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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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‘Hey QT’ is that song you hate / love with a passion

I don’t know what the fuck this song is intended to be. Is it a…

little xs for eyes – ‘Love Gets Lost’

The Dublin six-piece band little xs for eyes, are one of the few bands around…

Gig news roundup: Royal Blood, Mount Kimbie, Cyril Hahn, Paul Simon, My Brightest Diamond, Gruff Rhys, Brassland & more

I was on an actual holiday last week and of course, now that festival season…

Listen to last 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…

The 30 best songs of August

The songs: hubbabubbaklubb – ‘Mopedbart’ Caribou – ‘Our Love’ Kaytranada – ‘Leave Me Alone’ Say…

Electric Picnic 2014: in animated GIFs

After last year’s GIF marathon, we returned to Stradbally this year with the intention of…

Listen to last night’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…

Electric Picnic stage times

All of the Electric Picnic stage times are now here. Do download my EP mix…

Nialler9’s Electric Picnic Mixtape

Please enjoy my hour-long mix of tunes from people playing the Picnic this weekend. Tune into…

Download a new song from James Vincent McMorrow – ‘When I Leave’

James Vincent McMorrow’s Post-Tropical came out in January and the dude has been in a…

Gig announcement news: Ben Howard, Woman’s Hour, James Yorkston, Wife and more

Ben Howard is playing The Olympia Theatre on Sunday December 7th as part of his…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // August 26 – September 1

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

Electric Picnic 2014: 15 new bands you should see

More Electric Picnic coverage including stage times and more info. 1. Glass Animals Sunday, Body…

Electric Picnic 2014

Your one stop shop for Electric Picnic info: Stage Times Clashfinder Electric Picnic stage times…

Electric Picnic sitemap & Global Green stage times

It’s Electric Picnic week so the news and stage times are starting to drip in.…

Listen to Diamond Dagger’s new album Estate Crudele

Estate Crudele is the latest album from Dublin electro dude Diamond Dagger. It’s nine songs…

Watch Heineken’s Sound Atlas documentary on Brooklyn

This weekend at Electric Picnic, Heineken are bringing a taste of a Brooklyn block party…

Samhain Festival lines up Jon Hopkins, John Talabot, Maya Janes Coles & more

Samhain Festival is back on Bank holiday Sunday October 26th this year in its new…

Music Tech Fest hits London next week

Music Tech Fest hits London next weekend Friday 5th to Sunday 7th of September at…

The Gloaming are playing National Concert Hall, two more gigs added

Two more gigs have been added for March 1st and 2nd. A rare Dublin gig…