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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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Intro: Blooms – Sacred Animals and a UK singer team up

Darragh Nolan released a fine EP as Sacred Animals a few years ago but since…

Kelela – ‘The High’

Kelela’s Cut 4 Me mixtape was one of my favourites of 2013. It paired the…

San Fermin for Whelan’s show, win tickets before they go on sale

Brooklyn’s San Fermin, a band who aren’t easy to categorise but who have music that…

Nialler9 Podcast #45: I Want You

Special shoutout to the ever-brilliant Stephen Maurice Graham for his illustration. This one, he says, is…

Download: CON VOS – Cocoon Bloom EP

Irish folk singer Sorcha Richardson and New Jersey duo Fortunate Ones have showed us the…

Frank B – ‘Phosphenes’

This new Frank B track goes hard. It’s taken from a cassette/download compilation called WHEREIIDANCE…

Nialler9’s 30 best tracks of January

The 30 tracks: Girl Band – ‘Lawman’ Krystal Klear – ‘Squad‘ Warpaint – ‘Hi’ James…

Angel Olsen – ‘Hi-Five’ (video)

The vintage rock sound that Angel Olsen seems to be pursuing on her new album…

Chromeo feat. Toro y Moi – ‘Come Alive’ (video)

A monage to Mannequin: On The Move . Directed by Alex Southam. The song is…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // February 4th – 10th

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

We Are Shining’s knife-throwing video will make you lose your shit

We Are Shining are a UK production pair, Morgan Zarate and Acyde, whose music thus…

The top 10 tracks of the week

1. Tvvins – ‘You Better’ Tvvin’s first proper single continues the vocodered-rock they introduced us…

Win tickets to see Poliça, The Gloaming & more @ Other Voices Derry

Next weekend, Other Voices moves to Derry for the second time to shoot the second…

Fatima – ‘La Neta’ (video)

Gorgeous jazz-soul track from Fatima’s recent release produced by Flako. Out now on Eglo Records.…

St. Vincent – ‘Digital Witness’ (video)

Not only does Annie Clark know how to do a rainbow kick on the pitch,…

Neneh Cherry to play Dublin show in February

Neneh Cherry will play a rare Irish show next month with Rocketnumber9 in Twisted Pepper…

New artist of the week: Arthur Beatrice

As published today in the Irish Independent’s Day & Night Magazine. Pick it up to…

Kinds – ‘Breathe’

Karen Warner and Mark Morrish are a musical duo from Cornwall called Kinds whose debut…

James Wolf – ‘Heart & Soul’

It’s been a while since we heard from James O’Neill but he’s back simply as…

Watch Tvvins’ deliciously-digital video for ‘You Better’

Tvvins‘ posted a stream of ‘You Better’, their new single this week and here we…