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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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Icona Pop – ‘I Love It’ (video)

I should probably hate this but it’s just an amazing pop song. It’s big, brash…

Watch A Joyful Slog – a documentary on Irish independent music culture

A Joyful Slog is a one-hour documentary exploring the essential and necessary rise of do…

RIP MCA, Adam Yauch, Beastie Boy

RIP Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch aka MCA who died today aged 47 from cancer. It’s…

Sunless 97
Band of Blogs: Sunless 97, Opossum, Donora & Emma Louise

Sunless 97 Body Weather is the dreamily pleasant song from this London trio which spends…

Win weekend tickets to Camden Crawl Dublin

Next weekend, Camden Crawl will take place for the first time outside of its London…

Premiere: Listen the debut EP from Popical Island’s new Galway band Dott

After debuting themselves to the world in January, Galway garage band Dott have shacked up…

Listen to the I Am The Cosmos / Ships Synth Eastwood 7″

Now, here’s a good idea. Combine the two brightest electronic disco-dance bands in Ireland at…

Video: GOODTIME – ‘Come With Me (Take the Night)’

A video for the warming last track from Goodtime’s The Colours Of Darkness album, one…

Win tickets to Yacht’s Dublin gig with Tieranniesaur, Catscars & more

If you’re the kind of person who likes fun, then you will very much be…

REID – ‘Miami’

Today is a good global day for Irish music on the internet it seems. Sacred…

Sacred Animals vs. Steffaloo – ‘On Fire’

Since releasing his debut Welcome Home EP, Darragh Nolan aka Sacred Animals has been delving…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // May 1st – 7th

Highlights: Bodytonic’s Beatyard Weekender, SBTRKT, Solar Bears with Letherette and SertOne, Yacht, Alabama Shakes, Matthew…

Chairlift, Actress, Cloud Nothings, Holy Fuck, Purity Ring and more added to Forbidden Fruit

Some tasty additions to Forbidden Fruit today: Saturday 2nd June: Holy Fuck, Actress, Republic of…

last Days of 1984
Premiere: Stream Last Days Of 1984’s debut album – Wake Up To The Waves

When Darren Moloney and Brian Rice debuted their Last Days Of 1984 project with ‘River’s…

Free gig & screening this Sunday: A Joyful Slog

A Joyful Slog is a documentary that takes a look at the independent music scene…

Five reasons why Irish trad has been reinvigorated in 2012

Update: A few people have taken issue with my opinions below. Let me just stress…

Not Squares – ‘Fall Far’

When Not Squares dropped into the Button Factory in Dublin a couple of weeks ago,…

Band of Blogs: The Suzan, Hidden Highways, Phantom & Baio

Every Friday, I pick out four new music picks from the best of the music…

Squarepusher – ‘Drax 2’

More new Squarepusher from new album Ufabulum. Business as usual = an orgy of bleepy…

El-P – ‘Tougher Colder Killer’ feat. Killer Mike and Despot

“I slapped the motherfucker so hard, his mother just called him and said ‘Baby, you…