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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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If there’s only one thing you do this weekend…

…Watch The Last Waltz in tribute to Levon Helm who passed away yesterday. The Band’s…

Band of Blogs: Cymbals, TV Girl, Girl Band; A$AP Rocky & Theophilus London

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

SBTRKT, Grandaddy, Squarepusher, Van Dyke Parks, Patti Smith and more added to Electric Picnic bill

Some real nice additions to Electric Picnic were just announced. Squarepusher! Van Dyke Parks! SBTRKT…

Last Days Of 1984 – ‘River’s Edge’ (video)

We all know that the internet has changed the way we watch music videos, that’s…

Stream: Patrick Kelleher’s Ghost Wop Doo Wop Record Store Day covers tape

Another Record Store Day release, this one. a selection of six covers of doo wop songs…

Bigg Juss and El-P team up on ‘Black Roses’ remix

It’s not just El-P from the now defunct Company Flow who is releasing a new…

THEESatisfaction – ‘QueenS’ (video)

These two ladies play Twisted Pepper Thursday night along with Temper-Mental MissElayneous. Read an interview…

Listen to Record Store Gay – a compilation of gay anthem covers from Irish bands

Record Store Day is happening on Saturday and as well as a buttload of once-off…

Humansuit feat. Gonjasufi – ‘Lawnmower Man’ (Flying Lotus production)

Not much information on this other than Humansuit are Isaiah Toothtaker and Mestizo and here,…

Kool Thing
Kool Thing – ‘We Are Here’

Kool Thing dropped their debut EP Light Games back in January  and next month the…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // April 17th – 23rd

Highlights: THEEsatisfaction (pictured) , Ryan Adams, Record Store Day gigs, Ships, Fujiya & Miyagi, Trinity Ball, Katie Kim,…

Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware – ‘110%’ (production by Julio Bashmore)

I saw Jessie Ware’s gig at Eurosonic and I wasn’t that impressed. I didn’t think…

Introducing: Pure Bathing Culture – Vetiver duo’s sweet indie-pop project

Portland(ia) is hometown for Pure Bathing Culture, the oddly-named indie-pop duo of Daniel Hindman and…

Forrests
Introducing: Forrests – Channel One members make sky-reaching electronica

While Dublin’s Channel One are on hold, band members Paul O’ Reilly and Owen O’…

Major Lazer – ‘Get Free’ feauring Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors

Diplo and Switch asked Amber Coffman to collaborate on Major Lazer’s superb new digital dancehall…

Album of the week: Hundred Waters – Hundred Waters

Every year I go to South By Southwest, there’s always one band I come back…

Band of Blogs: Lulu James, Future Unlimited, Ben Browning & Zambri

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

The Cast of Cheers
The Cast Of Cheers – ‘Animals’ (video)

We had the audio for this track last week and today we’ve got the multi-TV…

Listen to Lapalux’s floaty remix of Lianne La Havas’ ‘Lost And Found’

Swit Swoo. Get you. Lapalux’s remix of Lianne La Havas floats along a clipped beat…

tUnE-yArDs – ‘My Country’ (video)

A dose of Merril Garbus goodness. Following on from the kids from last year’s ‘Bizness’…