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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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Chairlift – ‘Sidewalk Safari’ (Live Take)

This Chairlift song has really grown on me this month. This live rehearsal studio version…

Star Slinger – ‘Dumbin’ (Diplo remix)

Diplo comes across on an Onra tip here ( which is suitable as Reggie B…

The Golden Filter – ‘Mother’ (Au Palais remix)

Taken from The Golden Filter’s Syndromes EP which is drawn from the Kristoffer Borgli-directed short…

Simon Bird – ‘Stillborn in Autumn’ video & Fundit campaign

If you’re a fan of Simon Bird and particularly his excellent V EP, you should…

Caveman – ‘Great Life’ (Yours Truly session)

Swooning indie-pop from Brooklyn band Caveman who buzzed at CMJ and released their CoCo Beware…

Introducing: Soil Creep

Dublin music “scene” regulars will be familiar at least with the name Hipster Youth, Aidan…

Body Language – ‘Holiday’

If you scroll down a bit and look on the left you’ll find a selection…

WU LYF – ‘We Bros’ (music video)

The WU LYF album is particularly glowing on headphones. This latest music video from the…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (Nov 15th – 21st)

Highlights: Suuns, The Antlers, Dutch Uncles, John Maus, Mariachi El Bronx, State vs. Quarter Inch…

MAP – The music blogs worldwide mixtape – November 2011 edition

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks a large number of music bloggers across the…

King Krule – ‘The Noose of Jah City’ (music video)

A simple red flare illuminates Archy Marshall’s simple but rich song. The video was directed…

New album streams: Saul Williams, Korallreven, J*DaVeY, Gotye, Sepalcure, We Cut Corners, Kate Bush & more

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

SertOne – ‘WIDTS’ (video)

A nice mashup of live footage to accompany a three-track mashup from SertOne’s WIDTS album.…

Rimar – ‘Higher Ground’

Chillwaving digi-funk from Bella Union-signed Brooklyn via Columbus’ Rimar. It’s like Toro Y Moi never…

Two Inch Punch – ‘Love You Up’

Lovely synth–twisting electronic R&B tune from London’s Two Inch Punch from the Love You Up…

Small Black – Moon Killer (mixtape)

Das Racist’s Heems appears on two tracks on Small Black’s new lucid synth-heavy mixtape Moon…

Hear a new Solar Bears song with live visuals – ‘Komplex’

Solar Bears dropped the new track ‘Komplex’ in The Pavilion in Cork last weekend which…

Friendly Fires – ‘Hurting’ (music video)

Perhaps my favourite track from Pala (certainly the one I play the most while DJing),…

The best of free Irish music releases in 2011

For Day And Night today, I compiled a list of the top 10 free downloadable…

Hello Moon – ‘Sievehead’ (video by Myles O’Reilly)

Myles O’Reilly reimagines the Hello Moon album cover in video form. The band’s jaunty indie-pop…