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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 Body & Soul area lineup

After their successful own festival, Body & Soul are back at Electric Picnic this August…

AnimalZOO – ‘1000 Spacecolours’

What would 1000 Spacecolours sound like? AnimalZOO aka “dance hippie” Lanny May of a band…

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King Krule – ‘Rock Bottom’

In January 2010, I started writing about this kid Archy Marshall. In his short time…

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Hard Working Class Heroes 2012 – The bands playing in A-Z and my picks

Update: Stage times. Hard Working Class Heroes (HWCH) has announced the bands playing the festival…

Grizzly Bear – ‘Yet Again’ (live on The Colbert Report)

It’s been a long time since Grizzy Bear have played live and they returned to…

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MAP: The global music blogger mixtape – August 2012

34 tracks from 34 countries chosen by 34 bloggers from Argentina to Canada to Iceland…

Listen to the debut album from Wicklow’s Croupier

A funny thing has happened to the heavier end of guitar music I love that…

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Full album streams: Ariel Pink, Antony and The Johnsons, Antibalas, Bloc Party, Minotaur Shock & more

New album streams of interest this week in A-Z form. See recent album streams in…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // August 14th – 20th

Highlights:  Lindstrom Live & I Am The Cosmos, Japandroids, Cian Nugent & Katie Kim, Warm Ghost,…

Listen: RiFF RAFF – BiRTH OF AN iCON Mixtape

One look at RiFF RAFF and you’ll be expecting the punchline. If you put a…

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A Dark Horse – a cinematic and immersive Dublin folk duo

On the surface, A Dark Horse are the latest in a long line of folk-rooted…

Enemies – ‘Indian Summer’ (video)

The video thumbnail gives away the reason for the white boiler suits at the start…

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Ryan Hemsworth – ‘Charly Wingate’

You may have heard Canadian producer Ryan Hemsworth’s deft and subtle rework of Frank Ocean’s…

Kate Bush – ‘Running Up That Hill’ (2012 Remix)

After airing in the Olympics closing ceremony in London last night, a new version of…

Big Boi & Little Dragon – ‘Mama Told Me’

Big Boi’s upcoming Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors will feature some fine plinking plonking from…

Win tickets to see Scroobius Pip, Jape, Brassroots, Wonder Villains, and more at Sunflower Fest near Belfast

Sunflowerfest is a small festival happening on Tubby’s Farm, Hillsborough, 10 miles out of Belfast…

Róisín Murphy – ‘Simulation’ (Mano Le Tough Remix)

It’s always good to see Irish people together on the international stage, whether it’s the…

Win tickets to the screening of Very Extremely Dangerous, a film about the last American music outlaw

Very Extremely Dangerous is a documentary from Irish director Paul Duane about Jerry McGill, the…

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LOL Boys – ‘Changes’ (Star Slinger & Shlohmo remixes)

LOL Boys’ ‘Changes’ has been on the receiving end of some knockout remix treatment in…

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New music: Deap Vally, Flosstradamus, Jewellers, The Hall Of Mirrors

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