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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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The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide & freebies // October 9th – 15th

Highlights: Kwes, DOOM, Balam Acab, Echo Lake, Bastille, Boys Noize, Bantum album launch, So Cow…

Villagers – ‘The Wave’ (MMOTHS remix)

At Elastic Witch’s 1st Birthday party, a room of people for which music is high…

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Daughter – ‘Smother’

Update: This is out now. Hear the B-side below. Good to hear that things are…

Funeral Suits – ‘Hands Down’ (video)

Featuring, as it does, lots of gore and one kid shooting another with a bow…

Hard Working Class Heroes stage times this weekend

: Image of the timetable to print. All daytime panels and talks are free. The…

AlunaGeorge – ‘Watching Over You’ (video by Feel Good Lost)

From Annie Mac’s AMP 2012 compilation, ‘Watching Over You’ is an exclusive new bleepy track…

Download: THEEsatisfaction – The Anita Baker mixtape

The THEEsatisfaction ladies are back in Dublin next month on their European tour with Shabazz…

New music: SOHN, Inc., Mowgli & Angel Olsen

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

First Listen: Bantum – Legion (album stream)

If you’ve been following Ruairi Lynch’s productions as Bantum in the last few years you…

Bat For Lashes – ‘All For Gold’ (video)

From The Haunted Man, Bat For Lashes‘ new album out next week, we’ve already heard…

Jessie Ware – ‘Night Light’ (Joe Goddard remix)

This one’s for dancing. Proving that Jessie Ware is at her best when remixed (see…

FaltyDL – ‘Straight & Arrow’ (Four Tet remix)

If FaltyDL’s soulful jazz garage cut ‘Straight & Arrow’ wasn’t impressive enough, Four Tet bends…

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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…