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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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First listen: Villagers – ‘The Waves’ (Jape remix)

Villagers‘ progressive new single from 2013 album Awayland ‘The Waves’ has received the ambient foggy…

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MAP: The global music blogger mixtape – October 2012

39 tracks from 39 countries chosen by 39 bloggers from Argentina to Canada to Iceland…

NO CEREMONY/// – ‘FEELSOLOW’

NO CEREMONY/// continue their elegiac journey into unsettled modern electronic balladry. Inside the darkness, there…

New music: Sweater Beats, Hot Natured, Miguel & Fear Of Men

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

Thanks: Minimum Maximum raises €5,000 for Monster Truck

While I’ve already said my thanks to everyone involved in the series of gigs in…

Album of the week: Daphni – Jiaolong

It’s hard not to draw comparisons between Caribou man Dan Snaith’s new dance project album…

Jimmy Edgar – ‘Sex Drive’ (John Talabot In Aquirre Rework)

John Talabot’s cinematic rework of Jimmy Edgar’s ‘Sex Drive’ opens up the original into its…

Angel Haze – ‘Werkin Girls’ (video)

A star-setting music video by Brthr Films for Angel Haze’s standout track ‘Werkin’ Girls’. She…

Memory Tapes – The Autumn Reel mix

Last year’s Slaughtered mix by Memory Tapes was one of my favourite collection of original…

Download a remastered version of the original Italians Do It Better compilation After Dark

Italians Do It Better’s Johnny Jewel posted a remastered downloadable mix version of the label’s…

Villages – ‘Before Failures’

I’ve been listening to a lot of ambient music in the morning this week thanks…

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Listening Post: Kwes picks some of his favourite tracks…

This Saturday, Kwes will be in Dublin to play the Button Factory for Hidden Agenda…

Philip Glass – ‘Rubric’ (Tyondai Braxton remix)

Battles’ last album Gloss Drop lacked the exuberant rainbow melodies of their previous album Mirrored…

Mykki Blanco – ‘Haze.Boogie.Life’

 

Chad Valley – ‘Tell All Your Friends’

So, Chad Valley’s ‘Fall 4 U’ was a grower but ‘Tell All Your Friends’, from…

Win tickets to Alt-J’s Dublin 2013 Olympia show

Makers of my current favourite album of the year, Alt-J are playing the Olympia Theatre…

Disclosure – ‘Latch’ feat. Sam Smith (video)

I think Disclosure are up there in my favourite new artists of the last couple…

DELS – ‘You Live In My Head’

From the English rapper’s newest EP Black Salad on Big Dada comes ‘You Live In…

BATS – ‘Wolfwrangler’ (video)

Already lyrically science-focused, BATS have descended into darker space on their second album The Sleep…