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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 Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (February 7th – 13th)

Highlights: Tune-Yards, BLONDES, Balam Acab, Musicmaker Social, Michael Kiwanuka, !Kaboogie Sixth Birthday with Miss Dynamite. This…

Review: Azealia Banks @ Whelan’s, Dublin

All photos by Michael Rickard (Twitter). There’s no formula for hype but if you wanted…

TheeSatisfaction
THEESatisfaction – ‘QueenS’

“Whatever you do don’t funk with my groove…” ‘QueenS’ is psychedelic swagged out funk soul…

Funeral Suits – ‘All Those Friendly People’

Dublin-based band Funeral Suits kicked off their year of activity at Eurosonic and here we…

Manor – ‘Rhodesia’

Coming across like a Beach House tune conceived in the Antipodes with the gender roles…

Album of the week: Chairlift – Something

Chairlift’s 2008 debut album Does You Inspire You? was an impressive if somewhat muddled first…

Red Bull Bedroom Jam is looking for bands & RBMA brings Just Blaze to Dublin & Belfast

The annual Red Bull Music Academy has become one of the best signifiers of new…

Download the Evian Christ mixtape – Kings & Them

Promising producer Evian Christ has signed to Tri Angle Records and they’ve put out a…

John Talabot – ‘Destiny feat. Pional’

‘Destiny’ is the second track off the excellent new John Talabot album ƒin to feature…

Shangaan Electro: Two new compilations available, remix comp on the way

Since I first met up with Shangaan Electro producer Nozinja in Johannesburg in 2010, the…

Benny Smiles
NCAD Girl: A Dublin R&B song by Benny Smiles & Ballz Deep

Benny Smiles has given me one of my favourite tracks of the last month already…

Watch Björk on The Colbert Report

Music aside for a second, Stephen Colbert is a bit of a hero, the kind…

Shabazz Palaces are coming to Cork

Authors of one of the most interesting leftfield rap records of 2011 in Black Up,…

Album stream roundup: Lana Del Rey, Blondes, Delorentos, Leonard Cohen, We Have Band & more

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

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (January 31st – February 6th)

Highlights: Factory Floor, Azealia Banks, Tenaka/Monto/Lemonada, Bonnie Prince Billy, L-Vis & Bok Bok, Cathy Davey,…

Introducing: Young Wonder – Cork electronic pop duo

Fresh new sounds out of Cork from Ian Ring and Rachel Koeman, a duo going…

No Ceremony – ‘Hurtlove’

‘HurtLove’ is a modern proposition for a song. It might be built on reverberating piano…

Watch Yelle & Nathan Barnatt’s awesome dance video

Youtube dance maverick Nathan Barnatt teams up with Yelle for a super-fun music video. Joy.

SertOne – Quesadillas: An EP inspired by J Dilla

Beats inspired by J Dilla is the theme at the centre of SertOne’s newest EP…

REID – ‘Diptera’ / ‘Fall’

Things have been progressing nicely for Cork’s REID since 2012 hit. He’s got himself on…