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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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New music: Indians, Vinyl Williams, How To Dress Well & AlunaGeorge

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

The Karman Line – ‘Hangman’

Cork band The Karman Line dropped an EP last year featuring upbeat electro and ambient…

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Album of the week: The xx – Coexist

“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” – Leopold…

ALT-J – ‘Fitzpleasure’ (music video)

My favourite record from the Mercury Music Prize shortlist announced yesterday An Awesome Wave by…

SertOne – ‘Bald Mountain’ / Monto – ‘Voicemail’

If you buy either the Best Boy EP from Monto (stream here) or SertOne’s Shapes…

Telepathe, Girl Unit, Bondax, Ifan Dafydd, Kwes, Koreless & Actress all coming to Dublin

Hidden Agenda will be kicking off their weekly residency night in the Button Factory on…

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Hundred Waters – ‘Visitor’ (live session) / ‘Thistle’ (music video)

Since I wrote about Hundred Waters‘ superb self-titled album (you really must get into it),…

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Four Tet remixes Nigel Godrich’s band Ultraísta

If the deeper house of Four Tet’s recent compiled album Pink doesn’t do it for…

Listen to Nicolas Jaar’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (updated)

Update: This originally appeared in May but Jaar has posted the non-BBC version so there’s…

Death Grips – ‘@deathgripz’

Whatever about Death Grips cancelling European gigs in order to record their second album a…

Win weekend tickets to Spirit Of Folk festival

The Spirit Of Folk Festival is probably your last chance to have a weekend camping…

Mmoths – ‘Over You’ from the Annie Mac compilation

A new Mmoths tune ‘Over You which features on the Annie Mac compilation AMP 2012…

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The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // September 11th – 17th

Highlights:  Minimum Maximum #2, Leonard Cohen, Efterklang, Death In Vegas, Frightened Rabbit, Boddika, Mumblin’ Deaf…

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Download Somadrone’s Potion Of Oblivion mixtapes

A series of mixtapes from Neil O’Connor (Somadrone / The Redneck Manifesto) featuring music from…

Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band – Black Egg’ (video by M&E)

Swedish/ Dublin design duo M&E have made their first music video since Jape’s ‘I Was A…

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Listen to albums by Grizzly Bear, The xx, David Byrne & St. Vincent, How To Dress Well & more

Albums of interest to stream this week: David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This…

DOOM & Jneiro Jarel to perform JJ DOOM and solo sets in Dublin next month

ChoiceCuts & All City are bringing DOOM over from London for a special show on…

Intro: Hudson Taylor – just sign them up already

I tweeted about these Dublin guys Hudson Taylor a month or so ago but listening…

Listen / Watch: The xx’s live set from Bestival

I’m still digesting The xx’s Coexist as an album so I haven’t got a fully…

Watch No Monster Club’s video featuring the embarrassing dad

Yes, that dad. ‘Who Wants A Man’ is from Posthumous Hits. See also: The video…