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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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Introducing: Dott – Glowing Galway garage pop

Catchy and super fun debut garage pop single from Galway band Dott who are made…

Somadrone – ‘Reckoning’

It’s been a year and two months since Neil O’ Connor aka Somadrone’s third LP…

Come On Live Long – ‘Someone’s Home’ (Lemonada remix)

Another Come On Live Long remix? Sure when they’re this good… Lemonada chops and screws…

Video: James Vincent McMorrow – ‘Higher Love’ / ‘If I Had A Boat’ (live from Amsterdam)

Everywhere I went at Eurosonic, people talked about James McMorrow. From the 3Voor12 to the…

Introducing: SlowPlaceLikeHome

Donegal-based Keith Mannion is the man behind the SlowPlaceLikeHome project which dropped its second free…

Video: White Collar Boy – ‘Capslock’ (Feat. Gemma Dunlovely)

I’ve listened to this song a lot since I first heard it in November. It’s…

Video: The Cast Of Cheers – ‘Family’

The Cast Of Cheers get the Peter Gabriel stop-motion treatment (or Bosco as Aoife pointed…

Bon Joviver…

An intermission… Bon Jovi brought to you in the style of Bon Iver by The…

Django Django – ‘Default’ (music video)

Superb Beta Band-esque number from Django Django from their upcoming self-titled second album which is…

Nialler9 vs On The Record @ Camden Crawl, London

Nialler9 and Jim Carroll’s On The Record are segueing blog powers together at Camden Crawl, London which…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (January 24th – 30th)

Highlights: Richard Fearless of Death In Vegas, Lisa O’Neill, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The…

Mmoths – ‘Heart’ feat. Keep Shelly In Athens

Here’s a new version of ‘

Listen to Quompilation #2: Irish bands cover their favourite tracks of 2011

Quarter Inch’s Quompilation is back for #2 in the series of Irish artists covering their…

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Lethal Dialect – ‘Get To My Dreams’ feat. Willa Lee (music video)

Lethal Dialect follows up his ‘Keep It Real’ single from his new album LD50 II…

ScHoolboy Q – ‘Hands On The Wheel’ feat. A$AP Rocky

Big tune from ScHoolboy Q with A$AP Rocky from the Habits & Contradictions mixtape (listen…

King Krule, – Has This Hit’ (live session)

It’s still hard to believe that Archy Marshall aka King Krule is in fact so…

Lower Dens – ‘Brains’

I’m not 100% sure if I’ve consciously listened to Lower Dens before (I’ve a feeling…

Isla De Los Estados – ‘Balanceo’

From Argentinean band Isla De Los Estados, a three-piece from Buenes Aires comes this pretty…

Album stream megapost: Chairlift, Matthew Dear, First Aid Kit, The Maccabees, The Two Bears & more

The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. The Big Pink –…

Download & video: Kool Thing – Light Games EP

Berlin-based Dublin and Sydney duo Kool Thing are offering up a free three-track EP featuring…