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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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Album of the week: Sinkane – Mean Love

Ahmed Gallab has, until now been a musician who was never really in the spotlight.…

Andrew WK, Tom Robinson and more for Output music conference and showcase for Belfast in October

On Thursday October 16th next month, the inaugural Creative Belfast presents Output one day music…

Mercury Prize Albums of the Year shortlist & Spotify playlist

The 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ were announced last night. Nominated albums…

Music highlights at Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival

Dancing Suns / I Am The Cosmos @ Meeting House Square Dancing Suns came together…

Theophilus London – ‘Tribe’

In the game of writing about new music, artist come and go. In the near-eight…

Listen to Alt-J’s new album… but only if you’re in a park

I love this. Alt-J are streaming their new album This Is All Yours through an…

Dimman – ‘Sigmal’

This Friday evening, Jape will play a rare Dublin show as part of the Fringe…

Watch the video for Spies’ ‘Moosehead’

Dublin rock band Spies have been on a roll impressing left, right and centre with…

The Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock’s new large-scale project commemorates The 1913 Lockout

The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock are a fine band who mix trad and rock…

Rhob Cunningham – ‘Quiet Song’

Rhob Cunningham’s 11-minute song ‘The Head Collector’ which features Cathy Davey and Conor O’Brien is…

Watch the cute kids video for Groom’s ‘Colours’

Popical Island’s resident rocking storytellers Groom released their latest album Bread and Jam, a true…

TĀLĀ – ‘Black Scorpio’

After her excellent EP The Duchess, TĀLĀ is teasing us with more exotic soundclash music…

Listen to Somadrone’s Potion Of Oblivion mix as a preview of his new listening club night

Somadrone is kicking off a Potion Of Oblivion monthly club night in Block T on…

The 2 Bears return to Dublin with their full live show

After their appearance at Casa Bacardi at Electric Picnic, Raphael ‘Raf Daddy’ Rundell and Joe…

SBTRKT feat. Raury – ‘Higher’

The young Atlanta singer Raury who is just shy of 18 gets a bigger platform…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // September 9 – 15

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

Watch Speed Of Snakes’ dystopian debut video for the electro ‘Backbone of Night’

It’s been a while since we heard from Vinny Adebisi and Rupert Bats’ side-project Speed…

Listen to Hauer’s new ’80s synth-heavy EP – Esperbyte

Last month, I debuted the retrofuturistic single from Dublin electro producer Hauer. Today I have…

SOAK – ‘B A noBody’

Young Bridie Monds-Watson is now 18 but she’s been on our radar over three years…

Damien Rice returns with first bit of new music in 8 years on ‘My Favourite Faded Fantasy’

Here’s something a lot of people have been waiting for. My Favourite Faded Fantasy is…