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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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The best tracks of the week

See the last page for a Soundcloud playlist of all the tracks. 1. Jape –…

Sunken Foal featuring Si Schroeder – ‘Never Knew’

Dunk Murphy aka Sunken Foal finished the end of 2014 by releasing an album of…

Longitude 2015: Alt-J, Hozier, Chemical Brothers, Caribou, Wild Beasts…

Longitude Festival has revealed its first headline acts and its first names for the festival…

Listen to the latest Nialler9 TXFM show

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

2manydjs are kicking off Paddy’s weekend in Dublin

The Belgian mashup and remix kings 2manydjs who are also the foundation of Soulwax will…

Album of the week: Jape – This Chemical Sea

For most of his creative endeavours as Jape, Richie Egan has been juxtaposing traditional guitar-based…

Win tickets to the Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish song of the year announcement

The Meteor Choice Music Prize in association with IMRO and IRMA, will announce the nominees…

The Primavera Sound 2015 lineup is out

Primavera have announced their lineup for its 15th edition in Barcelona from May 27 –…

#BlogParty: A night of live music in The Sugar Club

On Friday February 20th, Nialler9, Le Cool, Goldenplec (who are going into print), The Last…

Uptown Funk influences playlist

From the very first time I heard Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ ‘Uptown Funk’ back…

Win tickets to San Fermin’s Dublin show

San Fermin have just been announced for a headline show in Whelan’s on Tuesday April…

Snakehips announce Dublin gig and debut track with The Internet

The UK production duo Snakehips known for their bumping electronic beats, have a new EP…

Watch a music video for the entire of J Dilla’s Donuts

I’m not quite sure who made this but it’s a nice tribute to a classic…

Toro Y Moi – ‘Empty Nesters’

Chaz Bundick spent last year working his dance muscles on the excellent Les Sins project…

Download a free James Vincent McMorrow live album

James Vincent McMorrow had a pretty good year last year, mostly spent touring around the…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // January 20 – 26

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

Julio Bashmore to play the Academy next month

Julio Bashmore will release his debut album in March and last year he released two…

Hear a new version of SOAK’s ‘Sea Creatures’

Over two years on from the first time we heard SOAK aka Bridie Monds-Watson sing…

No Monster Club – ‘I’ve Retired’

2014 was a good year for Bobby Aherne. He released his first book and he…

Watch the animated video for Rocstrong’s ‘Limits’

Rocstrong is one of the most promising Irish artist to emerge from 2014’s crop of…