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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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All Tvvins – ‘Thank You’

Conor Adams and Lar Kaye aka All Tvvins dropped their big new track ‘Thank You’…

Watch the silly dance lo-fi video for Diet Cig’s ‘Scene Sick’

Upstate New York duo Diet Cig, Alex Luciano and Noah Bowman signed up to Father/Daughter…

Leo Drezden – ‘Hunting Drums’

Leo Drezden is a new band featuring Rian Trench of Solar Bears that is more…

Haim & Morris Day and the Time perform ‘Jungle Love’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7rGrcdnwh0 Another real-world positive to Uptown Funk’s ubiquity. As performed on Jimmy Kimmel. How you…

Hot Chip return with ‘Huarache Lights’

When I think of Hot Chip, I think of music that’s calibrated to make people…

Sylvan Esso, Tops & Lord Huron for Dublin gigs

Three announcements from North American bands for the capital were announced today. The excellent Sylvan…

Young Wonder – ‘Intergalactic’

Young Wonder, Ian Ring and Rachel Koeman, are back with new music and hints of…

Meltybrains? – ‘Donegal’

Back in November , Meltybrains? gave us ‘IV’ a track which distilled all of the…

Goodtime – ‘Did You Even Notice?’

Goodtime’s 2011 solo album The Colours Of Darkness was in my opinion, an under-rated gem.…

12 Points announce festival artists for 2015

12 Points, the festival which provides a platform for young jazz artists from Europe returns…

HamsandwicH announce new album Stories From The Surface

HamsandwicH had a pretty good year in 2014. They sold out the Olympia, supported Arcade…

The 10 best tracks of the week

See the last page for a Soundcloud playlist of all the tracks. Looking for more…

Villagers announces 4 Irish dates in May

After last week’s reveal of Darling Arithmetic, the third album from Villagers, and the song…

Watch the new dance video for Jungle’s ‘Julia’

Jungle have released their latest in their series of dance-choreography-featuring videos to follow up ‘Time’,…

Watch Hozier’s Grammy performance with Annie Lennox

A lot of things happened at the Grammys last night: Kanye disrupted another stage in…

Listen back to the latest Nialler9 TXFM show

As broadcast last night, as it is every Thursday from 10pm to midnight TXFM. This…

Gig news roundup: Father John Misty, Portico, Guinness Amplify, DELS, Valentine’s gigs, Kerri Chandler…

The man of the moment: Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty just released  I Love…

Album of the week: All We Are – All We Are

A Cork man, a Brazilian dude and a Norwegian girl meet at a performing arts…

And So I Watch You From Afar – ‘Run Home’

Having announced their new album Heirs last week, billed as their “most personal and meaningful,”…

Quarter Block Party happens in Cork this weekend

If you’re in Cork this weekend or looking for something to do nearby, then Quarter…