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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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NTS Radio broadcasting live from All City on Bank Holiday Monday

It’s an all-day all Irish affair at All City in Temple Bar on Monday with…

Listen to And So I Watch You From Afar’s new album Heirs

And So I Watch You From Afar’s fourth album Heirs is released Friday here on…

Shit Robot & Reggie Watts team up once again on ‘Where It’s At’

Shit Robot & Reggie Watts collaborated twice on Marcus Lambkin’s recent Shit Robot Album We…

Future Islands return to Letterman and release new single ‘The Chase’

Future Islands have released the new song they cut at Abbey Road for Record Store…

Is Julio Bashmore’s new track a summer smash?

With a run of singles that include ‘Rhythm Of Auld’, ‘Kong’ and ‘Simple Love’, Julio…

Ben Khan – ‘1000’

Sure when he came out first, Ben Khan sounded like a tribute to the promise…

Talk Shop: Music – Fancy attending a music networking event this week?

Talk Shop: Music is a new music industry networking event taking place on Thursday in…

Lung Dart – ‘B OK’

The music of London-based duo Lung Dart has a desolate feel to it, as if…

Tobias Jesso Jr. for larger Dublin show this year

Tobias Jesso Jr. hasn’t even played his Unitarian Church show in Dublin yet but Aiken…

Torres’ second album could be huge

I had Torres pegged as a Nashville singer-songwriter when she first came around. Mackenzie Scott…

Gig news roundup: Celtronic, David Kitt, K-Fest, The Big Grill, Editors & Michael Cera?

Celtronic, the Derry festival of electronic music, happens from Wednesday June 24th – Sunday June…

Jamie xx’s ‘Gosh’ video goes to space

You knew ‘Gosh’ was a huge tune already, what with those Orbital-style synth lines coming…

Lindstrøm and Grace Hall – ‘Home Tonight’

Last month, Norwegian producer Lindstrøm released his best original track in a while under his…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

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

Moullinex – ‘Take A Chance’

Moullinex makes music that is fun, summery dance with a disco flavour and the new…

Hot Chip – ‘Burning Up’

Hot Chip’s new album Why Make Sense? comes out in a few week and they’ve…

Fancy escaping to The Planet Of The Apes in Charleville Castle for BYOB gigs?

Escape To The Planet Of The Apes is a special series of events at Charleville…

Sinéad White – ‘Better’

A rising talent on the Irish music scene, Kildare singer-songwriter Sinéad White will release her…

The best tracks of the week

Here are the top 15 tracks of the last week: Wet – ‘Deadwater’ Cinema – ‘Horizon’…

Album of the week: Le Galaxie – Le Club

Le Galaxie’s first album Laser Disc Nights 2 was totally immersed in retro futurism down…