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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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Tanlines – ‘Brothers’

Calypso electronic pop band Tanlines were one of my favourite musical discoveries of 2010. Their…

Choice Music Prize 2012 shortlist

And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs BellX1 – Bloodless Coup Cashier No.9…

Watch the full Girl Walk // All Day movie

Remember the exuberant dancing video featuring Anne Marsen for Girl Talk’s All Day album? Now,…

Lecs Luther
Hear a Lecs Luther alias track produced by Rubberbandits’ Blindboy Boat Club

How about this? The Rubberbandits‘ Blindboy Boat Club hooks up with Lecs Luther for a…

The Choice Music Prize is announced today….

Ever since I saw Lisa Hannigan perform ‘O Sleep’ with John Smith’s wonderful backing vocals,…

Solar Bears – ‘Alpha People’ featuring Sarah Keep Shelly In Athens

In December I was lucky enough to join Tim and Naomi to witness the recording…

Death In Vegas’ Richard Fearless DJ set for Dublin this month

Death In Vegas’ Richard Fearless will be in town on Saturday January 28th for a…

Introducing: Evian Christ

Not even two weeks into 2012 and we’ve already got ourselves a couple of anonymous…

Introducing: Faws – anonymous Dublin-based minimal electronic productions

Having first appeared on Bandcamp on Christmas Eve, there’s very little information available about Faws,…

MMOTHS interview on State

State Magazine’s third annual Faces Of the Year series which picks out a selection of…

SBTRKT are playing The Academy in May

The makers of my album of 2011, Aaron Jerome aka SBTRKT and his vocal partner…

Georgia Anne Muldrow & Madlib – ‘Seeds’

Madlib’s hyper-accelerated release cycle with a new album or mix dropping seemingly every month has…

Onra
Onra – ‘Keep On Loving Me (Edit)’

Onra’s whipsmart edit of The Whispers’ ‘Keep on Loving Me’ from 1983 is a perfect…

Watch tUnE-yArDs live on Jimmy Kimmel

If Nialler9 did Person of the Year in music nominations, Merril Garbus would have won…

Lianne La Havas & Willy Mason – ‘No Room For Doubt’

I almost didn’t mention Lianne La Havas just because she charted in the BBC Sound…

WU LYF – ‘Heavy Pop’ (live on Letterman)

I would have thought WU LYF’s polarising sound would be pretty unsuitable for late night…

Listen to Loud Mouth Collective Volume 3

Loud Mouth Collective released Volume 3 in their series of compilations in the pre-Christmas rush.…

Lee Fields & The Expressions – ‘You’re The Kind Of Girl’

UGH. January. The prevailing sense of impending doom is too much. People on radio stations…

Clock Opera – ‘Once And For All’ (2012 version)

This album version of ‘Once And For All’ is the opening track on Clock Opera’s…

Blondes – ‘Wine’

Blondes released one of my favourite tracks of 2011 with ‘Lover’, a big slice of…