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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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Album of the week: King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon

Released last Saturday on his 19th birthday, the release of Archy Marshall’s King Krule debut…

MØ feat. Diplo – ‘XXX 88’

Awesome Danish kid MØ touches down at Electric Picnic on Sunday, her second time in…

New music: Mons Montis, Roosevelt, Janelle Monáe & RAC feat. Kele & MNDR

The best new music/artist picks of the last week. As published in today’s Day &…

Electric Picnic 2013 stage times

Electric Picnic is now sold out so if you’re going, here are the main stage…

Intro: The Hics – smooth London neo-R&B six-piece

We’re in the middle of a smoothwave. The proliferation of bands and artists who delve…

Playlist: The best tracks of the week #13

New songs you should hear this week… This week’s installment of new music debuted/heard in…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // August 27th – September 2nd

The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events this week. Highlights:  Electric Picnic, Shit…

Teishi-1 – Sunshine Hexagon

Dublin producer Teishi-1 shared Sunshine Hexagon on Boy Scout Records last month. The 14-tracks were…

Chequerboard – ‘Today is Beautiful, We Have Things to Do’

John Lambert returns to his fruitful Chequerboard project with a new third album, The Unfolding…

Darkside – ‘1120’

Over the weekend, Nicolas Jaar gave away the opening track from the Darkside album, his…

Minimum Maximum @ Granby Park: Free gig with Tieranniesaur, Lethal Dialect and more

Last September, along with the huge help of Monster Truck Gallery, I ran a series…

Diamond Dagger & Meljoann – ‘What’s Your Friend’s Name’

Diamond Dagger typically hasn’t made a lot of tunes with vocals but this new track…

Halves – ‘Drumhunter’ (Guy Andrews remix)

UK producer and DJ Guy Andrews, who has recently had tracks on releases with Hemlock…

Nialler9’s Electric Picnic Mix 2013 + win tickets to the festival

As has become tradition over the years, I usually put together a mixtape of artists…

Mount Kimbie – ‘Home Recording’ [video]

Director Anthony Dickenson tackles Mount Kimbie’s Cold Spring Fault Less Youth opening track with a…

Bedlam – ‘Twist Of Fate’

There’s not much info available on London’s Bedlam other than they are a production duo…

Gigs update: London Grammar, White Denim, Shit Robot & DFA guest, Red Bull @ Electric Picnic…

New gigs announced in the last week.. London Grammar @ The Academy on December 3rd.…

Holy Ghost – ‘Okay’

Holy Ghost’s self-titled debut on DFA from 2011 is so chock full of dancing jams,…

Glasser – ‘Shape’

Glasser is one of my favourite new artists from the last few years. The avant…

Future Brown – ‘Wanna Party’

You guys. There were so many amazing tracks played on Benji B’s radio show last…