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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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Krystal Klear – ‘Dance 7FS’

After his absolute whopper of a first tune ‘Squad’ on his own label, Cold Tonic,…

Kelis and The Strypes complete the Sea Sessions lineup

Sea Sessions Festival in Bundoran, Donegal on 27th-29th June 2014 completed its lineup with two…

Step to the Darkside

Nicolas Jaar is only 24 years of age but has cultivated a reputation for sonic…

Darling – ‘Sail Away’ (video premiere)

Dublin duo Darling, arrived on the scene with ‘Echoes’, an impressive debut single that uncorrigibly…

Ratking featuring King Krule – ‘So Sick Stories’

Didn’t get a chance to play this until today but it was worth the wait.…

Juce – ‘Call You Out’

The London girl trio Juce are getting their swag on by looking like TLC back…

The Bedroom – ‘Disconnect’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njI6KC99G0c Olan Stephens’ has returned to his new bedroom project, called, ahem, The Bedroom, to…

Julianna Barwick will join Kronos Quartet in Cork Opera House in May

Cork Opera House are hosting a 40th anniversary gig from the Kronos Quartet for their…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // March 25th – 31st

If you’re looking for tickets to sold out Dublin gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter. Skip…

SXSW 2014: The 15 best bands I saw

If you weren’t already aware of the significance of South By SouthWest (SXSW), the shorthand…

Kate Bush is now playing 22 live shows in London this summer, her first since 1979

Notorious for her lack of live performances she may be but Kate Bush is about…

Lewis – An unknown ’80s singer gets a new lease of life

Here’s what sounds like a gem of an album called L’Amour from 1983 which was…

Dum Dum Girls and Crocodiles for Dublin show

Off the back off her new throwback noise rock band’s new Sub Pop album Only…

Intro: Sylvan Esso – Mountain Man girl & Megafaun guy’s new project

Mountain Man were a young trio of Appalachian folk singers who released their debut album…

Premiere: Fight Like Apes – ‘Crouching Bees’

Having re-introduced themselves with ‘Carousel’ and a Fundit campaign that marked the band’s new independent…

Science Gallery’s FAIL BIG event this Friday to feature Heathers and Daithí

The Science Gallery’s current exhibition explores failure through some choice artifacts from a pair of…

Jurassic 5 add another Dublin date

The LA old-school rap group Jurassic 5 featuring Cut Chemist, Nu-Mark, Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir…

Floating Points – ‘King Bromeliad’

Sam Sheperd aka Floating Points returns with a new 12″ soon and from it, ‘King…

Watch Sleep Thieves’ artwork GIF-style video for ‘City Of Hearts’

The video for Sleep Thieves’ dark-edged Austra-esque electro single ‘City Of Hearts’ , directed by…

Indiependence 2014: Public Enemy, White Lies, Chloe Howl, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Horse Meat Disco…

Indiependence revealed their debut lineup for the August Bank Holiday weekend 1st to 3rd in…