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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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Intro: Dublin synth pop band Flecks drop debut Girl EP

The Dublin five-piece band Flecks dropped their debut EP Girl on Friday and established their…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide

Email to be in the draw for free entry: Thursday: Cory Henry Revival Project, Ceo Experiment, Michael Buckley…

Watch Ailbhe Reddy’s crumbling video for ‘Distrust’

In February, I debuted the single from upcoming Dublin singer-songwriter Ailbhe Reddy, ‘Distrust’ from her…

Gig news roundup: Dua Lipa, White Denim, Other Voices, Body&Soul, Villagers & more

A roundup of recent gig announcements. Other recent announcements including Dublin City Block Party and more…

Dublin City Block Party announces Kelis, Todd Terje, Dusky, Leon Vynehall, Greg Wilson…

District 8 may be closed officially for the season but that doesn’t mean there can’t…

Extra tickets for Neil Young + Promise Of The Real & Laura Marling released for Dublin & Belfast

Tour dates 7 JUNE 2016 – The SSE Arena, BELFAST 8 JUNE 2016 – 3Arena,…

Listen to a legendary French Touch DJ set from Thomas Bangalter, Cassius & DJ Falcon

Soundcloud sometimes cues the best stuff after you’re done listening to something. It lead me to…

AikJ drops some soulful sweet R&B on ‘Suite Life’

Dublin R&B singer AikJ is a name that has increasing in visibility of late. AikJ…

Listen to the new Augustus & John EP – Station West

Last year, the Galway-based duo Mike Smalle & Matteo Grassi AKA Augustus & John released…

Kobina – Sentinel Island EP (first listen)

The Dublin-based producer Sean Arthur, aka Kobina has an output to date that has moved…

MKAI – ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’

MKAI are four MacSweeny brothers from Cork who released their debut EP Waiting produced and…

Win tickets to Sea Sessions Festival

Sea Sessions takes place in Bundoran, Donegal from Friday 24th June to Sunday 26th June…

Bad Bones – ‘Come’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHpGSpyOlQQ&feature=youtu.be Bad Bones aka Dublin producer and musician Sal Stapleton is releasing a track and…

The best songs of April

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

Radiohead – ‘Burn The Witch’

There it is – the new Radiohead song from their forthcoming untitled record. The context…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide

Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun |…

Canalaphonic Festival returns in September

Canalaphonic will return to Rathmines later this year on on 23rd and 24th September this year.…

Pacino’s At Night to close programme with Plump DJs this month

Pacino’s At Night will close its programme of music with their last show from The…

999 of Nialler9’s Best Songs from 2005 – 2017

As Nialler9.com is celebrated 13 years in existence in November, I’ve updated the Spotify playlist…

Support Breathe, a charity album for Pieta House

Breathe is a new charity album in aid of Pieta House featuring in aid of…