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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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Alabama Shakes – ‘Hold On’ (Official Video)

Still a tune. You can hear their debut album of Southern bluesy rock ‘n’ roll…

Choir of Young Believers – ‘Sedated’

Shimmering arrangements, stark keys, head-filling bass and a broody reverbed atmosphere are some characteristics of…

Air France – ‘It Feels Good To Be Around You’ (Memory Tapes Version)

Sweden’s Air France announced they were parting ways this week, the pair were too hard…

Kindness
Album of the month: Kindness – World, You Need A Change Of Mind

Opening with swirls of guitar solo notes, synth rushes and a brisk beat, the first…

Band of Blogs: Light Asylum, Electric Guest, Wild Belle & Young Man

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

The Hundred In The Hands – ‘Faded’

It’s been three years since I last featured The Hundred In The Hands here, the…

Niki & The Dove – ‘Tomorrow’ (video)

Malin of Niki & The Dove goes interstellar in search of Gustav in the video…

The Morning Benders are now POP ETC, hear new tracks

You have have heard this week that The Morning Benders have changed their name to…

Dum Dum Girls – ‘Coming Down’ (video)

“Rip her to shreds.” Dum Dum Girls‘ Dee gets cut up in this new black…

John Talabot remixes Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

The creator behind the intoxicating Mediterranean sun-kissed house and electronic album ƒin, John Talabot works…

The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock – ‘The Brutal Here & Now’ (video)

Ireland’s finest example of a modern trad band The Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock will…

Elliphant – ‘TeKKno Scene’

While we wait for Major Lazer to drop this lush-sounding Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman collaboration,…

Listen to DJ Food’s seven hours of Kraftwerk covers mixes

DJ Food continues his pretty ADDHD excursions in tribute to electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. Six Seven…

rustie
The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (March 27th – April 2nd)

Highlights: Rustie (pictured), Grouper, Aidan Moffat And Bill Wells, Breton, Popicalia #13, John Wiese, Temper…

iamamiwhoami – ‘play’

Honestly, I recommend you just listen to the song before watching the video first time…

Sigur Ros – ‘Ekki múkk’

A serene blast of melancholic resplendence courtesy of everyone’s favourite instrumental Icelanders (Jonsi’s voice is…

Tall Ships – ‘T=0’ (65daysofstatic remix)

65daysofstatic inject some M83-style grandiosity into Tall Ships latest single ‘T=0’ on this remix. I’d…

Watch the Gaspar Noé directed video for SebastiAn’s ‘Love In Motion’ & hear the Rustie remix

I played this SebastiAn tune a lot when DJing last year. That beat is crunchy…

Win tickets to see Breton in Dublin

Breton’s M.O. appears to be quite a confusing mix of Foals-esque dynamics, avant-garde These New…

Swizz Beats – ‘Street Knock’ feat. A$AP Rocky & araabMUZIK

An undeniable beat from araabMUZIK forms the basis for this Swizz Beats song featuring a…