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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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SOAK – ‘Blud’

By now, readers of this site or any other site will have a rudimentary knowledge…

FKA Twigs – ‘Hide’ (filmed live in Mayan Ruins)

FKA Twigs plays ‘Hide’, a first EP highlight in Mayan ruins, directed by Yours Truly…

ScHoolboy Q for Dublin gig

ScHoolboy Q is coming to Ireland for a gig in Vicar Street on Tuesday May…

Banks – ‘Brain’

I’ve fallen utterly in love with Banks‘ music in the last few months. For such…

Irish Steph – ‘Breathe’

Irish Steph is the name of a half Irish/ half French producer who is a…

The Mighty Stef – ‘Nightwatchman of the Iveagh Flats’ (video)

The Mighty Stef’s recent Iveagh Flats EP was a fine snapshot of a band at…

Primavera Sound announces rock-heavy lineup with Arcade Fire, QOTSA, NiN, The National, Kendrick Lamar and more

Primavera Sound Barcelona’s lineup for May 29th to 31st this year is out and at…

Your new favourite old band: Sparks

Pádraic E. Moore is a writer, curator and believer. Here, he delves into the self-created…

Elaine Mai – ‘EDC’

Elaine Mai started out as a singer-songwriter who used loop pedals to achieve a desired…

Replete – ‘Hold Me’

It sounds like Pete Lawlor aka Cork-based producer Replete has been working hard at his…

Phase One Electronic Music Festival announces first lineup for 2014

Phase One Electronic Music & Arts Festival had a successful first year last year and…

Tensnake – ‘Love Sublime’ ft. Nile Rodgers & Fiora

Fittingly for a song featuring Nile Rodgers, Tensnake’s new single ‘Love Sublime’ has an old…

ATMA – Kool Thing’s Jon Dark lets out the heartache

“The heart was made to be broken,” said Oscar Wilde and it sounds like Kool…

MØ – ‘Don’t Wanna Dance’ (video)

‘Don’t Wanna Dance’ is Danish singer MØ’s latest single, from her forthcoming album No Mythologies…

Todd Terje to play live set at Hidden Agenda in May, debut album announced

Well this will be something. Todd Terje is no stranger to these shores as a…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // January 28th – February 3rd

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

Arctic Monkeys for Marlay Park show

This summer, Arctic Monkeys will be playing an outdoor show at Marlay Park off the…

Tvvins – ‘You Better’

Tvvins, the side project of Conor Adams (The Cast Of Cheers) and Lar Kaye (Adebisi…

The top 10 tracks of the week

10 songs you should hear right now with a playlist below… 1. Andrew Ashong –…

Farley Jackmaster Funk is coming to Dublin

Farley Jackmaster Funk, the Chicago house man behind ‘Love Can’t Turn Around’, a track bursting…