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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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Listen to the debut album from Biggles Flys Again – Remember Saturday

You can hear a lot of influential touchstones on Remember Saturday, the debut album from…

Listen/download: The Lasertom remix of Goodtime’s ‘Behind This Sun’

I’ve been banging on about Goodtime and his fruitful remix project for quite a while…

Listen to ‘Mr. Conversation’ from Memphis band Fast Planet

Last year’s Jes, the debut album from Memphis live electronic band Fast Planet set them…

Album review: Space Dimension Controller – Welcome to Mikrosektor-50

Let’s talk about concept albums for a minute. Taking an overarching concept or theme more…

Evening Songs – a night with Heathers, Ham Sandwich, Young Wonder and choral collaboration in Christ Church Cathedral

DIT and State.ie present Evening Songs, a benefit gig for Temple Street Children’s University Hospital…

Listen to ‘Childhood’s End’ from SXSW highlight & new Matador signing Majical Cloudz

Majical Cloudz were one of my main highlights from SXSW (see my top 20). Their…

Adultrock – ‘Chants’

After Annie Mac posted ‘In The Shade’ as part of her Free Music Mondays series…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // March 26th – April 1st

Highlights: Young Hearts Run Free Easter Rising,  Lapalux, Goldenplec: Coast To Coast charity gig, Wild Belle, Good…

Listen to a sampler of The Community Games – a Popical Island four-way release

Apart from being one of the best Irish-centric compilation titles I’ve heard in ages, The…

Mount Kimbie – ‘Made To Stray’

‘Made To Stray’ showcases Mount Kimbie’s deft ability to move their sound further into club…

Sigur Ros announce Dublin O2 gig; win tickets before they go on sale

Calling all #ticketfairy lovers, Sigur Ros simulatenously announced a brand new album Kveikur on XL…

Watch PVT cover Villagers’ ‘Nothing Arrived’

PVT have a new album out called Homosapien and are Ireland-bound for Camden Crawl Dublin…

Listen to MMOTHS’ gentle Alone mix – perfect for early morning / late night

Jack Colleran aka Mmoths did a mix for Oki-Ni last week that’s perfect for a…

Azealia Banks is playing Dublin this summer

Azealia Banks hasn’t been back to Dublin since that 30-minute Whelan’s set last January and…

Slow Skies – ‘On The Shore’

The reaction to this new Slow Skies track has already been great on the blogs…

Listen to George Maple’s new single of soulful electronica, ‘Fixed’

One-time Flume collaborator and also Aussie native, George Maple definitely has that Jessie Ware vibe…

Honningbarna – ‘Fuck Kunst, (Dans, Dans)’ / ‘Fuck Art (Dance, Dance)’

Only one of the best live bands I’ve seen in the last few years, Norway’s…

Airbound London: full steam ahead for Good Friday weekend

Next weekend, the annual Airbound party weekender takes place once again in London. It’s the…

The 20 best bands I saw at SXSW 2013

…and some not so good ones ones. When I’m asked why I go to Austin…

Camden Crawl Dublin announce international names including Black Lips, PVT, Stubborn Heart and more…

Camden Crawl Dublin today reveal most of their international lineup for the festival on the…