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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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King Krule – ‘Easy Easy’

One of my highlights of Glasto this year was King Krule’s set on the Park…

The Irish Journey @ Red Bull Music Academy (video)

I went to the Red Bull Music Academy in New York myself in May but…

Unknown featuring Gemma Dunlovely – ‘I Cry’ (video)

Belfast producer Unknown’s shuffling atmospheric downbeat garage track ‘I Cry’ with Gemma Dunlovely on vocals…

Wintercoats – ‘Halogen Moon’ (MMOTHS Remix)

Jack Colleran has been touring with his new Mmoths live band since the release of…

Listen to Forrests’ Wilder EP

Forrests‘ debut Wilder EP contains six tracks of analogue and digital electronica that wraps itself…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // July 9th – 15th

This is last week’s gig guide. Click here for this week’s. The 7-day gig guide…

Sampha – ‘Without’

From SBTRKT’s LP to his Jessie Ware collaboration to teaming up with Koreless as Short…

Watch Sounds Of System Breakdown’s Irish drag queen-featuring new music video

While it didn’t appear in my top 10 Irish albums of the year so far…

Funeral Suits – ‘We Only Attack Ourselves’ (video)

Dublin’s Funeral Suits have been doing well lately, touring Europe extensively, while growing their audience…

New music double deluxe edition: Jamie Isaac, Ellery James Roberts, John Wizards & more

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

Nialler9’s albums of 2013 so far…

I’m off on holidays for the next ten days. Here’s my parting gift, the top…

Nialler9’s 25 best tracks of June

The 25 tracks that made the month of June awesome in a Soundcloud playlist with…

Listen to Blondes’ new album Swisher

New York electronic men Blondes dropped a big surprise today: a full stream of their…

Intro: Sophie: Future pop bass music

Last week, ‘BIPP’, a track with a bouncy rubbery-bassline and a high-pitched girl singing ““I…

Charles Bradley returns to Dublin in October

Fresh from his Body & Soul appearance, Charles Bradley and & His Extraordinaires have been…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // June 25th – July 1st

The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events this week. Highlights:  The xx/Mount Kimbie…

Folk singer Alela Diane releases new album About Farewell this week

Nevada City, California native Alela Diane’s 2009 album To Be Still is one of my…

Intro: Night Trap – Crayonsmith / Terrordactyl members team up

Ciaran Smith of Crayonsmith and Jill Daly of Terrordactyl (who were an awesome precursor to…

Nightbox -‘Utopia’

Toronto-based band Nightbox who have two Irish members are currently on tour with Dragonette in…

Album stream: Come On Live Long – Everything Fall (premiere)

On Friday night, Come On Live Long played at a set at the Nialler9/Le Cool…