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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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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…

Hozier – ‘From Eden’

I have to admit, I thought Andrew Hozier-Byrne would wait a while longer before releasing…

The Redneck Manifesto play their only Irish gig this year at a benefit show

The Redneck Manifesto are lined up to play a fundraiser for Sara Walsh Delaney, who…

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…