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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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New artist of the week: Salt Ashes

There’s quite a lot R&B influenced electronic production around at the moment so much so…

Album of the week: Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness

When you have a voice so striking you could hang a hat on it, it’s…

Win tickets to Meteor Choice Music Prize 2014 live event

The Meteor Choice Music Prize takes place on February 27th and the night will see…

Blooms – ‘If I’

Last week, I introduced Blooms, the project of a singer without a name and producer…

Listen to me on Breakthru Radio’s Biology of The Blog

A break from the regular programming to talk about me for a second… THANKS. A…

Watch St. Vincent perform three songs live at New York Fashion week

St. Vincent’s self-titled third album comes out on Friday February 21st and she’s performed three…

Barn Dance announces Jamie Jones & more for their Good Friday festival lineup

Barn Dance VII is happening on Good Friday, April 18th, and for the last six…

Gig news: Longitude, Flight Facilities, Chet Faker, Royal Blood, Cowtown, Ennio Morricone, Lanterns On The Lake…

Hidden Agenda have announced two Aussie acts: Chet Faker (Sunday April 20th, 7:30pm) and Flight…

SOAK – ‘Blud’ (video)

As if SOAK wasn’t cute enough, the video for her debut single ‘Blud’ on Chvrches’…

Watch Halves play ‘Drumhunter’ live for a Trout Records session

Halves are the latest band to perform for the Trout Records series. Listen to their…

Ben Bix & Feather – ‘Pit’

Ben Bix is a multi-instrumentalist and producer who is also in the band Meltybrains? I’ve…

Listen to Loud Mouth Compilation Volume 6

The Loud Mouth Collective’s regular Bandcamp compilations are less definitive compilations than snapshots of where…

We Cut Corners – ‘Best Friend’

We Cut Corners second album Think Nothing is forthcoming. We’ve heard ‘Every Thief’ (now down)…

Watch the Michel Gondry-directed video for Metronomy’s ‘Love Letters’

Always good to see Gondry direct a music video and this one has his trademark…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // February 11th – 17th

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

Watch Elaine Mai’s cute relationship-centric video for ‘EDC’

Elaine Mai’s ‘EDC’ is a sweet aural dedication to a partner so it makes sense…

Faws – Free Samples EP

One of the most characteristically unique electronic producers to emerge from Dublin’s burgeoning scene in…

Watch Jimmy Fallon and The Muppets do ‘The Weight’ on his last Late Night show

Jimmy Fallon did his last Late Night on Friday before taking over Jay Leno’s slot…

Villagers – ‘Occupy Your Mind’

As the Winter Olympics begins, the Russian government’s campaign to silence their unequal gay citizens…

New Jackson – ‘Satisfaction’

David Kitt had a good year last year with his New Jackson project, releasing one…