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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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Angel Olsen for Cork, Belfast and Dublin gigs

Last week’s album of the week Burn Your Fire For No Witness will surely be…

DOOM and Pusha T have announced Dublin gigs

Friday – It was a good day… Because it brought the news that Choice Cuts…

The top 12 tracks of the week

1. Shlohmo and Jeremih – ‘No More’ This producer / singer paired up on last…

JDIFF – The Music documentary highlights

The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival takes place in Dublin cinemas and venues from February…

Hudson Mohawke – Valentine’s Slow Jams mix Chapter 7

As with the last six years, Hudson Mohawke has DELIVERED with lots of soft synths…

Death Grips – ‘No Love’ (video)

Still the most visceral guttural band around, Death Grips just released a video for their…

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…