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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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Tripod, Crawdaddy and The Lower Deck venues close

(Adebisi Shank in the Lower Deck, 2008) Dublin’s music scene just got a dose. In…

Nialler9 Podcast #39: Azealia Banks, AU, Tanlines, Chairlift, Monto, Damu, Grimes & more

In which I invent a new word, Aoife and I talk about Azealia Banks (that’s…

Annie Clark
St. Vincent – ‘Cheerleader’ (music video)

Annie Clark is pretty statuesque in real life so pitching her as a porcelain-skinned statue…

Young Wonder – ‘Tumbling Backwards’ (Daithí Remix)

I introduced Cork dub dance pop duo Young Wonder last week who will release their…

Niki & The Dove – ‘The Fox’ (music video)

Awesome band, awesome song. Computer animated video by Wintr.

Irish bands announced for SXSW & Canadian Music Week

Music From Ireland have announced the lineup of Irish bands who will be travelling to…

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…