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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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Glass Animals for Whelan’s later this year

Totally missed this while I was away last week. Makers of the excellent debut album…

Caribou and Jessy Lanza for Vicar Street show

If you didn’t catch either Caribou or Jessy Lanza at this weekend’s Body & Soul,…

Nialler9’s best albums of 2014 so far…

We’ve reached the half-way point of the year while at one time making a half-year…

The top 10 tracks of the week

Tracks of the Week playlist 1. Alt-J – ‘Hunger Of The Pine’ A slow-moving weighted return…

The Juan Maclean – ‘A Place Called Space’

The Juan Maclean has steadily grown from DFA’s one-man house-electro project to a duo incorporating…

Listen to the Nialler9 TXFM show // June 26

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

Premiere: Carriages – ‘Roots’

Having impressed at Hard Working Class Heroes last year with their experimental off-filter folk and…

Insider Playlist – Iconic Hair

If you’re going to make it in pop, you better have a good hairdresser. Just…

Derry’s Wonder Villains managed to get Gianfranco Zola to appear in their video for ‘Zola’

Derry band Wonder Villains have had the song ‘Zola’ knocking about for a while. With their…

Details of Hozier’s debut album coming in September

Hozier’s debut album release details has been confirmed. The self-titled album will be out on…

A Pride In The City Music Trail is happening this Friday

First Music Contact And Waterways Ireland have teamed up for a Pride In The City…

Electric Picnic announce Trenchtown lineup

Electric Picnic is coming up at the end of August, 29th to 31st, in Stradbally…

Lethal Dialect x JackKnifeJ – ‘Headstrong’

On a skit on the forthcoming 1988 Lethal Dialect x JackKnifeJ album, during a skit…

Body & Soul 2014 in photos

Body & Soul is the most beautiful festival in Ireland. It helped that the weather…

Ménage à Trois – ‘Bobby’s Prism’

Ménage à Trois are a Manchester band who had a track remixed by Los Porcos…

Indiependence Festival 2014 day-to-day breakdown

Anyone on the fence or thinking about going to Indiependence in Mitchelstown, Cork this year…

Orlando Volcano – Nice To Meet You EP

Orlando Fitzgerald’s music as Orquesta already had a global feel to it, through tropical rhythms…

Watch the video for FKA Twigs’ ‘Two Weeks’

FKA Twigs really understands the power of visual. For her video for her LP1 track…

Snakehips – ‘Days With You’ (ft Sinead Harnett)

London production duo Snakehips have teamed up with singer Sinead Harnett, who has collaborated with…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // June 24 – 30 (in association with Jameson)

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