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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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Subaltern
New band: Dublin electronic duo Subaltern

Despite the somewhat ’90s sounding name Subaltern (which reminds me of Altern-8 though it means…

CID RIM
LuckyMe to release Cid Rim’s debut LP

That Cid Rim’s debut release is coming out on Glasgow’s LuckyMe won’t be a huge…

Chromatics play LissArd fest.
The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // July 31st – August 6th

Highlights: August Bank Holiday Festival weekend Castlepalooza, Liss Ard, Indiependence; Nicolas Jaar, Chic, James Blake…

The 20 best tracks of the month: July

The top 20 tracks that made my month in June, whether they were posted on…

Watch Lunice on the Boiler Room

It’s not his first time and it won’t be his last but Lunice proves yet…

kiasmos
Hear Ólafur Arnalds’ new dance music project Kiasmos

Ólafur Arnalds is known for his sweeping neo-classical experimental music. Having recently featured on the…

JJ DOOM – ‘Guv’nor’

DOOM and Jneiro Jnel’s JJ DOOM album Key To The Kuffs is supposedly coming out…

Sorcha Richardson – ‘I Heart NYC’ (live session)

Cock & Bull TV met Sorcha Richardson in the Lucy Loves Francis shop on Francis…

Elliphant – ‘Ciant Hear It’ (video)

Elliphant’s ‘Ciant Hear It’ is a big tune.

Watch Le Galaxie’s Point Break inspired music video for ‘Love System’

Ah here. Le Galaxie’s Point Break obsession meets its logical conclusion in Mark Duggan’s super…

dena
New/old music: D E N A, Niamh De Barra, Highasakite, Old School Rap Tapes

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

Chilly Gonzales is playing The Sugar Club in December

One of modern music’s great entertainers (no joke) Chilly Gonzales will be playing the Sugar…

Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus – Lovers Melt Vol 3 mix

Flying Lotus dropped his third instalment of Lovers Melt mixtapes this week with the words…

gwilym-gold
Gwilym Gold – ‘Lust for Sale’

Former Golden Silvers frontman Gwilym Gold has been delving into music experiences rather than “songs”…

TNGHT
A Guide to Trap Music

Trap Music is a term you may have be seeing with increasing regularity on your…

Download: VerseChorusVerse’s punk covers charity album

VerseChorusVerse has been Tony Wright, former guitarist with And So I Watch You From Afar’s…

Hot Chip – ‘How Do You Do?’ (video)

Here’s your visual reminder by Rollo Jackson to listen to Hot Chip’s new album In…

Electric Picnic dance acts: Caribou vs. Four Tet, James Murphy, T.E.E.D., Rustie, Hudson Mohawke, John Talabot…

Oh shit. The following names have been announced for Electric Picnic’s Little Big Tent and…

Dan Snaith’s Caribou side-project Daphni is releasing an album

Dan Snaith’s Daphni Caribou side-project has had a handful of releases, one a split with…

Rustie feat. AlunaGeorge – ‘After Light’

Rustie’s Glass Swords has only grown in stature since it was released last year for…