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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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Iceland Airwaves adds Battles, Beach House, Sophie, Skepta, Future Brown, Sleaford Mods and more

Iceland Airwaves takes place in Reykjavík from November 4th – 8th and they’ve just added 26…

Hear the new Disclosure single featuring Gregory Porter

Ignore what you thought was going on when you heard ‘Bang That’, that recent Disclosure…

Beach House for Belfast & Dublin

Aiken have booked Beach House to play two shows later this year once their new…

Listen to a Forbidden Fruit 2015 Spotify playlist

It’s Forbidden Fruit weekend so to keep things going after the stage times were announced…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide

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

Forbidden Fruit stage times announced

That’s the site map and running order for Forbidden Fruit this weekend. There will be…

The Prodigy & Public Enemy for Dublin & Belfast shows, win tickets before they go on sale

The Prodigy are partying like it’s 1994 again since their new album The Day Is…

Silent Interlude – ‘Holding Game’

Niamh Walsh, Niall Cooke, Shawn Brennan and Seán Walsh make up the new Dublin band…

Jape – ‘Harrington Street’

Richie Egan was one of the DJs presiding over Mother’s We Are Family almighty party…

Win tickets to Life Festival this weekend

Life Festival takes place in Belvedere House this weekend and it looks like the best…

Another Love Story announces its first lineup

Homebeat and Happenings’ Another Love Story was a small festival success story last year so…

The new music weekly mixtape

This week’s selection is recent new music highlights as I never made one last week…

Listen back to last night’s Nialler9 TXFM show

My new music show is live every Thursday from 10pm to midnight on TXFM. The show starts…

Intro: Overcoats – melodic ambient pop folk

Overcoats are a New York-based duo who describe their music as “electro-folk-soul”, an accurate descriptor…

Watch Tame Impala’s bonkers 3D collage video for ‘Cause I’m A Man’

Psychedelic clipart animation inspired by the Currents album artwork forms the basis on the new…

Arborist – ‘Twisted Arrow’ (Feat. Kim Deal)

‘Twisted Arrow’, the new song from Belfast singer-songwriter Arborist, only has Kim Deal (formerly of…

Album of the week: Shamir – Ratchet

Shamir Bailey opens his debut album with a song about his hometown in North Las…

Jamie xx – ‘I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)’ ft. Young Thug & Popcaan

Only a week before Jamie xx drops his debut album In Colours, an album that…

Intro: Anna B Savage – an intense brittle minimal howl

There’s a magnetising to the music of Londoner Anna B Savage that draws you in,…

Win tickets to the Jamie xx album listening party, a vinyl and two day tickets to Forbidden Fruit

On Monday evening, Tower Records in association with Nialler9 & Young Turks present are presenting…