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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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New music: Valentina, East India Youth, Autre Ne Veut & Karen Gwyer

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

Watch the Solar Bears Supermigration short film / album preview

Being keen cinema aficionados, and with a new album on the way, Solar Bears have…

Listening post: Darkstar’s James Young picks some of his favourite tracks..

Darkstar’s second album News From Nowhere was released on Warp Records a couple of weeks…

Rachel Zeffira – ‘Here On In’

Moving on from her collaborative project with The Horrors’ Farris Badwan, Rachel Zeffira’s solo album…

Nialler9 Radio playlist update // win a subscription to Deezer

This week I’ve added tracks from PVT, Atoms For Peace, MillionYoung, Windings, Sunless ’97, James…

Hot Chip remix Foals’ ‘My Number’

As if Foals ‘My Number’ wasn’t sprightly enough, along come Hot Chip to deliver a…

Planningtorock – ‘MIsxgyny Drxp Dead’

Even when she’s at her most accessible, Janine Rostrom, aka Planningtorock is never far from…

Listen to the sci-fi intergalactic funk of Space Dimension Controller’s ‘Welcome to Mikrosector-50’

If ‘You Can’t Have My Love’ wasn’t ridiculous enough in its ’80s electro funk ways,…

Elliphant – ‘Live Till I Die’ (video)

A dose of euphoria from Stockholm’s Ellinor Olovsdotter / Elliphant. It’s like a lo-fi synth…

Cork’s Reid releases free download ‘Wake’

Cork producer REID has uploaded his first bit of new material since last year’s ‘Miami’.…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // February 19th – February 25th

Highlights:  Darkstar, Mazes, Ebo Taylor, Rae Morris, Get The Blessing, Dauwd, Girls Names, Slow Hands &…

The Joinery are looking for your funding

As one of the only remaining not-for-profit DIY art spaces left in the city, The…

Death Grips to play Dublin in April

A lot has happened since Death Grips cancelled last year’s show in Academy 2 in…

Rescheduled: Jamie xx playing Dublin

Update: Rescheduled to June 26th. Refunds are available if need which means some more tickets…

Watch an ode to fathers in Farewell J.R’s ‘Night Wolves’ video by Feel Good Lost

Farewell JR’s ‘Night Wolves’ is a groundswell of lush chamber pop from the Cork/Cambridge/Sydney band’s…

Listen to Diamond Dagger’s new ’80s electro EP – DD-1

Formerly named Sarsparilla, Diamond Dagger’s spent the last year or so playing live with David…

Listen to the garage house of DEVolution’s ‘My Friends’

Love this track from Southampton pair of Pete Devereux & Tom Devos aka DEVolution. It…

Watch the new Villagers video for ‘The Bell’

From recent album of the week, {Awayland}, Villagers will release ‘The Bell’ as their new…

Video: MØ – ‘Glass’

Karen Marie Ørsted, is my Scanadanivan pop choice of the moment. The video for ‘Glass’…

Album of the week: Girls Names – The New Life

If you weren’t already enthused by Belfast’s Girls Names now is the time, their second…