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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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Intro: Irish electronic producer Cillo

Cillian Waters is the latest newest name in Irish electronica to impress me. Cillo’s ‘When…

Kool Thing – ‘Plan.Life.Go’ (video)

Shot from the POV of the main character and a friend, Kool Thing’s one-take music…

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Listen to albums by Why?, Daphni, Flying Lotus, Adrian Crowley, Freelance Whales, Tame Impala…

Albums of interest to stream this week: Recommended: Adrian Crowley – I See Three Birds…

Memory Tapes – ‘Sheila’

Last year’s Slaughtered mix and this year’s Air France remix convinced me that what I…

Tropics – ‘Popup Cinema’

Chris Ward’s debut album as Tropics, Parodia Flare was full of lush and washy electronic…

GOODTIME – ‘Diamonds’ (video)

Goodtime’s excellent The Colours Of Darkness album has spawned another video for one of my…

Biggles Flys Again – ‘Friends’

From the solo-now-band project of Conor Deasy (also of The Ghandis), this is a sweet…

Minimum Maximum #4 in photos

What a great four Saturdays of Minimum Maximum gigs we had. Thank you to everyone…

Yes Cadets – ‘Seconds In A Minute’ (video)

After the lead track from Belfast’s Yes Cadets‘ Le Mans EP, here’s the second video…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // October 2nd – 8th

Highlights: Hard Working Class Heroes, Bondax & Ifan Dafydd (win tickets below), John Cale, Omar…

Thread Pulls – ‘You Melt Words’

Side A of the new 12″ from Dublin’s Thread Pulls is a richly percussive and…

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The 20 best tracks of the month: September

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

Listen/Download: Lar Kaye’s (Adebisi Shank/No Spill Blood) debut solo EP

When not providing robot rock riffs for Adebisi Shank or forming the backbone of No…

WHY? – ‘Strawberries’ (video)

It’s only been a matter of weeks since I digested Why?’s Sod In The Seed…

Grizzly Bear – ‘Yet Again’ (video)

I can’t stop listening to Shields (my review) and ‘Yet Again’ has become my most-played…

Listen/Download: Death Grips second album of the year No Love Deep Web

In a move that might surprise no-one, Death Grips just released their second album of…

New music: CHVRCHES, Caspian, Emma Louise & Sad Soul Circus

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

Wonder Villains – ‘TV’ (video)

I caught Wonder Villains far away from our respective hometowns in Austin at SXSW this…

Listen to Shlohmo’s remix of Flume’s ‘Sleepless’

You might recognise this one from Shlohmo’s unbelievably good Boiler Room mix from a month…

Hear Nicolas Jaar’s remix of Chet Faker

“Terms & Conditions’ from Melbourne’s Chet Faker gets the Nic Jaar treatment. It’s a typically…