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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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Eomac – Zoltar EP

Dublin producer Ian McDonnell aka Eomac returns with a five-track EP of “synthy, quirky beats”.…

Nicolas Jaar remixes Shlohmo

I’ll confess that I cannot get into Nicolas Jaar’s debut album Space Is Only Noise…

Video: Funeral Suits – ‘All Those Friendly People’

You heard the new single from Funeral Suits a few weeks ago. Here’s the video…

Rhye
Rhye – ‘Open’

‘Open’ is the debut single from Rhye, a duo whose names are unknown but hail…

Watch a 25-minute Bon Iver stripped-down piano session

Far from the bombast of his recent 11-piece band performances, this simple duelling grand piano…

Thom Yorke remixes SBTRKT?

Apparently Sisi BakBak is Thom Yorke but regardless, this sturdy remix appears on the new…

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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…

Oliver Tank
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…

Quakers Geoff Barrow
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…