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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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Bon Iver – ‘Babys’ (Moths Remix)

Moths does it again. A super ambient remix of Bon Iver’s ‘Babys’, which appeared on…

Gemma Hayes – ‘Keep Running’ (video)

The standout track on Gemma Hayes’ quite good new album Let It Break.

Sunday Song: Kings of Convenience – Me in You (video)

A lovely Kings Of Convenience song with a blissful idyllic video. Wait for it… The…

Listen to Thom Yorke’s heady tech house mix for Mary Anne Hobbs’ XFM show

Thom Yorke made a bass-heavy mix (some great mixes knocking about this week) for Mary…

Album of the week: Das Racist – Relax

Brooklyn three-piece cheeky rappers Das Racist released two mixtapes last year Shut Up, Dude and…

Planningtorock – ‘Living It Out’ (video)

Standout track from a recent album of the week from Planningtorock.

Mount Kimbie – ‘Carbonated’ (video)

Video directed by Tyrone Lebon. Taken from Carbonated EP and Crooks & Lovers LP. mountkimbie.com.

Listen to Ifan Dafydd’s Sonic Router mix

Excellent mix by Ifan Dafydd, the Welsh producer I introduced here a few weeks ago.…

Florence + The Machine – ‘Shake It Out’

‘Shake It Out’ bodes well for Florence Welch’s forthcoming album Celebrations. Coming after the equally…

New Sleep Thieves single, video & remix

Dave from Le Galaxie (as William Fakenamé) has remixed Sleep Thieves‘ ‘Do It The Hard…

MAP – The music blogs worldwide mixtape – September 2011

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

Wintercoats – ‘Working on a Dream’ (video)

That Brendan Canty lad again. This time for Melbourne “one man orchestral pop band” James…

Listen to Modeselektor tracks feat. Busdriver & Thom Yorke

With Modeselektor’s Monkeytown appearing at the end of the month, tracks from the album which…

Shangaan Electro added to Another Honest Jon’s Chopup gigs

Good news for those heading to see Another Honest Jon’s Chop Up in Dublin and…

Death In Vegas’ BBC 6Music album preview mix

This 20-minute mix by Richard Fearless is made up entirely of new material from Death…

James Blake – ‘Not Long Now’ (radio rip)

Gilles Peterson played this last night. From the forthcoming six-track Enough Thunder EP.

Neon Indian – ‘Polish Girl’ (video)

So many albums coming out right now to listen to at the moment. This is…

Active Child – ‘Playing House’ featuring How to Dress Well (video)

One of my top tunes of the year thus far gets a video by Isaac…

RIP DJ Mehdi

DJ Mehdi has tragically died in an accident in Paris at the age of 34.…

Download Tenaka’s EP featuring Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Daithí and more

It’s always interesting to watch the evolution of a producer particularly over the course of…