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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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Premiere: Jape – ‘The Heart’s Desire’

Richie Egan and his band will return to releasing Jape records in January 2015 with…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // October 14 – 20

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

Royal Blood announce Dublin & Belfast dates on their 2015 tour

Royal Blood move on up to bigger venues next year with the announcement of two…

Run The Jewels feat. Zach De La Rocha – ‘Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)’

El-P and Killer Mike are joined by former Rage Against The Machine singer Zack de la Rocha…

LFO’s Mark Bell, electronic music pioneer, has passed away

Sad news. According to The Black Dog and via FACT, Mark Bell of LFO has…

Win a rare copy of David Holmes’ soundtrack to ’71 on vinyl

71 is a brand new film directed by Yann Demange starring Jack O’Connell, Sean Harris…

Listen to Pional’s remix of Rosie Lowe’s ‘Water Came Down’

Rosie Lowe has followed up her debut EP which was produced by Kwes and The Invisible’s…

Gig announcement roundup: Little Green Cars, Oxjam Takeover, Lisa O’Neill, Beardyman, Erol Alkan, Liars & more.

Oxfam on Francis Street will host a takeover by three of the curators reprising their…

The best tracks of the week

See this page for a Soundcloud playlist of all the tracks. 1. Yumi Zouma –…

Premiere: Watch the new video for Le Galaxie’s ‘Carmen’ single

Last night, Pulse By Absolut put on the first public showing of the new Le…

Listen to this week’s Nialler9 TXFM show

The Nialler9 TXFM show airs every Thursday night at 10pm for two hours. You can listen live on 105.2FM, online, the TXFM…

Watch God Knows + mynameisjOhn perform at Nialler9’s Minimum Maximum gig in Block T

If you missed the Nialler9 Minimum Maximum gig with Le Galaxie, GodKnows + MynameisJohn and…

Watch the video for ‘Lakes’ from new Dublin band Sails

New Dublin band Sails (not to be confused with Let’s Set Sail) are a new…

Album of the week: Mr Twin Sister – Mr Twin Sister

Mr Twin Sister’s (or Twin Sister as they were then known) debut album In Heaven…

Another reason to love Ryn Weaver’s near-perfect pop song ‘Octahate’

Before June, no one had heard of Ryn Weaver. But suddenly, the American singer was…

Kormac feat. Irvine Welsh – ‘Another Screen’

Kormac’s new album Doorsteps features Speech Debelle, Irvine Welsh and Micah P Hinson among others…

Kindness – ‘This Is Not About Us’ (video)

“We’re in an era when we have the freedom to be completely postmodern in the…

Wet – ‘Don’t Want To Be Your Girl (video)

Brooklyn electronic R&B trio Wet have returned with a music video for the song from…

Intro: Sissy – lo-fi feminist garage punk

“You know this battle can only be won if we are on our knees.” Unidentified…

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The young Maynooth producer Jack Casey has been wisely biding his time since exploding onto…