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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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Playlist: The 25 best tracks of May

The 25 tracks that made the month of May in a Soundcloud playlist with exploratory…

Album of the week: Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

Dominic Maker and Kai Campos’ aka Mount Kimbie were very much at the vanguard of…

Croupier – ‘Power Up’

Croupier’s debut self-titled album was only released last August and the band’s melodic post-rock received…

Versechorusverse – ‘The Birds’ (video series)

Versechorusverse, aka Tony Wright has been sharing his video series with myself and Nay Harmless…

EXIT Festival: Kate Boy’s 20 Songs For The Summer playlist & win tickets

Last summer, I had an amazing time at EXIT Festival in Serbia. The four-day event…

Body & Soul announce final acts for the festival

Now that we’re into June, you’ve likely wet your whistle at one music festival and…

Colm K – Listen to Cork producer’s summer electronic jazz EP

Colm K is a producer out of Cork who has been at it a long…

Lethal Dialect – ’13 ‘Til Infinity’ (video)

One of the best Irish rappers at the moment, Paulie Allwright references Souls Of Mischief’s…

Sea Sessions Festival – Win tickets

Sea Sessions is about to host its seventh year as a music and surf festival…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // June 4th – 10th

A 7-day guide to Dublin music gigs and events this week. Highlights:  Mumblin’ Deaf Ro,…

Lone – ‘Airglow Fires’

Lone rolls in the summer vibes here on new single ‘Airglow Fires’, a woogie-boogie track…

R.S.A.G. – ‘Broken State’

Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Hickey aka Rarely Seen Above Ground, more commonly abbreviated to R.S.A.G.…

20 new songs you should hear this week

This week’s playlist features new music debuted in the last seven days or heard for…

Listen to the new synth-disco single from Lasertom – ‘Call’

When not making funky disco pop music as Ships, Simon Cullen has been delving into…

New music: Lightning Dust, Petite Noir, Moscow Metro & Wolf Alice

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

Nialler9 @ Forbidden Fruit: Vodafone #centrestage tent, opening party & DJ set details

You’ve already got your stage times, your Sunday night afterparty details and presumably, tickets. In…

Daithí – ‘Chameleon Life’ (video)

The perfect pop song needs a perfect pop video and Feel Good Lost’s one for…

Forbidden Fruit night-time Sunday gigs announced

After Forbidden Fruit finishes on Sunday night around 11pm, the party continues in town for…

Listen/Download: Orquesta – Bray EP

Orlando Fitzgerald aka Orquesta is currently in his last days of participating in the Red…

Sounds Of System Breakdown – Nomad (review)

The term “electro-rock” always makes me a bit queasy. I just imagine some misguided classic-leaning…