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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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Made In Heights – ‘Ghosts’

Made In Heights are an American duo who impressed with their stonking wobbling tune ‘Murakami’…

Lapalux – ‘Movement I, II & III’

Stuart Howard aka Lapalux is responsible for some oozy and woozy electronic music. Releasing on…

Slow Skies – ‘Bodies’

For their new EP, entitled Keepsake, Slow Skies (Karen Sheridan & Conal Herron) have amped…

Watch the ‘Deep Down South’ video from Stevie G & Christiana Underwood by Feel Good Lost

‘Deep Down South’ they love to party. So say Stevie G and his Cork cohort…

Sinkane announced for a Dublin show

Whoop, more good news this week. The creator of last week’s album of the week,…

Dublin’s The Academy venue is being refurbished and reopening under new management

Anyone who browses gig listings like I do every week, may have noticed that The…

Download We Cut Corners’ free string quartet-assisted EP

In March, the Dublin duo We Cut Corners played a live set in St Patrick’s…

Watch James Vincent McMorrow’s pretty light show new video

Lovely video utilising the lights used on the Post-Tropical tour, directed by Emma J Doyle.…

Planet Parade – ‘You’ll Be Sorry’

Planet Parade continue their impressive song resurgence with their first single proper – a shadowy…

Future Brown sign to Warp, release remix of ‘Wanna Party’

This time last year, Fatima Al Qadiri, Nguzunguzu and J-Cush put together a potent futuristic…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // September 16 – 22

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

Culture Night 2014 music highlights

The annual Culture Night where buildings, museums, galleries and more open their doors to the…

The Hard Ground – ‘Deep in Green’

The Hard Ground are about to release the second of three EPs in their Triptych…

Gig news update: Damien Rice, The Staves, Boys Noize, Amber Run, Kolsch, RHA Gallery night, Krystal Klear & more.

As announced this morning, Jungle are coming back. Also announced today, a special Nialler9 secret…

Run The Jewels – ‘Oh My Darling Don’t Cry’

El-P and Killer Mike tease their hefty hip-hop followup album RTJ2 with ‘Oh My Darling…

The best new tracks of the week

1. The 2 Bears – ‘Not This Time’ With every release Joe Goddard shows he…

Jungle announced for Dublin show

After their stonking Electric Picnic set and their subsequent Mercury Prize nomination, Jungle have been…

Intro: Cork neo-soul 8-piece Shookrah wow with ‘W O M A N’

Shookrah are a Cork-based soul/pop eight-person band who count Senita (as heard on Daithí’s tracks…

Listen to last night’s 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…

HWCH convention info and stage times announced

Hard Working Class Heroes announced the stage times for the main events last week and…