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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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The Chromatics – ‘Lady’

The third and best single (or video to be precise) from The Chromatics‘ new album…

El-P produces Killer Mike’s new album – hear a track

Following the news that Jneiro Jarel is producing an album with DOOM, El-P has only…

Clark – ‘The Pining Part 2’

Good tunes coming thick and fast today. This is another preview from Clark’s forthcoming Iradelphic,…

Jneiro Jarel & DOOM are JJ DOOM

DOOM is at the collaboration cookie jar again. This time, it’s Jneiro Jarel (Shape Of…

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Introducing: Oliver Tank – Sydney pastoral electronic producer

I’ve been finding a lot of value in gentle music for the early mornings lately.…

Camden Crawl Dublin: Clock Opera, Le Galaxie, D/R/U/G/S, Becoming Real, Tieranniesaur & more announced

Following the announcement of the London Camden Crawl, the good news after last week’s venue…

Listen to Grand Pocket Orchestra’s new album – Ronald & Sylma

If Grand Pocket Orchestra’s The Ice Cream was a jerky spasmodic debut that averaged a…

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Introducing: Quakers – Portishead’s Geoff Barrow’s big rap ensemble project

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow has a new hip-hop project on Stones Throw called Quakers which features…

MAP: Global music blogs mixtape – February 2012

36 tracks from 36 countries. Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks music bloggers to…

Video: MMOTHS – ‘Heart’ (feat. Keep Shelly In Athens)

For the day that’s in it and a song that suits it, Jack Colleran aka…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (February 14th – 20th)

Highlights: Mmoths EP launch, Errors, We Have Band, Maya Jane Coles (pictured), State vs. Loudmouth…

iamamiwhoami – ‘sever’

iamamiwhoami continues with waltz of the furry monster.

Hudson Mohawke’s Valentine’s Slow Jams mix

Five years deep, the kid Hudson Mohawke returns with the definitive soundtrack to Valentine’s. Look,…

Album stream roundup: Grimes, Tennis, Air, Sleigh Bells, Errors, Perfume Genius, Tindersticks, Sinead O’Connor & more

The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. See recent album streams…

Tripod, Crawdaddy and The Lower Deck venues close

(Adebisi Shank in the Lower Deck, 2008) Dublin’s music scene just got a dose. In…

Nialler9 Podcast #39: Azealia Banks, AU, Tanlines, Chairlift, Monto, Damu, Grimes & more

In which I invent a new word, Aoife and I talk about Azealia Banks (that’s…

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St. Vincent – ‘Cheerleader’ (music video)

Annie Clark is pretty statuesque in real life so pitching her as a porcelain-skinned statue…

Young Wonder – ‘Tumbling Backwards’ (Daithí Remix)

I introduced Cork dub dance pop duo Young Wonder last week who will release their…

Niki & The Dove – ‘The Fox’ (music video)

Awesome band, awesome song. Computer animated video by Wintr.

Irish bands announced for SXSW & Canadian Music Week

Music From Ireland have announced the lineup of Irish bands who will be travelling to…