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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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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down feat. Joanna Newsom – ‘Kindness Be Conceived’

The new album from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, We The Common is…

Clu – ‘Moonrunner’ feat. Gemma Dunlovely (video)

Clu’s languid electronic R&B track ‘Moonrunner’ with Gemma Dunlovely on vocals gets a “The Chart…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // January 29th – February 4th

Highlights:  Tropics, Maria Minerva, Quompilation #3 launch, RL Grime, Wolf+Lamb,  Daniel Figgis @ City Hall, Laser…

Angel Olsen tours Ireland in May

For those who like their folk music, expressive and a little off-kilter, Chicago’s Angel Olsen…

Listen to Space Dimension Controller’s ’80s electro jam ‘You Can’t Have My Love’

Check out this ridiculous ’80s electro jam from Belfast’s Jack Hamill aka Space Dimension Controller…

Grizzly Bear – ‘Gun-Shy’ (video)

The creepy jerky video by Kris Moyes for the relatively serene ‘Gun-Shy’ from last year’s…

Daughter – ‘Still’ (video)

Daughter played their debut Irish gig on Saturday night. Almost a year ago, the Daughter…

The full list of Irish bands @ SXSW 2013 // Spotify playlist

Music From Ireland has announced the 17 Irish bands are heading to SXSW in Austin,…

Bonobo – ‘Cirrus’

Bonobo’s last album 2010’s Black Sands had much to recommend on its tracklisting and ‘Cirrus’…

Listen to Quompilation #3: Irish bands cover their favourite songs of 2012

For the last two years, January has been brightened up by the appearance of Quompilation,…

Watch Lethal Dialect’s impressive live performance from Community Of Independents Button Factory gig

Lethal Dialect shows you how Irish hip-hop can be done over a J Dilla Beat…

The Knife – ‘Full Of Fire’ (video)

Update: A video/short film for the track by Marit Østberg is now up. Also, Shaking…

Album of the week: FaltyDL – Hardcourage

Before 2012, the music of New York producer Drew Lustman aka FaltyDL was synonymous with…

New music: Snakadaktal, Bebe Black, Youth Lagoon & Mozart’s Sister

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

Gramme – ‘Girls Talk’ (video)

I’ve explained Gramme’s backstory before and their subsequent reappearance with an awesome album of electronic/punk…

Foals – ‘My Number’ (video)

Now this is more like it isn’t it? ‘Inhaler’ is a decent tune but it…

There’s a new Neon Neon album on the way inspired by an Italian left-wing activist

Woo Hoo. In 2008, Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals and Boom Bip teamed…

Nialler9 Radio update + win a Deezer subscription

Last week, the Nialler9 Radio channel was launched on Deezer and the response has been…

Primavera Sound 2013 lineup announced

The Knife, My Bloody Valentine, The Breeders doing Last Splash, Nick Cave & The Bad…

Souleance drop the funky beats

Get a load of Fulgeance’s and DJ Soulist’s aka Souleance’s new LA BEAT TAPE which…