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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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Snakadaktal – ‘Ghost’

Melbourne five-piece band Snakadaktal’s debut single ‘Dance Bear’ was one of the better starry indie…

Rejjie Snow – ‘Loveleen’

After teaming up with Paris producer Andrea, and acting the albino on ‘Lost In Empathy’,…

Disclosure – Settle

I’ve been reading some reviews of Disclosure’s debut album Settle over the last week. I’ve…

MØ – ‘Waste of Time’ (video)

If you needed more compelling evidence that Danish youngster Karen Marie Ørsted aka MØ is…

Batongo – ‘Aguirre’ (Mano Le Tough remix)

Presumably you’ve not been sleeping on Mano Le Tough’s Permanent Vacation debut album and recent…

EL-P and Killer Mike as Run The Jewels – ’36” Chain’

Adult Swim Singles Club is back and over the next 15 weeks, they’ve got the…

Sorcha Richardson – ‘Last Train’

New York-based Irish musician Sorcha Richardson is back on home soil this week to launch…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // June 11th – 17th

The 7-day gig guide to Dublin music and events this week. Highlights:  Chromatics/Glass Candy, Metro…

Free download: Italians Do It Better – After Dark 2 compilation

It’s kind of bizarre than Johnny Jewel would choose to give away After Dark 2,…

Intro: My Dance Radio – new Dublin synth-pop duo

My Dance Radio are a new band based in Dublin featuring the talents of Colm…

Pedestrian – ‘Hoyle Road’ (video)

A tune this good deserves another post, if only so that others who missed it…

Feel Good Lost’s 2nd Birthday with Slow Magic, Giraffage, Slow Skies in Cork this Thursday

Ig you’re in Cork this Thursday, I’ll be DJing at Feel Good Lost’s Second birthday…

Watch a documentary about songwriting featuring Villagers, Adrian Crowley & more

Patchwork Quilt is a short documentary by Luke Byrne, about the wonders and art of…

Austra – Olympia (Irish album premiere)

Listen to Austra’s second album Olympia right here courtesy of Deezer. Austra’s debut album Feel…

15 new songs you should hear this week

This weekly post features new music debuted in the last seven days or heard for…

Lightning Dust – ‘Loaded Gun’

Woah, Lightning Dust gave us the great great track ‘Diamond’ last week as a teaser…

Listen to Last Days Of 1984’s John Carpenter-esque remix of The Last Sound

Barry Murphy’s The Last Sound gave us ‘Sun Forever’ last week. Despite the title, it’s…

New music: Escort, LaserTom, Fyfe & Quadron

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

Watch Broken Social Scene & Feist perform ‘Almost Crimes’ and ‘7/4 Shoreline’ on Fallon

Oh just Broken Social Scene back together, with Feist, to play ‘Almost Crimes’ and ‘7/4…

Halves – ‘Tanager Peak’ featuring Gemma Hayes

A few weeks ago, Halves announced their second album Boa Howl with a skittering percussive…