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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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Watch Princess cross-dressing in their video for ‘Neverlook’

Dublin band Princess have a new video for their reverb-drenched ’80s noise-rock single ‘Neverlook’ which…

Chrystyne – ‘Illusion’

‘Time Is An Arrow’ was the first public collaboration between Diamond Dagger and Goodtime (John)…

Dorian Concept – ‘Draft Culture’

Dorian Concept’s second album Joined Ends is coming in September on Ninja Tune and the…

HAWK – ‘Antidote’ / ‘Hush’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwiPS0P5eE Back in February, I wrote about HAWK, a new band formed around Galway’s Julie…

Casa Bacardi announce Electric Picnic lineup including Nancy Whang, Ejeca, The 2 Bears & Greg Wilson

The lineup for Casa Bacardi at Electric Picnic has been announced today. Nancy Whang (Sunday),…

alt-j – ‘Left Hand Free’

Anyone who thought ‘Hunger Of The Pine’ was an indication that alt-j were turning into…

Camden Crawl goes into liquidation

Camden Crawl took place once more in London a few weeks ago for the 19th…

Listen to I Heart The Monster Hero’s debut album Rhythm & Pals

I Heart The Monster Hero have been playing around Dublin for the last three years,…

Summer Rising: details of the IMMA Festival

Summer Rising is the name given to IMMA’s Festival taking place from Friday 18 to…

Listen to last night’s Nialler9 TXFM show

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

Listening Post: Bobby Tank picks his favourite tracks

London producer Bobby Tank emerged from his bubble with two new tracks ‘Undone’ and ‘Learn…

Gig update: White Collar Boy’s Merrion Square party, Slow Magic, Ham Sandwich, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro & Mitchelstown Caves

White Collar Boy are hosting a party in Merrion Square to celebrate Vestibule a series…

Death Grips have split

Well, things that burn brightly often burn out quickly. Death Grips have posted a message…

Adebisi Shank – ‘Voodoo Vision’

After the pulverising polychromatic force that was ‘Big Unit’, Adebisi Shank have dropped another track…

Color//Sound – ‘To The Countryside’ (Holmes Price Remix)

London-based producer, DJ and remixer Holmes Price has transformed Dublin band Color//Sound’s single ‘To The…

Augustus and John – a new Galway-based duo

Mike Smalle of Cane141 and B-Movie Lightning is back with a new collaborative project with…

Guinness Amplify puts €1 million into supporting emerging Irish music

Today, Guinness launched Guinness Amplify, a new programme which aims to support new and upcoming…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // July 1 – 7

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

Download: Blooms – If EP

Louise Cunnane and Darragh Nolan’s music partnership as Bloom has given us three great tracks…

The 30 best tracks of June

The chart: Caribou – ‘Can’t Do Without You’ Alt-J – ‘Hunger Of The Pine’ FKA…