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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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FKA Twigs & inc. have collaborated as FKA x inc.

FKA Twigs and inc., two recent new artist favourites around here have collaborated on a…

Intro: LIZ – Mad Decent’s R&B club pop artist

I haven’t been keeping too close of attention on Mad Decent’s output of late but…

The Horrors – ‘I See You’

As The Horrors progress in their career, they appear to dig deeper into older music,…

Haim – ‘If I Could Change Your Mind’ (video)

They’re back in a week to play a sold-out Olympia Theatre and indeed, there’s a…

Replete – ‘Green Fields’

Pete Lawlor aka Cork-based producer Replete has a new EP, Hold Me out on Champion…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // February 25th – March 3rd

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

Katy Perry – ‘Dark Horse’ (Cinderghost Remix)

Katy Perry’s new single ‘Dark Horse’ angles for more street cred than her normal tunes…

The Minutes – ‘Cherry Bomb’

The Minutes have had a deserving good few years touring Europe, Russia and the US…

More grants bother as Arts Council department head’s mother awarded grant funds

UPDATE: The Arts Council is reviewing “conflict of interest procedures” in light of last week’s…

Youbloom Festival returns to Dublin this summer & features Alan McGee

It started as a song contest in 2010 and came to Dublin for a weekend…

We Cut Corners – ‘Best Friend’ (video)

We Cut Corners’ new brooding and belligerent single from their album Think Nothing (due 25th…

Watch Synth Eastwood’s crowd-sourced video from New Year’s Thieves

At the recent Nialler9/Happenings VisitDublin event New Year’s Thieves, Synth Eastwood cajoled some of the…

The top 10 tracks of the week

Tracks of the Week playlist Soundcloud link. 1. Hundred Waters – ‘Down From The Rafters’…

New Jackson – ‘Jam On Summer’

David Kitt aka New Jackson has a new EP on Permanent Vacation out today on…

New artist of the week: Glass Animals

When you hear that a band are from Oxford, it’s likely that you’ll think of…

IFI’s Rock’n’Roll season features Kathleen Hanna, Willis Earl Beal, Rolling Stones and Elvis

The closing programme of the triumvirate of the Irish Film Institute’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Season, Rock&Roll, has…

Deadbots – ‘UFRST’

Deadbots are a Dublin-based dance duo Nina Knezevik and Paul Kelly that are probably more…

Bodytonic announce The Beatyard events for May

The biannual Beatyard festival chartered by Bodytonic is back for its 8th edition from April…

Jungle – ‘Busy Earnin’

London act Jungle impressed late last year with a few tracks of soulful electronic pop…

Tvvins – ‘You Better’ (Daithí remix)

Daithí has become as prolific a remixer as he has an original artist recently, with…