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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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Contour wrote a song using the 1916 GPO morse code signal

Photography: Olga Kuzmenko In the past few months, I’ve been sent some music that addresses…

Whitney’s new track really do sound like ‘Golden Days’

Chicago band Whitney introduced themselves to the world with ‘No Woman’, a track that furrows…

EVVOL – ‘Physical L.U.V’

Berlin-based Evvol released a fine album called Eternalism last year, which included the higlights ‘Four…

Premiere: Watch Ham Sandwich’s new video for ‘Satellite’

HamsandwicH’s  Stories From The Surface album has cemented the Kells band as one of Ireland’s…

The Sugarhill Gang are headlining Portarlington festival BARE In The Woods

Having kicked off as a one-day festival in 2014, BARE in the Woods is back for…

Ryan Vail’s whispered minimal electronics show up in ‘Mirrors’

Following on from the brittle brooding ‘Wounds’, Derry’s Ryan Vail has dropped a new track…

Bonzai’s new EP Sleep Hungry is a bricolage of club sounds

One of the Nialler9 New Artists of 2016 and a Mura Masa collaborator, the Dublin-raised…

Clu have made a remix of Blade Runner

Dublin A/V duo Clu specialise in electronic bass and dance music paired with tripped-out visuals.…

The Lumo Club DJ Chart – March 2016

Lumo is back in Tengu for its monthly party this Easter Sunday for dance-friendly club…

BARQ introduce their alt R&B with single ‘Gentle Kind Of Lies’

BARQ are a new Dublin band making Alt R&B music or “Agrosoul” as they describe…

Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest has passed away

2016 takes another one.  A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg has passed away at the…

Skrillex remixes Hundred Waters’ ‘Show Me Love’ with Chance The Rapper, Robin Hannibal & Moses Sumney

Last year’s Electric Picnic mixtape kicked off with a track from one of my favourite…

Dublin hip-hop duo Dusty Residents rap about being ‘Wanted’

MC Bradshaw and producer Taaffeman make up the Dublin hip-hop duo Dusty Residents. The duo…

Thom Yorke sings on the new Mark Pritchard track ‘Beautiful People’

While most of the music world awaits a new Radiohead album this year ( artist…

Kiiara ‘Gold’ video is a reminder of a sweet pop tune

Kiiara was working in in a hardware shop in Illinois when she put her best…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide – Easter edition

Email to be in the draw for free entry: Sunday: Lumo Easter Sunday @ Tengu (€10, 10pm)…

Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop for Olympia Theatre gig

Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop have teamed up for a collaborative record…

Killarney producer Sheerin drops the bright pop sheen dance track ‘We Are One’

The 20 year-old Kerry producer David Sheerin is a self-taught DJ from Killarney who came to my…

BD Festival stage times for Good Friday

BD Festival is the only Good Friday BYOB festival in Ireland this Friday in Glendalough…

Lianne La Havas on textured songwriting & taking inspiration from influencers

Before Lianne La Havas was a Grammy-nominated artist, before she was a singer, her ears…