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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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Blood Bros Volume 3 – Get amped up like an ’80s action hero

We’ve waited two years for a sequel. Just as it looked like nothing would arrive,…

Come On Live Long – ‘Little Ones’ (video)

‘Little Ones’ is one of those “holy moly, this band could blow up” kind of…

Listen to My Bloody Valentine’s new album mbv

It finally happened. My Bloody Valentine released a followup album to their seminal album Loveless…

The 25 best tracks of the month: January

The top 25 tracks that made my month, whether they were posted here, heard live,…

Adebisi Shank – ‘Thunder’ (live session)

There’s nowt much better to top the day off than a new song from Adebisi…

Melt Yourself Down – ‘Fix My Life’

Melt Yourself Down are a London-based band featuring members of Polar Bear, Mulata Astatke Heliocentrics,…

Life Festival 2013’s lineup features Modeselektor, Boddika, Jacques Greene & more

Over the last few years, Life Festival has changed its M.O. from a psytrance-reliant festival…

Win tickets to Other Voices Derry next weekend

Next weekend, Other Voices moves from its Dingle home for the first time in its…

Jamie Lidell – ‘You Naked’

Jamie Lidell’s work as an alternative electronic funk/soul maverick has produced some amazing music in…

New music: Mausi, George Maple, I Am The Cosmos & the club anthem of the month?

Every Friday, four new music picks selected from music blogs are published as part of…

Watch Mumblin’ Deaf Ro perform in a shed

Deserved Choice Prize Nominee and sender of humorously worded newsletters, Mumblin’ Deaf Ro performs ‘Cade…

Premiere: Listen to the excellent new single from Come On Live Long

Come On Live Long’s Mender EP was impressive in its sure identity in for a…

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…