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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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Body & Soul 2012 stage times

Full lineups for the main stages at Body & Soul: Saturday 23rd June MAIN STAGE…

Kimbra – ‘Settle Down’ (Nowness video – solo live with iPad)

Kimbra’s solo iPad-assisted looped performance extraordinaire is captured beautifully for Nowness by Christopher Barrett and…

M83 live
The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // June 19th – 25th

Highlights: Body & Soul Festival, Love:live music day, Whelan’s Sounds of Summer Festival, No Spill…

Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – The Herring and the Brine (Free download)

Mumblin’ Deaf Ro’s The Herring and the Brine album is one of the finest Irish…

David Byrne & St. Vincent – ‘Who’

St. Vincent and David Byrne have recorded an album called Love This Giant together. The…

Nialler9 Podcast #40: Rustie, Not Squares, Purity Ring, Kindness, Minimal Wave Tapes & more

In which Aoife and I play a plethora of amazing tunes from the last few…

MAP: The global music blogger mixtape – June 2012

35 tracks from 35 countries chosen by 35 bloggers. Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact)…

Band Of Blogs: Giraffage, Blonds & Frank Ocean

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

SlowPlaceLikeHome – ‘Selkie’

After releasing two good EPs in the form of Coastal Hubs For Chivalry and Waiting…

Interview: Jason Pierce of Spiritualized

After yet another unfortunate bout of illness in which he battled liver disease, Jason Pierce…

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Mmoths – ‘Folding’ & Vacationer remix

Jack Colleran kicks off a US tour today where he’ll be playing shows with Beat…

Rudi Zygadlo’s feral and experimental 7″ on Planet Mu

While Planet Mu are more known for their electronic releases, they do occasionally dip into…

Ginnels – ‘It’s Not a Summer (Without You)’ (video)

Mark Chester’s Ginnels project has a DOUBLE album called Crowns lined up for release on…

Win tickets to Body & Soul Festival 2012

Body & Soul Festival is coming up next weekend in Ballinlough Castle in Westmeath with…

Young Wonder – ‘Lucky One’ (video premiere)

Thanks to his myriad of productions for Young Wonder along with singer Rachel Koeman through…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // June 12th – June 18th

Highlights: A Quarter Inch Collective release party, 400 Facts Exhibition, !Kaboogie/BarryGruff gig with DJ Mek,…

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Manor – ‘Afghan Hound’

Adelaide’s Manor aka Nathaniel Morse and Caitlin Duff follow up ‘Rhodesia’ with ‘Afghan Hound’ an…

Download both EPs from Faws

After last week’s new ‘Whitney’ track, both FAWS EPs are now available from Bandcamp for…

watch the throne
Watch The Throne: Jay-Z & Kanye in Dublin review

It can be very hard to separate the subjective from the objective when it comes…

Listen to a TNGHT EP preview

Tracklisting and EP preview for TNGHT aka Lunice and Hudson Mohawke’s EP. Already in the…