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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: Lion Babe, Jagwar Ma, Azekel & Blue Hawaii

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

Sunless ’97 want to walk you home with ‘Aurora I’

Last May, London trio Sunless ’97 got my attention through a swirling synths and sax…

Intro: London dream indie-poppers Elephant

The dimly-lit atmospherics touchstones of Beach House are all over this track by London duo…

Damien Dempsey & Lethal Dialect are Cardboard Gangsters

Cardboard Gangsters is a film in the works about drug dealers in Darndale, Dublin. Damien…

Chvrches impress once again with ‘Recover’

The combination of harsh digital wavy synthesizers and drum machines with Lauren’s Mayberry’s sweet pitch…

Chelsea Wolfe – ‘Flatlands’ (video)

LA and Sargent House artist Chelsea Wolfe eschews a regular music video idea for some…

Prince – ‘Breakfast Can Wait’

The new Prince song is what they call in the soul industry as a baby…

Gramme – ‘Too High’ (video)

From Gramme’s most excellent album of lo-fi disco tracks Fascination, here’s the video for ‘Too…

Listen to Eomac’s bass-heavy new EP Angel

Ian McDonnell aka Eomac is prolific enough electronic producer at the best of times posting…

Love Jones – a J Dilla-themed gig for Valentine’s night

“We must be in loooooooove…” Fancy getting all soppy over some J Dilla beats this…

Wild Belle play Dublin in March

Chicago brother and sister  Elliot and Natalie Bergman Wild Belle have made small waves in…

Cadence Weapon – ‘Hype Man’ (video)

Cadence Weapon’s Hope In Dirt City slipped through the listening cracks last year a bit…

Watch Lisa Hannigan perform ‘O Sleep’ at The Fumbally Café

Lisa Hannigan played an intimate gig in one of the best new cafés in Dublin…

Sampha & Koreless are Short Stories

The dulcet tones of SBTRKT collaborator Sampha and the post-dubstep bleeps of Glasgow’s Koreless team…

The Nialler9 Dublin Gig Guide // February 5th – February 11th

Highlights:  Ryan Hemsworth, Conor Oberst,  Dan Deacon, Cooly G, Lil Silva,  Local Natives, Sencity,  John…

Buy the song from the Just Saying short film by Gareth Averill

It wasn’t just the message and cinematography that impressed in Dave Tynan’s ‘Just Saying’ short…

Hundred Waters – ‘Boreal’ (video)

The serenity of nature meets bloody, terrifying monsters. That the monster in the Hundred Waters…

Nialler9 Radio additions & win a Deezer Premium + subscription

The the Nialler9 Deezer Radio channel has been going strong since it was launched a…

Vondelpark – ‘California Analog Dream’

On first listen, ‘California Analog Daydream’ from Vondelpark’s upcoming Seabed album is a surprise for…

A$AP Rocky, 2manyDJs and The Vaccines for Heineken Live Project

Heineken Live Project is back for 2013 with three gigs taking place around Ireland in…