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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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Listen to Nicolas Jaar’s BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (updated)

Update: This originally appeared in May but Jaar has posted the non-BBC version so there’s…

Death Grips – ‘@deathgripz’

Whatever about Death Grips cancelling European gigs in order to record their second album a…

Win weekend tickets to Spirit Of Folk festival

The Spirit Of Folk Festival is probably your last chance to have a weekend camping…

Mmoths – ‘Over You’ from the Annie Mac compilation

A new Mmoths tune ‘Over You which features on the Annie Mac compilation AMP 2012…

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The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // September 11th – 17th

Highlights:  Minimum Maximum #2, Leonard Cohen, Efterklang, Death In Vegas, Frightened Rabbit, Boddika, Mumblin’ Deaf…

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Download Somadrone’s Potion Of Oblivion mixtapes

A series of mixtapes from Neil O’Connor (Somadrone / The Redneck Manifesto) featuring music from…

Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band – Black Egg’ (video by M&E)

Swedish/ Dublin design duo M&E have made their first music video since Jape’s ‘I Was A…

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Listen to albums by Grizzly Bear, The xx, David Byrne & St. Vincent, How To Dress Well & more

Albums of interest to stream this week: David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This…

DOOM & Jneiro Jarel to perform JJ DOOM and solo sets in Dublin next month

ChoiceCuts & All City are bringing DOOM over from London for a special show on…

Intro: Hudson Taylor – just sign them up already

I tweeted about these Dublin guys Hudson Taylor a month or so ago but listening…

Listen / Watch: The xx’s live set from Bestival

I’m still digesting The xx’s Coexist as an album so I haven’t got a fully…

Watch No Monster Club’s video featuring the embarrassing dad

Yes, that dad. ‘Who Wants A Man’ is from Posthumous Hits. See also: The video…

Listen to the DOOM takeover on Benji B

DOOM joined Benji B on his Radio 1 Xtra radio show this week for two…

New music: Sky Ferreira & Blood Orange, Egyptian Hip Hop, Baauer & Cornelia

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

Slow Skies – ‘Across The Sea’ (video by Feel Good Lost)

Karen Sheridan made a small wave with Dublin trio Kasette in 2010 before her Slow…

Album stream: Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – Dictionary Crimes

I’ve been saying recently that Mumblin’ Deaf Ro is one of the few songwriters whose…

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MS MR – ‘Bones’

After appearing on my radar this time last year with their Ghost City EP, Brooklyn’s…

PVT – ‘ Shiver’

PVT are back with a new album and some European tour dates with Bloc Party…

Electric Picnic 2012 photo gallery – artist portraits: The xx, Villagers, Le Galaxie, The Cast Of Cheers, The Staves…

For a different take on Electric Picnic, I went down to Stradbally with photographer Mark…

Shut Up And Play The Hits: LCD Soundsystem’s last stand – review

“If it’s a funeral, let’s have the best funeral ever.” Watching a concert film is…