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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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Lasertom – ‘Maelstrom’

Simon Cullen’s solo space-disco project LaserTom is building up to the release of a debut…

Premiere: Sorcha Richardson – Last Train EP

Sorcha Richardson gave us a listen to the title track from Last Train, “a typically…

James Vincent McMorrow announces new album Post Tropical plus tour dates

January 10th will see the followup to James Vincent McMorrow’s Early In The Morning debut…

Playlist: The best new music of the week

New songs you should hear this week… This week’s instalment of new music in the…

Premiere: Benny Smiles – ‘Somehow Yours Do’ (featuring Sorca Lou of Ships)

Ross Fortune aka Benny Smiles is back with a considerable wallop of ’80s synth and…

New music: Wilkinson, Lorde, Bouts & Joel Compass

Every Friday, I’ll publish my new tracks and artist picks of the week as featured…

Listen to two volumes of Other Voices Series 10 live recordings

The music TV show, Other Voices had a whirlwind of activity in the last year:…

Policy – Postscript EP

100% Silk pitches itself as a label of “diamond-life dance, bliss-disco and basement luxury grooves.”…

Sébastien Tellier – ‘L’amour Naissant’

Mr Sébastien Tellier is back to his Serge Gainsbourg best with this elegant new single…

The #1s – ‘Sharon Shouldn’t’

The #1s set up shop in an old-school newsagents in Ranelagh and play their new…

Hozier’s ‘Take Me To Church’ (video)

‘Take Me To Church’ is the most complete song from Hozier’s nascent career, a soulful…

Listening Post: Solar Bears on their favourite tracks

Back in April, Solar Bears released their superb second album Supermigration. Since then, Rian Trench…

Intro: tvvins – The Cast Of Cheers’ Conor Adams & Adebisi Shank’s Lar Kaye

As members of prolific Irish bands in the last few years, The Cast Of Cheers…

Sleep Thieves – ‘Sparks’

Last May, Dublin trio Sleep Thieves stepped up a gear with a collection of hypnotic…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // September 24th – 30th

The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events this week. Highlights: Minimum Maximum @…

Bodytonic expands The Beatyard, will feature Raekwon, Efterklang, Chelsea Wolfe, Waxahatchee, Blawan & more

The Beatyard is back next month and this time, Bodytonic are really pushing their festival…

3epkano – ‘My Unshaped Form’

3epkano are the go to Irish band if you are looking for a group to…

Listen to Squarehead’s surprise new album Respect

Over the weekend, Squarehead quietly put out their second full-length album Respect on Bandcamp. After…

Album of the week: Janelle Monáe – The Electric Lady

Thematically following on from Janelle Monaé’s debut LP The Archandroid (and her EP released before…

Chic announce third Dublin date

After selling out two shows at the end of October in Dublin as part of…