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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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Jamie xx, Mount Kimbie, Kelela, Richie Hawtin, Groove Armada & more added to Forbidden Fruit

After last week’s first announcement for the Forbidden Fruit lineup which included Wu Tang Clan,…

Go Wolf – ‘Running’

The Belfast band Go Wolf continue their forays into ’80s-gilded synth and indie pop with…

Hare Squead – ‘Bop With It’

Hare Squead are a trio of Tallaght-based rappers who I became familiar with at Hard…

Win a pair of premium Sol Republic Headphones

Sol Republic have launched their premium headphone range in Ireland. Their Music Made Me Do…

Intro: Cat Palace – new devotional Dublin music

David Blaney is Cat Palace, a new Dublin music project which will get a debut…

Killarney Music Festival are asking bands to do all their work for them

Update: The organisers have told The Journal that the initiative has been cancelled “due to…

Julio Bashmore – ‘Kong’ feat. Bixby

Julio Bashmore has been on a roll with his last two singles ‘Simple Love’ and…

Waxahatchee for Dublin show this summer

Waxahatchee, the band started by Alabama musician Katie Crutchfield are to play Button Factory on…

Watch the BBC4 Kraftwerk documentary Pop Art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CspJ-g7SN18 The Kraftwerk documentary Pop Art screened on BBC4 in the last few days and…

Murlo teams up with Irish vocalist Gemma Dunleavy on a new EP

The English producer Murlo (not to be confused with Rusangano Family’s Murli), has a new…

Young Fathers – ‘Rain Or Shine’

The Scottish alt-rap band and one of the best live bands around, Young Fathers just…

VANN MUSIC – ‘Boy’

VANN MUSIC have been releasing songs that fall between synth-pop, ’80s-rock and electro since they…

Listen to Le Galaxie’s Prom night mix

Next week, Le Galaxie are putting on Prom night on Friday February 13th, A Valentine’s Eve…

The Nialler9 Weekly Dublin Gig Guide

Photo of Pockets: Olga Kuzmenko. Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri…

Hear No Monster Club’s new album People Are Weird

If the back catalogue of Bobby Aherne’s No Monster Club has taught us anything is…

INCA – ‘Wake Me Up’

That there’s not much info on a singer called INCA is probably a good thing…

Andreya Triana – ‘Gold’

Andreya Triana is a name you’ll recognise from her vocal collaborations with Flying Lotus Bonobo…

The best songs of January 2015

My favourite songs of the month. Get the majority of them as a continuous playlist on…

The best tracks of the week

See the last page for a Soundcloud playlist of all the tracks. 1. Tobias Jesso…

Villagers announces new album Darling Arithmetic, hear first song ‘Courage’

Villagers have a third entitled Darling Arithmetic coming out on April 10th on Domino Records.…