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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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Florence + The Machine – ‘Shake It Out’ (The Weeknd remix)

This remix took me a few listens to like but I’m all on board now.…

Download Adult Swim’s Unclassified electronic compilation feat. Actress, SBTRKT, Starkey, Burial & more

Adult Swim are offering an 18-track free compilation of rare and unreleased tunes called Unclassified…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (September 27th – October 3rd)

A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. All…

Watch The Colbert Report episode featuring Radiohead

Stephen Colbert is a complete ledgebag and Radiohead aren’t bad either. Watch the full episode…

We Cut Corners – ‘The Leopard’ (video)

The video for We Cut Corners’ ‘The Leopard’ which features on the split 7″ with…

Young Galaxy – ‘Peripheral Visionaries’ (video)

A standout track from Young Galaxy’s Shapeshifting album receives a weird animated video by Sinbad…

Listen to new albums from DJ Shadow, Dum Dum Girls, DRC Music, Boom Bip, Zola Jesus, Spank Rock & more

The best of new album streams in A-Z form. Plenty more in the Streams category.…

Listen to Land Lovers’ new album Confidants

A little bit of that Popical Island magic has rubbed off on Land Lovers‘ second…

Holy Ghost! – ‘Hold My Breath’ (video)

Another DJing favourite and highlight album of the year honouree, Holy Ghost!’s new video is…

Icona Pop – ‘Sun Goes Down’ feat The Knocks

Icona Pop’s debut single ‘Manners’ was something special (so good I bought the 7″) and…

Buraka Som Sistema – ‘(We Stay) Up All Night’ feat. Blaya & Roses Gabor

A super-fun dancing kuduro tune from Portugal’s Buraka Som Sistema’s forthcoming album Komba (due October…

tUnE-yArDs – ‘Gangsta’ (video)

Myself and Aoife introduced two friends of ours to tUnE-yArDs’ last night by playing them…

Body Language – ‘You Can’ (Star Slinger Remix)

Pretty much every time I have DJed in the past six months, I’ve played something…

Gold Panda – ‘An Iceberg Hurled Northwards Through Clouds’

The click-clacking relatively restrained ‘An Iceberg Hurled Northwards Through Clouds’ is the opening track on…

Björk – ‘Moon’ (video)

Those awesome press shots for Björk’s Biophilia brought to life in music video form. Biophilia…

Michael Kiwanuka – ‘I’m Getting Ready’ (video)

Previously. Kiwanuka plays gigs in Dublin, Belfast and the UK next month as well as…

D&N: How Lana Del Rey shook the music blogosphere

It’s been a while since I plugged my Indo column here but some things of…

Housse de Racket – Alessia

I caught these Housse De Racket guys at Berlin Festival and was impressed enough to…

Ponytail split up

Baltimore’s Ponytail have announced that they have broken up in a statement from the We…

Introducing: Hush War Cry – Cork’s answer to Wild Beasts

If you’re a fan of Wild Beasts, check out these young college-going Corkonians Hush War…