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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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Holy ghost
Holy Ghost! – ‘I Wanted To Tell Her’ feat. Nancy Whang & Juan Maclean

Holy Ghost! release a free-download single and cover of Ministry’s ‘I Wanted To Tell Her’…

Hear a new Drake song featuring The Weeknd – ‘The Ride’

I’ve been avoiding the leaks from Drake’s Take Care album because so many other blogs…

T-Woc – Jetstar EP

T-Woc’s latest EP on Alphabet Set is perhaps his most fully-formed release yet. Known primarily…

Nialler9 Podcast #38: Neon Indian, CREEP, Van Dyke Parks, Calypso, Vondelpark, Blawan, Hush War Cry….

The latest Nialler9 podcast is a bit different down to the fact that there are…

Lethal Dialect
Irish rap roundup: Lethal Dialect, Ath Cliath Records, Loud Mouth Collective & more

A fair bit of Irish rap stuff has appeared on my radar lately so I…

Hunter-Gatherer – ‘Mask’

A new song / single from Dublin-based electronic masked man Hunter-Gatherer. It’s a slow building…

Tara Masterson Hally – ‘Lingering’ (live from an old bank)

Back in August, I introduced Tara Masterson Hally’s muted folk songs. Here you can hear…

Interview with Twin Sister: “Soundtracks to movies that don’t exist.”

Long Island five-piece Twin Sister’s debut album In Heaven (album of the month for October)…

TOPs
Introducing: TOPS – Montreal melodic soft rock

The two songs I’ve heard from Montreal’s TOPS have a AM frequency soft-rock and bright…

Introducing: Clu – a Dublin A/V duo

Clu are a duo who started with the electronic productions of Sean Cooley before Kevin…

Com Truise
The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (Nov 8th – 14th)

Highlights: Com Truise, St. Vincent (pictured), Twin Sister, Stephen Malkmus, Maria Minerva, Elastic Witch launch party,…

Boddika & Joy Orbision – ‘Swims’

Boddika and Joy O team up for ‘Swims’ a banging percussive club track and a…

Eleanor Friedberger – ‘My Mistakes’ (video)

Known as the lead singer in occasionally bonkers, sometimes brilliant, sometimes amazing brother and sister…

Album stream: Youth Lagoon – ‘The Year Of Hibernation’

Idaho-based Trevor Powers’ dreamy, brittle and emotive songs have been getting increased buzz on music…

Factory Floor
Factory Floor – ‘Two Different Ways’ (DFA single)

Pulsating, percussive, hypnotic and heaving, Factory Floor’s new single for DFA Records is a beast…

A video interview with DOOM @ RBMA, Madrid

This is great. DOOM sits down for an hour and 40 minute interview at Red…

Bleeding Knees Club – ‘Teenage Girls’ (video)

A silly song with a fun video by Alan Ortiz from Aussie Bleeding Knees Club’s…

Floating Points – ‘Sais’ (video)

A sonic 8-minute interlude from Floating Points set to live visuals by Will Hurt. From…

Futures Apart – ‘Night Flight’

New romantic indie-pop with an upbeat percussive twist from Wexford five-piece Futures Apart. These guys…

Another Honest Jon’s Chop Up @ Vicar Street, Dublin

Gorillaz, Mali Music, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Deltron 3030, Monkey: Journey to…