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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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Listen to Fly High Society’s Fly Thai Green EP

For the day that’s in it, 4/20, the aptly named Fly High Society have put together…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide (in association with Zaconey)

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

Ryan Vail & Ciaran Lavery – Sea Legs EP

Sea Legs, the short collaborative album between Derry producer and Belfast singer-songwriter Ciaran Lavery takes…

Cinema – ‘Horizon’

Here’s another quietly impressive track from Kildare producer Peter Fleming who was formerly part of…

Chance The Rapper’s ‘Sunday Candy’ video will make you happy

Chance The Rapper isn’t your ordinary rap dude. Under various guises including his own and…

Sufjan Stevens starts his European tour in Dublin at The Helix

Awesome. Sufjan Stevens just announced two shows in Dublin’s The Helix as part of his…

The best tracks of the week

Here are the top 10 tracks of the last week: Samantha Urbani – ‘1 2…

Amanda Palmer for Dublin & Belfast shows, win tickets today

Amanda Palmer is coming to Ireland this summer as part of her “An Evening with…

Album of the week: Young Fathers – White Men Are Black Men Too

There aren’t many bands out there who sound like they care what people think less…

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…

Manu Chao for outdoor Dublin show, win tickets now

For many, the music of Manu Chao is a rite of passage. It was one of…

Intro: Tomorrows – members of Biggles Flys Again, The Chapters…

Tomorrows is a new band project featuring five members of the bands Biggles Flys Again,…

Watch Tame Impala do ‘Let It Happen’ on Conan

Tame Impala performed their great comeback single ‘Let It Happen’ on Conan O’Brien last night.…

And So I Watch You From Afar – ‘Redesigned A Million Times’

There was a beautiful piece of radio on BBC’s Across The Line last week about…

Valentia Isle Festival announces lineup

Valentia Isle Festival is back at an earlier summer time of 10th to 12th of…

Body & Soul add Leftfield, Blooms and local acts to the festival

Body & Soul have added some names to the festival on Summer Solstice weekend today.…

There’s now a video for Caribou’s ‘Can’t Do Without You’

Literally any excuse to feature this song again. The best song of last year, from…

Le Galaxie’s top 10 highlights of their music lives so far

Le Galaxie are about to release their beast of a second album next Friday. Le…

Made In Heights – ‘Forgiveness’

LA duo Made In Heights dropped two fine singles in ‘Panther’ and ‘Ghosts’ last year,…

Samantha Urbani – ‘1 2 3 4’

The former Friends‘ singer Samantha Urbani dropped a solo song on Soundcloud last week and…