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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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The Derevolutions – ‘Now You Know My Name’

A sweet whistle-hook bright indie jam from the Boston band The Derevolutions. The band are…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // April 8th – 14th

Photo by James Goulden. Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat…

TĀLĀ – ‘The Duchess’

TĀLĀ is a fresh musician from London of Iranian descent who is putting the feelers…

Ryan Vail – ‘Grow’

Derry producer Ryan Vail hasn’t had a new track in over a year and he’s…

Jack White to play Royal Hospital Kilmainham in June

After having just announced his return with a new album Lazaretto out on June 6th…

Codes return with ‘Astraea’, a new album and a new sound

The last we heard of Codes, they were on the receiving end of a nomination…

Intro: Annie Eve – A post-Daughter English singer-songwriter

Take a dash of Daughter, a smidgen of Soak, a lil pinch of Laura Marling…

Watch two Warpaint videos at once ‘Disco//Very’ & ‘Keep It Healthy’

Warpaint have a bit of fun in this video for two album tracks – ‘Disco//Very’…

Watch Glass Animals cover Kanye’s ‘Love Lockdown’

More from Glass Animals who release their new Gooey EP is out now. Hear it…

Love System: A night for Marriage Equality in The Academy with Le Galaxie & friends

As the band work towards finishing their new album for release later in the year,…

Kanye West & Pharrell are playing Marlay Park together

It was suggested last week on Twitter that Kanye West would be playing one of…

The top 10 tracks of the week

OK it’s been a few weeks due to me being away so there’s some songs…

I Have A Tribe – ‘Yellow Raincoats’

As a member of other bands prior including Slow Skies, Patrick O’Laoghaire struck us with…

Contour – ‘Syncopated Garden’ (video)

Late last year, I intro’d Contour, the vocal-lead electronic project from Conan Wynne, and primarily,…

Heathers – ‘Waiter’ (Elaine Mai Remix)

Elaine Mai is back with another remix, this time for ‘Waiter’, an album highlight from…

Album of the week: Todd Terje – It’s Album Time

You could argue that we don’t even need a Todd Terje album. The Norwegian cosmic…

TXFM show // Playlist 001

I broadcast my first show on new Dublin station 1052 TXFM last night and had…

Listen to SOAK cover Chvrches’ ‘The Mother We Share’

Here’s a really lovely acoustic cover of Chvrches’ ‘The Mother We Share’ from SOAK in…

Glastonbury lineup: Arcade Fire, Dolly Parton, Jack White, Robert Plant, Massive Attack…

Glastonbury announced its first lineup today and as well as they marquee headliners above it’s…

New city festival MusicTown to celebrate music made and played in Dublin

Dublin City Council today announced details of a city-wide festival “celebrating the eclectic and all…