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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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Electric Picnic 2012 – Win VIP tickets

OK, just over a week to go until the ninth year of Electric Picnic happens.…

The Cast Of Cheers – ‘Human Elevator’ (video)

I’m just going to go on the record and say that The Cast of Cheers…

Mykki Blanco – ‘Wavvy’, prod. by Brenmar (video)

Until this song appeared in April, Mykki Blanco was an interesting if not particularly good…

LCD Soundsystem’s Shut Up And Play The Hits gets more Irish dates & a general release

Update: After selling out in two cinemas, Shut Up and Play the Hits will now…

Halls – ‘White Chalk’ (video)

Sam Howard’s ‘White Chalk’ is brought to visual reality beautifully in the music video directed…

Aesop Rock – ‘Cycles to Gehenna’ (video)

I really have to pick up Skelethon today. This was my reminder, a badass ballerina…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // August 21st – 27th

Highlights:  Santigold, Orquesta, Croupier, Benny Smiles, Down With Jazz, Trash Talk, The Black Keys, Tall Ships…

KaraKara – Bully mixtape

Kieran Dold aka Kara Kara put this mixtape of his material new and old along…

Yes Cadets – new EP ‘Le Mans’ with remixes from Guillemots & more

I’ve had a bit of soft spot for Yes Cadets since seeing them in their…

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Listen to albums by Animal Collective, JJ Doom, Dan Deacon, Jessie Ware, Chilly Gonzales & more

Albums of interest to stream this week: Animal Collective – Centipede Hz The band’s ninth…

Nialler9 & Monster Truck Gallery present Minimum Maximum – a series of gigs in September

Minimum Maximum is a series of gigs curated by myself and hosted by Monster Truck…

Hear Justin Vernon’s song composed for The Silver Lake Chorus

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver wrote this beautiful song specifically for The Silver Lake Chorus,…

Funkineven & Fatima ‘Phone Line’ (video)

One of the essential tracks of the month, ‘Phone Line’ gets a video by Heather…

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AlunaGeorge – ‘Your Drums, Your Love’

After releasing their debut on Tri Angle, AlunaGeorge move onto Island Records for the first…

Watch the Trinity Orchestra perform two songs from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

Watch the Trinity Orchestra perform ‘Time’ and ‘Breathe (Reprise)’ from Dark Side Of The Moon…

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Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – ‘Cheer Up Charlie Brown’

Well, a man can take his time but Ronan Hession is a man who has…

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Sea Pinks – ‘A Pattern Recognition’

A jangle-pop lyric video introduces us to ‘A Pattern Recognition’, the first song taken from…

New music: Trails And Ways, Labyrinth Ear, A Dark Horse, Hot Colossus

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

Daithí – ‘Aréir’

Twisting the same sample source singer as Passion Pit’s ‘Sleepyhead’, with Mary O’Hara’s evocative vocal,…

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Why? – Sod In The Seed EP

Why?’s songs have always had  a double-edged appeal. Over four albums, the music has moved…