance…

Adam Buxton bringing his David Bowie Bug special to Dublin

Adam Buxton was only here a short month ago for the Vodafone Comedy Festival but…

Primal Scream for Olympia date this year

Primal Scream have been announced for a date at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin on 30…

Other Voices heads to Austin, Texas next month

The Other Voices story continues to expand from a little TV show in Dingle to…

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…

Civil Civic – ‘The Mirror’

Australian instrumental noisemakers Civil Civic are back with some new music from their forthcoming second…

Gig news roundup: Stars of the Lid, Lisa Hannigan & Cathy Davey Irish tours, Wyvern Lingo, Keaton Henson & more

Having just released her album At Swim, Lisa Hannigan has has announced an Irish tour…

Listen to Thom Yorke copresent on Benji B’s radio show

Benji B’s radio show, as I often enthuse around these parts, is a regular show…

The true story of the club classic ‘Stand On The Word’

‘Stand On The Word’ is a song that is steeped in club culture history. The…

Hear Zack De La Rocha’s El-P produced new single ‘Digging For Windows’

While his former fellow Rage Against The Machine members are leading a noble but not…

Surfing – ‘Real’ feat. LA Vampires

One of my regular sources for new tune check is Hype Machine’s weekly Stack feature.…

Watch Christine & The Queens’ English language video for ‘Saint Claude’

Christine & The Queens has been the breakthrough act of 2016 and rightly so, Héloïse…

Lúnasa music & arts festival takes place in Louth this month

If Body & Soul can coincide with the solstice, then I don’t see a problem…

Hard Working Class Heroes day-by-day breakdown; Icelandic bands added

We already know the 100 bands announced for Hard Working Class Heroes next month and…

K.Flay is still fierce on ‘Blood In The Cut’

Kristine Flaherty, K.Flay is a singer, producer and musician whose been around for a while…

Hear Swords’ solemn moving new single ‘The Letter’

Swords have followed up their excellent last single ‘Betty Machete’ from forthcoming album Tidal Waves…

Shit Robot announced as special guest for Homebeat’s Fringe Festival show

Shit Robot has been revealed as Homebeat’s special guest DJ at their Dublin Fringe Festival 2016…

Electric Picnic 2017 tickets on sale this week. Info –>

With Electric Picnic 2016 still fresh in our memories, the festival has announced ticket sales…

The 25 best songs of the month

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