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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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John Grant, Ásgeir, Hozier and Agnes Obel for Other Voices Dingle

After last week’s announcement of Mogwai, David Gray and Lisa O’Neill for Other Voices Dingle…

Lethal Dialect – ‘School Dayz Are Over’

While Rejjie Snow is getting all the international attention, Lethal Dialect is at the coalface…

Tandem Felix – ‘How Strange the Weather’ (Trout Records session)

Following on from videos of Enemies and Cian Nugent, the latest Trout Records session features…

And So I Watch You From Afar Irish tour dates

And So I Watch You From Afar have a tour coming up in Ireland in…

Wampire – ‘The Hearse’ (video)

One of the records I’ve given a lot of time to this year but have…

Darkside lined up for Dublin Hidden Agenda gig & European tour

Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington’s Darkside project has been fruitful this year with their excellent…

Majical Cloudz – ‘Savage’

The questionably-named Majical Cloudz don’t have much else that’s in question. This year’s Matador-released Impersonator…

The Late David Turpin – ‘Like Bird and Beast’ feat. Cathy Davey

True to his eccentric form, David Turpin has released a free download of his track…

Ellie Goulding – ‘How Long Will I Love You’ (EMBRZ remix)

22 year-old Maynooth producer Jack Casey has only been making music publicly as EMBRZ since…

Earl Sweatshirt for Dublin gig

Remember when Earl Sweatshirt was almost a fable in modern hip-hop? He basically didn’t exist…

Intro: Go Wolf – Kitsuné-approved Belfast indie-disco pop

Having a track featured on a series which in the past has featured the likes…

Emakousma – Island (album stream)

Expressive instrumental guitar melodies, fingerplucked treated string notes, ambient waves of noise, piano chords lumbering…

Rejjie Snow – ‘Black Pancakes’

‘Black Pancakes’ is a new track from Rejjie Snow’s forthcoming mixtape coming in 2014, Dear…

St. Vincent for Dublin Olympia show

Annie Clark aka St. Vincent returns to Ireland without David Byrne in February for a…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide in association with Jameson

The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events // November 19th – 25th. If…

We Cut Corners – ‘YKK’ (video)

‘YKK’, the new single from Dublin pair We Cut Corners is out next week as…

Metronomy will play the Olympia in Dublin, win tickets before they go on sale

After last week’s revealing of ‘I’m Aquarius’, the new song from Metronomy’s forthcoming album Love…

The top 10 tracks of the week

10 songs you should hear right now…

Somadrone – The First Wave (album premiere)

Neil O’Connor’s fourth album as Somadrone feels like his most complete body of work yet.…

Music Network issue statement about Recording Scheme process

Last week, I wrote a contentious post which criticised Music Network for how it runs…