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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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Cymbals – ‘The Natural World’

Cymbals just keep going from strength to strength. Like ‘Like An Animal’ before it, ‘The…

Watch Shugo Tokumaru’s amazing paper-motion video & hear his new album In Focus?

There’ll always be a place in my heart for the music of Japan’s Shugo Tokumaru.…

Hudson Mohawke @ Twisted Pepper, Dublin, May 2nd

He may have just signed up on production for Kanye’s G.O.O.D Music imprint but Hudson…

Hervé ft. Katie Stelmanis of Austra – ‘Save Me’ (video)

Spooked electronica from Hervé with disentangled vocals from Austra’s Katie Stelmanis. It’s the first single…

Amateur Best – ‘In Time’

Amateur Best’s ‘Too Much’ (below) sneaked its way into my top 100 songs of the…

Listen to Gold Panda’s warm and cosy new Trust EP

Gold Panda is releasing a 4-track 12″ EP of new material called Trust today. Taking…

Nialler9 presents: MMOTHS, Young Wonder, Adultrock & DJ set @ The Pavilion, Cork, Feb 15

Nialler9 Presents: MMOTHS (live band) Young Wonder (live) Adultrock + Nialler9 DJ Set Visuals by…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // January 22nd – 28th

Highlights:  Pional, Matthew E. White, Temple Bar Tradfest, Totally Dublin’s Stack Party, Daughter, Mumblin’ Deaf…

Disclosure – ‘White Noise’ (feat. AlunaGeorge)

OOF! AlunaGeorge and Disclosure collaborate on new tune ‘White Noise’. It’s big. Love that acid…

Intro: Sundernix – a orchestral pop project from Kildare-born Liam Trappe

During the latest podcast, I mentioned that Sinkane had first featured on Nialler9 in 2009,…

Hear Cloud Castle Lake cover Jai Paul’s ‘Jasmine’ for Quompilation #3

As growers go, Jai Paul’s ‘Jasmine’ was up there with the best of them in…

Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin is back for 2013

Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin will be back in Dublin earlier this year on the May…

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…