Avatar

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.

13986 Articles Published | Follow:
Shabazz Palaces for Dublin show

Alternative American hip-hop duo are coming back to Ireland. Shabazz Palaces is the brainchild of…

Pillow Queens for free Whelan’s show

Pillow Queens are the first band to be announced for a special Fanning at Whelan’s,…

Chalk. Photo by Mathieu Zazzo.
Belfast alt/punk/electronic rising band Chalk release ‘Claw’

Belfast post-punk/electronic band Chalk have announced the release of Conditions II, a new EP on…

Khruangbin
Khruangbin announce new album A LA SALA

The Texas trio will release their first album in four years on April 5th through…

Fears announces new album Affinity

A second album is released from Fears on March 22nd on TULLE. London-based Dublin artist…

Villagers. Photo: Andrew Whitton.
Villagers announce new album That Golden Time; hear the title track

Conor O’Brien has announced the sixth Villagers album That Golden Time is out on May…

Galway club Electric is to reopen as a multi-purpose space

One of Galway’s largest and longest-running club spaces Electric closed its doors during the pandemic…

Dry Cleaning for two Whelan’s Dublin shows

On of our favs Dry Cleaning have announced two small Dublin dates this year. having…

Niamh Regan for Irish /EU solo tour & CMAT supports

Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan will is on tour in the coming weeks and has announced…

Danny Brown for Dublin show

Rapper Danny Brown will bring his Quaranta tour to Dublin this year. After the release…

The best Dublin gigs this week (Jan 16th – 22nd)

Gig guide highlights: Mad Professor, Palestine night with Naoise Roo, Sive and more; Ethereal Skies Aerga compilation night with Rory Sweeney & more, Daniel Avery, Why-Axis, The Word is Terry Christian, Stimming, Adrian Crowley & Matthew Nolan, Daniel Johnson night.

The Smile announce Paul Thomas Anderson film and album playback event in IFI Dublin

The Smile are the band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with…

Alexis Taylor is DJing at Hang Dai Chinese this month

The Hot Chip frontman is coming to Dublin for a DJ set on Camden Street…

10 Irish bands showcase at Eurosonic this week

Eurosonic, the annual new music showcase and conference festival that takes place Groningen in the…

Palestine fundraiser event at The Fumbally on Friday with Naoise Roo, Caz9, Sive & more

For All of You in Palestine will take place in The Fumbally Cafe in Dublin…

Sorcha Richardson. Photo by Brent Goldman.
Sorcha Richardson, Ye Vagabonds, Rachael Lavelle & more for Imagining Ireland Dublin & London concerts

Imagining Ireland is an initiative of the National Concert Hall which aims to showcase the…

10 new songs to love this week

Featuring R.A.P. Ferreira, Jamie xx, NewDad, Serpentwithfeet, Sheer Mag, Faye Webster, Lil Yachty, Future Islands, OMNI, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, Four Tet.

Here’s the 10 songs nominated for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year 2023

After the shortlists for the Irish album of the year, artist of the year, and…

Hear Gilla Band’s Dara Kiely sing on song from new project Stray Planets

Stray Planets is the project of Dublin artist John Butler, who has enlisted the singer…

Faye Webster for second bigger Dublin show, new album & Lil Yachty collaboration

The Atlanta artist has been announced for more Dublin shows and a new album out…