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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 Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide

Ticket giveaways: Thursday: Get Folked: Marisa Anderson @ The Grand Social (€10) Friday: Hidden Agenda + The Building…

Dublin shows for Massive Attack, Young Fathers & Youth Lagoon

Massive Attack are embarking on their first headline tour in five years next January and…

Owensie – ‘Dramamine’

It’s been nearly three years since we had some new music from Owensie and longer…

Win John Grant’s new album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure on double vinyl

John Grant’s new album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure comes out on Friday worldwide. It’s currently…

The 10 best tracks of the week

These songs represent my favourite 10 tracks of the last week but there’s plenty more besides.…

Hot Chip – ‘Huarache Lights’ (Soulwax Remix)

There’s been a renaissance of late in the quality of Soulwax’s remix work perhaps buoyed…

Foals & Grimes for Dublin shows

Foals announced a 3Arena show late last week for February 10th as part of their…

Album of the week: Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie

It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly how Girl Band made the jump from another rock band…

Nialler9 TXFM radio show playlist & listen back

My new music show is live every Thursday from 10pm to midnight on TXFM. Here’s what I…

The best songs of September 2015

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

John Grant for shows in Belfast, Cork and Galway in January

Next week, John Grant will release his third album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure and along…

Hear an unreleased Neneh Cherry 1983 electronic jam

Friday sees the release of Trevor Jackson Presents: Science Fiction Dancehall Classics on On-U Sound…

This Saturday: Cosmo Vitelli & R.S.A.G. play the HWCH / Dublin Theatre Festival afterparty

This Saturday night, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival in conjunction with Hard Working…

Jape for December Vicar Street show

Jape released one of his best albums this year in This Chemical Sea so it’s…

Daughter return with ‘Doing The Right Thing’

The angsty ambient style practiced by  Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella aka Daughter…

Talos – ‘In Time’

As Eoin French has consistently proved with his recorded output and his live Talos shows…

Gig news: Interlude w/ Ashley Beedle,The Reflex, Vitalic, San Fermin, Farao, Daithí, Nicky Siano and more

Interlude is a new mini-festival happening at the RHA from October 23rd to 25th and…

Maija Sofia – ‘The Girl Who Pulled The Sun Down’

Yesterday, Galway singer-songwriter Maija Sofia was one of 18 new artists I recommended to check…

Dah Jevu – ‘Incubus’

Dublin alt hip-hop duo Dah Jevu have dropped their dark brooding new single ‘Incubus’ with…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide

Ticket giveaways: Thursday – Saturday: Hard Working Class Heroes @ 7 Venues in the city (€20…