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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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The Invisible – ‘Life’s Dancers’ (Floating Points remix)

The Invisible’s latest album Patience is the band’s best work yet, an avant synth-pop collection…

Watch the choreographed beach video for James Vincent McMorrow’s ‘Rising Water’

James Vincent McMorrow’s ‘Rising Water’ is a intriguing entry into album number three We Move…

Mix of the week: Air’s 1998 promo mix Deck Safari

Back just before Air released their hugely popular Moon Safari album in 1998, Nicolas Godin…

Kildare duo Tebi Rex release the dance/hip-hop of ‘Black Enough’

​Matt O’Baoill and Max Zanga are Tebi Rex an alt hip-hop duo from Maynooth, Kildare…

Hear Wastefellow’s remix of rising Irish artist Ruth

Ruth Cronin, is a Kerry artist now based in Dublin who has recently supported This…

Tennis fan Indian Wells’ samples the sport and makes a lush electronic single on ‘Racquets’

Following on from last year’s album Pause, the Italian producer Indian Wells has superb new…

Roots Manuva Dublin gig cancelled for medical reasons

Roots Manuva’s planned gig at the National Concert Hall tomorrow night (Wednesday August 10th) has…

Metropolis Festival first lineup: DJ Shadow, Grace Jones, Moderat, Badbadnotgood, Fatima Yamaha…

POD & Hidden Agenda are bringing back Metropolis Festival in the RDS on November 3rd…

Nialler9’s Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

Email to be in the draw for free entry: Friday: Plutonic Dust, Mix & Fairbanks @ The Sugar…

Super Furry Animals are doing a Fuzzy Logic / Radiator tour that includes Dublin & Belfast

Sweet. One of my favourite albums of all-time will be played in full along with…

Electric Picnic Peace Pagoda lineup announced; hear a special mix

The Peace Pagoda at Electic Picnic in the Healing Area of Body&Soul at the festival…

Beauty Sleep reach for the starry-eyed with ‘Living Right’

Cheylene Murphy (Pleasure Beach), Ryan McGroarty (Wonder Villains / A Bad Cavalier), and Aimee Williamson…

Here is the Mercury Music Prize 2016 nominations & a Spotify playlist of all the albums

No nominations for PJ Harvey, Bibio and James Blake but grime features in Skepta and…

District 8 reveal Autumn lineup: Joy Orbison, Daniel Avery, Pantha U Prince, TEED, Ben Klock & more

District 8 have revealed the artists and the dates for the autumn schedule from September…

Mother’s last club night in Copper Alley is this Saturday; then it moves to The Hub

The club night Mother, a gay and straight-friendly dance club has operated out of Copper…

Win VIP tickets to Electric Picnic 2016

While the stage details and lineups are flying out for the Electric Picnic at the…

MAU remixed Liza Flume’s ‘Bodies’ into body-conscious remix

Last month, Liza Flume made a welcome return with ‘Bodies’, a sparse song adorned with…

The best songs of the month – July

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

Electric Picnic reveal Trailer Park lineup & caravan curios

As Electric Picnic gets ever closer (a month away now), more details are being revealed.…

Yangaroo is aiming to make it easier for independent Irish musicians to get their music on the radio

It used to be easy. When a musician wanted to send their music to a…