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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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Glastonbury Festival’s Emerging Talent Competition is taking entries this from Monday for a week

Glasto is on the bucket list of every band going and each year but while…

Skin On Skin at Index. by Karl Magee.
Index club is moving venue to The Academy

The popular dance brand has moved from the Southside back to the Northside. The Irish…

Bjork
Björk’s Cornucopia live show to broadcast on Apple Music this week along with first video interview in a decade

Björk’s Cornucopia live film is to be broadcast this Friday Björk’s Cornucopia is broadcast at…

Nine Inch Nails announce World Tour starting in Dublin at the 3Arena

The Peel It Back Tour has been on rumoured to be announced but the news…

Lil Skag – ‘Flames Joyce’

Beloved of his fellow rappers and ourselves, Lil Skag is back with a new banger.…

Ria Rua feels the fear and does it anyway on ‘I Love That For You’

Irish alt-pop musician Ria Rua has returned with an excellent new song. In her songs…

Self Esteem has a new album A Complicated Woman, hear ‘Focus Is Power’

Rebecca Lucy Taylor has announced the followup to 2021’s Prioritise Pleasure. A Complicated Woman is…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin city this week

Gig Guide Highlights: Tradfest, Spooklet, The Redneck Manifesto, The Next Big Thing Festival, Lisa O’Neill, Sam Amidon, Cupcakke, Cian O’Cíobháin’s Disco Dána, Mobb Deep, Soul Mass Transit System, Varo, Landless, Marion Hawkes, Club Loosen.

Dekmantel announces first acts for 2025 festival

The Amsterdam electronic festival has announced its first lineup for its 11th year. Dekmantel takes…

Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago is this month’s album listening party

The hosts of the Nialler9 Podcast (Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary) in conjunction with The Big Romance…

Bright Eyes for National Stadium Dublin show

Conor Oberst’s Bright Eyes project has been announced for a Dublin date this summer. Bright…

Dublin folk duo Varo announce collab album featuring Lankum, John Francis Flynn, Anna Mieke, Junior Brother, Lemoncello and more

The Dublin duo of Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi have a new album out…

The 5 best songs of the week

Featuring Japanese Breakfast, The Weather Station, Richard Dawson, Hotwax, Sharon Van Etten.

RTÉ Folk Awards 2025 nominees announced

The Radio 1 Folk Awards 2025 nominations have been announced. Ahead of the live event…

Ruth Negga
Ruth Negga, Quantic, Lisa Hannigan, Denise Chaila and more for Limerick All We Have Are Days Festival

All we Have are Days  is a new festival weekender in Limerick city from January…

Villagers to play Darling Arithmetic 10th anniversary show at The Helix

The gig takes place on Thursday May 29th at The Helix in Dublin, presented by…

Lisa O’Neill enlists Pete Doherty for new single to highlight the plight of Dublin’s homeless

“Is it cause my landlord can’t even look at me? / So high up on the…

Queens of the Stone Age for Dublin show at IMMA next summer

Amyl and the Sniffers and So Good are on support. Following their recent 3Arena show,…

David Kitt, New Jackson in a field.
Dingle one-day February festival SIAR features New Jackson, Olive Hatake, P Disconaut and more

Anyone who has been to Dingle for a cultural event knows how fun the Kerry…

The Weather Station
New releases out today: The Weather Station, Mac Miller, Delivery, Svhymns & more

Here’s a rundown of new Albums & EPs on DSPs and physical releases in record…

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