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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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Album of the week: I Am The Cosmos – Monochrome

The appearance of not only a debut album stream from I Am The Cosmos last…

Watch Katharine Philippa perform a Bandwidth session in a Belfast church

Our auld Belfast pal Will McConnell’s Bandwidth Sessions shot this video of who he describes…

MMOTHS – ‘All These Things’ (feat. Holly Miranda)

Jack Colleran has stepped up his game in the last six months with a live…

GOODTIME – ‘The Colours of Darkness’ (Somadrone Remix)

Goodtime’s remix series has already brought much to fruition so what harm is another quality…

Watch Liza Flume perform live in a Skerries bookshop

The Aussie-born Dublin-based folk singer’s single ‘What We Called Love’ is a resilient and resolved…

Album stream roundup: Local Natives, Nosaj Thing,Frightened Rabbit, Darkstar, Unknown Mortal Orchestra & more

Lots of albums being released at the moment so it’s hard to keep up. Here’s…

Mano Le Tough – ‘Please’

As posted recently, Irish producer Mano Le Tough has been building up steam with great…

Intro: soulful minimal pop from Nottingham’s Indiana

‘Bound’ is some moody and minimal soulful percussive pop from a Nottingham singer Indiana. Her…

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down feat. Joanna Newsom – ‘Kindness Be Conceived’

The new album from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, We The Common is…

Clu – ‘Moonrunner’ feat. Gemma Dunlovely (video)

Clu’s languid electronic R&B track ‘Moonrunner’ with Gemma Dunlovely on vocals gets a “The Chart…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // January 29th – February 4th

Highlights:  Tropics, Maria Minerva, Quompilation #3 launch, RL Grime, Wolf+Lamb,  Daniel Figgis @ City Hall, Laser…

Angel Olsen tours Ireland in May

For those who like their folk music, expressive and a little off-kilter, Chicago’s Angel Olsen…

Listen to Space Dimension Controller’s ’80s electro jam ‘You Can’t Have My Love’

Check out this ridiculous ’80s electro jam from Belfast’s Jack Hamill aka Space Dimension Controller…

Grizzly Bear – ‘Gun-Shy’ (video)

The creepy jerky video by Kris Moyes for the relatively serene ‘Gun-Shy’ from last year’s…

Daughter – ‘Still’ (video)

Daughter played their debut Irish gig on Saturday night. Almost a year ago, the Daughter…

The full list of Irish bands @ SXSW 2013 // Spotify playlist

Music From Ireland has announced the 17 Irish bands are heading to SXSW in Austin,…

Bonobo – ‘Cirrus’

Bonobo’s last album 2010’s Black Sands had much to recommend on its tracklisting and ‘Cirrus’…

Listen to Quompilation #3: Irish bands cover their favourite songs of 2012

For the last two years, January has been brightened up by the appearance of Quompilation,…

Watch Lethal Dialect’s impressive live performance from Community Of Independents Button Factory gig

Lethal Dialect shows you how Irish hip-hop can be done over a J Dilla Beat…

The Knife – ‘Full Of Fire’ (video)

Update: A video/short film for the track by Marit Østberg is now up. Also, Shaking…