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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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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…

Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire ft. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown, EL-P – ‘The Last Huzzah’ (video)

Sick remix of Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire’s ‘Huzzah’ taken from the Lost In Translation mixtape. Some…

Little Dragon – ‘Shuffle a Dream’ (Live on Later with Jools Holland)

Litlte Dragon’s latest album Ritual Union has been steadily growing on me for the last…

Flowers & Sea Creatures – ‘The Sitting Room’ (Mano Le Tough Remix)

Sweet and long remix of Montreal’s Flowers and Sea Creatures by Buzzin’ Fly label-mate and…

The Kanyu Tree – ‘Slow’ (Laser Tom’s Slow Dance remix)

A huge slice of disco funk from Laser Tom & The Blast Crew on the…

Berlin Festival 2011: Hangars, warehouses & dumbstep dancing in Deutschland

All photos by Killian Broderick. It might have been the week after Electric Picnic but…

Download: Ten Past Seven – Black Box Studio Recordings

The Irish crowd-funding website Fundit announced last week that they’ve received €250,000 in pledges for…

Introducing: Outfit – Merseyside alt-pop erm… outfit

Outfit only formed in January of this year but judging by the calibre of their…

Lisa Hannigan – ‘Knots’ (video by Myles O’Reilly)

Passenger is already streaming at KCRW and here’s Myles O’Reilly’s simply gooey video of Lisa…

Download: We Cut Corners / The Danger Is split 7″

Two up and coming Irish bands We Cut Corners and The Danger Is are releasing…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (20th – 26th September)

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

Three Trapped Tigers – ‘Reset’ (video feat. Matt Berry)

An insane video for Three Trapped Tigers directed by Chris Boyle featuring matt Berry on…

Wise Blood – ‘Nosferatu’ (video)

From the excellent Wise Blood These Wings EP comes this music video. Listen to the…

Listen to James Blake’s BBC Essential Mix

After Jamie xx’s superb mix last week and the 900-strong mix archive on Soundcloud, James…

Listen to new albums from Twin Sister, Modeselektor, Wilco, CANT, Lisa Hannigan, Apparat & more

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

Villagers – ‘Cecelia & Her Selfhood’

A song played regularly live ‘Cecelia & Her Selfhood’ has been committed to tape and…