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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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Wild Belle – ‘It’s Too Late’ (Employee Of The Year Remix)

This remix from French duo Employee Of The Year does a fantastic job of reimagining…

Photos from The O2, Dublin: Keep Calm and Listen to Two Door Cinema Club

From Paulo Nuno’s photos from the Two Door Cinema Club gig on Saturday in The…

Nialler9 Podcast #42: Katy B, Flume, Sinkane, Frank B, Jessica Pratt & more

We promise a podcast every month in 2013. It’s our new blog resolution. Here’s the…

Friday playlist: Weekend Kickstarter

Hey it’s miserable outside (what’s new?) so you need some extra motivation for your weekend…

Album of the week: Toro Y Moi – Anything In Return

On his previous two albums Chaz Bundick’s music was at its best when his melodic…

New music: Rochelle Jordan, Suvi, Wildlings & Outkast/Frank Ocean

Every Friday, four new music picks culled from the music blog hive mind are published…

Ifan Dafydd – ‘Celwydd’

Ifan Dafydd, the Welshman who was formerly James Blake roommate continues his post-dubstep explorations synth…

Farewell J.R. – ‘Night Wolves’

Farewell J.R.’s musical headquarters is in Cambridge, England care of Nick Rayner but it has…

Listen to the debut EP from Elliphant

Stockholm’s Ellinor Olovsdotter’s music burst out of the speakers with the a celebatory pop verve…

DIANA – ‘Born Again’

While I introduced this DIANA track 6 months ago in my Indo page, you may…

Katie Kim – ‘Pause’ (live video by Myles O’Reilly)

A beautiful rendition of ‘Pause’ from Katie Kim’s Cover & Flood album as captured by…

Flume – ‘Left Alone’ feat. Chet Faker (video)

New video for Aussie producer Flume who plays Button Factory for the Movements launch party…

Tropics to play Twisted Pepper, Dublin on February 1st

Chris Ward aka Tropics trades in lush electronic landscapes, the peak of which was the…

Hear the latest Shangaan Electro release on Dan Snaith’s label

Shangaan Electro is a style of music I came across when I visited South Africa…

Listen: Dutch Uncles – Out Of Touch In The Wild

Dutch Uncle’s third album Out Of Touch In The Wild is the sound of a…

Listen/Download: a surprise collection of Four Tet songs (1997 – 2001)

After last week’s Grimes re-edit, Four Tet suddenly dropped a collection of unreleased material from…

Moullinex – ‘Take My Pain Away’

I’ve been meaning to do something with this Moullinex tune for a while. I had…

DJ iZem – ‘Rocksteady’ feat. Madu

Jérémie Moussaïd Kerouanton aka iZem recently moved to Lisbon after a long period of living in…

Sounds Of System Breakdown – ‘Mayfly’

I’ve heard a few bits and pieces from Sounds Of System Breakdown’s forthcoming album Nomad,…

Announcing: Nialler9 Radio on Deezer

Today, I’m launching my own radio station. Well, kinda. Nialler9 Radio is a Deezer-powered radio…