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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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Una Mullally’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Solar Bears’ John Kowalski’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Bitzl R’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Day 3 @ Other Voices 10: Edwyn Collins, Band Of Skulls, Frank Turner & Cherry Ghost

Saturday night and Dingle town is buzzing. It’s the third of the four nights of…

Day 2 @ Other Voices 10: Lisa Hannigan, James Vincent McMorrow, Mick Flannery & Cold Specks

A rain-soaked day and night means that there is scant little else to do than…

Day 1 @ Other Voices 10: St. Vincent, The Frames, Little Green Cars, Triúr…

The opening night of Other Voices’ tenth year was marked by homecomings to the remote…

Eoin Bodytonic’s Top 5 New Artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Disco Naïveté’s Top 5 New Artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

James Vincent McMorrow’s Top 5 New Artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Blawan – ‘Peaches’ [Melting Flesh]

A growling new track from Blawan destined for dark underground places. Fittingly, it appears on…

Ghostpoet feat. The D.O.T. – ‘Trouble’ (Damu Remix)

I love this new Ghostpoet track because it sounds like something that was ripped from…

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The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (Nov 29th – Dec 5th)

Highlights: SBTRKT, Clock Opera, Skrillex (seriously, it’s sold out but so much fun), Wild Beasts,…

Monto’s Homegrown mix

A superb mix of Irish-heavy music from promising young Dublin producer Monto. Been hearing good…

Jim Carroll’s Top 5 New Artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Electric Youth – ‘Right Back To You’

After teaming up with College for the excellent ‘A Real Hero’ from the soundtrack to…

Will Yours Truly’s Top 5 New Artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

REID – Genesis / Forrest single

Back in July, I wrote about Cork producer REID. The 22 year-old is part of…

New Jackson – ‘Night Mail’ (video premiere)

Fergal Brennan directed this photocopy stop-motion animated video for David Kitt‘s new electronic/house side-project New Jackson.…

The Weeknd – ‘The Knowing’ (official music video)

After months of crappy image-projecting unofficial music videos, you know that The Weeknd needed to…

Introducing: White Collar Boy – emerging Dublin electronic duo

New tunes posted on Soundcloud as well as a recent support slot at Com Truise…