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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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Funkineven & Fatima – ‘Phoneline’

Big tune from Funkineven and Fatima, the phone conversation back and forth of ‘Phoneline’ with…

Body Language – ‘Falling Out’ (video)

This tune has been my go-to disco dancefloor jam for about a year now. It…

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New Music: Stealing Sheep, Modern Rivals, Johnny Fox & Nina Sky

Every Friday, four new music picks from music blogs worldwide are published as part of…

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Listen to Benny Smiles new EP feat. Ham Sandwich’s Niamh Farrell

He’s the guy who brought you ‘NCAD Girl’ but a man cannot exist on novelty…

Grizzly Bear – ‘Yet Again’

Between ‘Sleeping Ute’ and ‘Yet Again’, Shields, the fourth album from Grizzly Bear looks to…

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Sacred Animals vs Steffaloo – ‘On Fire’ (Steve McEvoy Remix)

Taking Sacred Animals vs. Steffaloo’s gauzy and breathy ‘On Fire’, Steve McEvoy’s remix wraps it…

Full album streams: Yeasayer, Jeremiah Jae, Lianne La Havas, The Flaming Lips, Rick Ross…

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

Solveig Heilo – ‘Hold On’ (SBTRKT cover)

An interpretation of SBTRKT’s ‘Hold On’ featuring instrumentation from a cardboard box, a wine glass,…

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Eomac – Tabula Rasa: a 21-track Bandcamp compilation

Dublin electronic producer Eomac has produced lots of quality tracks in the last few years,…

Watch I Am The Cosmos & Ships perform their 7″ split songs live

One of my favourite releases of the year so far, Synth Eastwood’s I Am The…

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Listen to Halls’ elegiac and minimal choir-assisted ‘White Chalk’

I initially got Halls confused with Walls but there’s no comparison between the latter’s pumping…

Album of the week: Strange Passion – Explorations in Irish Post Punk, DIY and Electronic Music 1980-83

My second hand knowledge of post-punk from the early ’80s comes almost entirely from Simon…

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New band: Dublin electronic duo Subaltern

Despite the somewhat ’90s sounding name Subaltern (which reminds me of Altern-8 though it means…

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LuckyMe to release Cid Rim’s debut LP

That Cid Rim’s debut release is coming out on Glasgow’s LuckyMe won’t be a huge…

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The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide // July 31st – August 6th

Highlights: August Bank Holiday Festival weekend Castlepalooza, Liss Ard, Indiependence; Nicolas Jaar, Chic, James Blake…

The 20 best tracks of the month: July

The top 20 tracks that made my month in June, whether they were posted on…

Watch Lunice on the Boiler Room

It’s not his first time and it won’t be his last but Lunice proves yet…

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Hear Ólafur Arnalds’ new dance music project Kiasmos

Ólafur Arnalds is known for his sweeping neo-classical experimental music. Having recently featured on the…

JJ DOOM – ‘Guv’nor’

DOOM and Jneiro Jnel’s JJ DOOM album Key To The Kuffs is supposedly coming out…

Sorcha Richardson – ‘I Heart NYC’ (live session)

Cock & Bull TV met Sorcha Richardson in the Lucy Loves Francis shop on Francis…

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