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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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Flume is playing Dublin in January

Flume, that Australian wunderkid is on a European tour in January next year including a…

The 20 best tracks of the month: November

The top 20 tracks that made my month in November, whether they were posted on…

Album of the week: Captain Murphy aka Flying Lotus – Duality mixtape

Captain Murphy could never have really been anyone else could he? Though there was much…

Music video roundup: Tanlines, Shugo Tokumaru, Local Natives, Haim, Nosaj Thing, Charli XCX, How To Dress Well & Chad Valley

A collection of music videos of interest which arrived in the last few days.. Tanlines…

New music: Kate Boy, The Neighbourhood, Yus & Alice Jemima

Every Friday, four new music picks culled from the music blog hive mind are published…

INTRO: Bleeding Heart Pigeons – Limerick teens with expansive ambition

The name Bleeding Heart Pigeons was a bit of a misnomer for me. It was…

Watch The Weeknd on Later With Jools Holland

For those who weren’t awake for the near midnight showing of The Weeknd’s debut television…

Listen to Lemonada’s Kelly Green Vol.2 collection

It was Kelly Green Vol.1 that introduced us to Lemonada in the first place back…

Ships – ‘Places’

Here’s a favourite from Ships live show (Simon Cullen, Sorcha McGrath with Cian Murphy). ‘Places’…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // November 27th – December 4th

Highlights: Shuggie Otis, Purity Ring & Doldrums, J Rocc, Somadrone, Wild Nothing, Iggy Azalea, Yeasayer,…

The Holy Roman Army – One Atom That Was You

Last year’s Lazerians mini-album marked a change in Chris and Laura Coffey’s The Holy Roman…

Intro: Richie !Kaboogie – exploratory electronica from Cork-based producer

His name will be known to those in Ireland familiar with bass, dubstep and jungle…

HUNK! – ‘Dupe’

HUNK! are a new band based in Dublin featuring Niamh Hegarty, Sundara O’Higgins and Gerard…

Watch Hot Chip and Peter Serafinowicz’s amazing football video game-themed music video

Amazing video for Hot Chip’s ‘Don’t Deny Your Heart’ by Peter Serafinowicz. Reminds me of…

Chromatics – ‘Cherry’

A coolly-atmospheric new track from Chromatics. You get the feeling Johnny Jewel has vaults of…

40 of the best new artists of 2012: Part 4

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Ending the four part…

Album of the week: Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt

It’s easy to hear why Jessica Pratt’s been called a retro American gal or a…

New music: Amateur Best, Wild Belle, Flight Facilities & NoNoNo

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

GOODTIME – ‘Just Can’t Get Away’ (Jape remix)

Goodtime had the good foresight to figure out that the songs from his The Colours…

40 of the best new artists of 2012: Part 3

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Continuing the four part…