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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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Listen to the DOOM takeover on Benji B

DOOM joined Benji B on his Radio 1 Xtra radio show this week for two…

New music: Sky Ferreira & Blood Orange, Egyptian Hip Hop, Baauer & Cornelia

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

Slow Skies – ‘Across The Sea’ (video by Feel Good Lost)

Karen Sheridan made a small wave with Dublin trio Kasette in 2010 before her Slow…

Album stream: Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – Dictionary Crimes

I’ve been saying recently that Mumblin’ Deaf Ro is one of the few songwriters whose…

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MS MR – ‘Bones’

After appearing on my radar this time last year with their Ghost City EP, Brooklyn’s…

PVT – ‘ Shiver’

PVT are back with a new album and some European tour dates with Bloc Party…

Electric Picnic 2012 photo gallery – artist portraits: The xx, Villagers, Le Galaxie, The Cast Of Cheers, The Staves…

For a different take on Electric Picnic, I went down to Stradbally with photographer Mark…

Shut Up And Play The Hits: LCD Soundsystem’s last stand – review

“If it’s a funeral, let’s have the best funeral ever.” Watching a concert film is…

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Intro: The Insomniax – music shrouded in the sounds of London city

There’s an unmistakeable inner-city grimeyness to the music of The Insomniax. Like Ghostpoet, Burial and…

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No Monster Club – Posthumous Hits: a 46-track cassette compilation

Bobby Aherne’s No Monster Club band project has been lo-fi rocking in the free world…

The 20 best tracks of the month: August

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

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // September 4th – 10th

Highlights:  Minimum Maximum #1, Shut up & Play The Hits premiere, Two Door Cinema Club,…

Electric Picnic 2012 review – My top 5 sets of the weekend

My highlights and a few lows from the ninth year of the festival… Another one…

Listen to Solid Steel’s version of Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique – reconstructed from original samples

It’s taken three years for Solid Steel DJs Cheeba, Moneyshot and Food to construct their…

New music intros: Saturday, Monday; Sarah Williams White, Zebra Katz & a Nicki Minaj rap mix

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

Watch Chairlift’s new video for ‘I Belong In Your Arms’ (in Japanese)

Well, this is amazing. Bonus points to Chairlift for recording a Japanese version of their…

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Ryan Hemsworth – Last Words EP

Canadian producer Ryan Hemsworth shone the spotlight on his music with recent edits of Frank…

Forrests – ‘Tarifa’ (video by Feel Good Lost)

Feel Good Lost’s Brendan Canty is at the helm of the debut Forrests’ music video…

Honningbarna return for an Irish tour in November

Honningbarna must really like Ireland as the Norwegian punk band are back for the third…

Twista & Pharrell – ‘Give It Up’ (Nightwave Bootleg)

One DJ set to watch on Saturday at the Electric Picnic is Nightwave’s set at…