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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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Watch an ’80s Ireland breakdance megamix video

Paul Cheevers put together a collection of old RTE clips showing some of the body-popping,…

Metronomy – ‘I’m Aquarius’

Metronomy return with a dapper new single ‘I’m Aquarius’ this week and a first listen…

Win tickets to Heineken Live Project’s Disclosure gig in the Olympia on Friday

Disclosure are doing two Heineken Live Project gigs in Galway Thursday and Dublin Friday this…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide in association with Jameson

Good evening Dublin and that’s an order! The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and…

Intro: Winter Aid – Irish music blogger releases debut EP

It is eight years to the day since I first wrote about music on Nialler9,…

Chromeo’s Boiler Room set is lots and lots of fun

Chromeo dropped into Boiler Room’s New York wing for a fun hour set of electro…

Joe Goddard – ‘Taking Over’ (video)

Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard has been releasing some killer music these past few months from…

The top 10 tracks of the week

10 songs you should hear right now…

Album of the week: Lisa O’Neill – Same Cloth Or Not

Listen to songs from Lisa O’Neill’s 2009 debut long player Has an Album and you…

Problems in the awarding of Music Network’s Recording Scheme

Update 2: Music Network have issued a statement in response to below. Update: Please read…

MØ announced for The Academy in March

Fresh from her AlunaGeorge support, awesome Danish pop singer MØ has announced a gig for…

Bleeding Heart Pigeons – ‘Visiting Myself In Hospital’

About this time last year, I wrote about Bleeding Heart Pigeons, three Limerick teens making music…

Katharine Philippa – Broken to be Rebuilt EP

Katharine Philippa is one of the most interesting new artists to appear from Northern Ireland…

Watch the short film about The Mighty Stef – No Days Off

John Mulvaney put together this short film about The Mighty Stef and a musician’s love…

Knoxville Morning – ‘Lighthouse Song’ (video)

Ciaran Dwyer (a good friend of mine as written about before) is the main man…

Nialler9 wins Best Music Site in Web Awards

I’ve already shared this on Twitter and Facebook but for posterity, Nialler9 won Best Music…

Hunk – ‘Precipice’

Hunk are Niamh Hegarty, Sundara O’Higgins, a rock band who released their debut fuzzy lo-fi…

Nialler9’s 30 best tracks of October

The 30 tracks that made the month of music awesome in a Soundcloud playlist with…

Listen to the Best Of Champion Sound 2013 label compilation

The Belfast label Champion Sound has only been around a year but in that short…

Snoop Dogg & Dam-Funk – ‘Faden Away’ (video)

Snoop Dogg (calling himself Snoopzilla) & Dam-Funk have teamed up as 7 Days Of Funk…