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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 cohost 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, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.

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Active Child – ‘Diamond Heart’ (album bonus track)

I’m not sure why exactly but on November 1st Vagrant are releasing a deluxe edition…

We Cut Corners – ‘Pirate’s Life’ (video)

The third in a series of videos from We Cut Corners is probably my favourite…

Album of the month: Twin Sister – In Heaven

Twin Sister’s In Heaven has been my most-played most-inviting record for the last while: hardly…

Watch a hilarious Squarehead & Patrick Kelleher behind the scenes documentary

Squarehead and Patrick Kelleher reconvene years later for an episode of the fake behind-the-music documentary…

Lemonada’s October Spooky mix

Just in time for Halloween comes Lemonada’s spooky mix featuring tracks from Samiyam, Lunice, the…

Awesome Tapes From Africa record label puts out first release

If there was ever a candidate for music blog to turn into a record label…

Introducing: Ships – Simon Cullen’s other disco side-project

The lifeblood of DFA Records pulses through the sound of Ships, a new project from…

Sacred Animals vs. Owensie – ‘Cat & Mouse’

The unstoppable Brendan Canty aka Feel Good Lost follows up his Jape video with a…

Friends – ‘I’m His Girl’

The band that brought you a ‘Friend Crush’ return with a second single that sounds…

Woodkid – ‘Iron’ (epic music video)

Even if the song’s not your thing (think a These New Puritans-style big brass number…

New Look – ‘Nap On The Bow’ (video)

Nerd alert. The video for New Look’s ‘Nap On The Bow’ was made using a…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (October 18th – 24th)

Highlights: There are many: Bon Iver, John Talabot, Koreless, State vs. Young Hearts Run Free…

Goodtime – ‘Behind This Sun’

“Behind this sun is another one but it wasn’t meant to shine.” John Cowhie and…

M83 – ‘Midnight City’ (video)

One of the songs of the year gets a video directed by Fleur & Manu.…

The Roots – ‘Make My’ feat. Big K.R.I.T.

Every one in a while, The Roots come good with at least one truly great…

MAP – The music blogs worldwide mixtape – October 2011 edition

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks a large number of music bloggers across the…

First Aid Kit make Patti Smith cry

First Aid Kit recently performed at the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Patti Smith was…

Fanfarlo – ‘Deconstruction’ (video)

I was impressed by Fanfarlo’s first single from their new album ‘Replicant’ with its eerie…

Listen to Jessie Ware’s debut single & Joker collaboration

London’s Jessie Ware features on one my favourite albums of the year with SBTRKT’s debut…

Introducing: The Notas

Numbering six-strong, the Balbriggan / Skerries band The Notas are the latest in the new…