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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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The Black Keys – ‘Lonely Boy’ (video)

The simple ideas are the best. See also… From The Black Keys’ new album El…

Watch a full Holy Ghost! live gig from Berlin

A full gig from the Museum for Communications in Berlin from Noisey and via Special…

Charli XCX – ‘Nuclear Seasons’

After her stomping debut single ‘Stay Away’ and her Starkey collaboration, 19 year-old Charli XCX…

Colin J Morris – Petrichor EP

This first release by Dubliner Colin J Morris, Petrichor is pitched somewhere between ambient electronica,…

Clock Opera – ‘Lesson No.7’ (video)

A new video for Clock Opera directed by Aoife McArdle (who is responsible for this).…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (October 25th – 31st)

Highlights: Lots happening this week: The Beatyard runs from Thursday to Sunday in Twisted Pepper…

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Active Child – ‘Diamond Heart’ (album bonus track)

I’m not sure why exactly but on November 1st Vagrant are releasing a deluxe edition…

We Cut Corners – ‘Pirate’s Life’ (video)

The third in a series of videos from We Cut Corners is probably my favourite…

Album of the month: Twin Sister – In Heaven

Twin Sister’s In Heaven has been my most-played most-inviting record for the last while: hardly…

Watch a hilarious Squarehead & Patrick Kelleher behind the scenes documentary

Squarehead and Patrick Kelleher reconvene years later for an episode of the fake behind-the-music documentary…

Lemonada’s October Spooky mix

Just in time for Halloween comes Lemonada’s spooky mix featuring tracks from Samiyam, Lunice, the…

Awesome Tapes From Africa record label puts out first release

If there was ever a candidate for music blog to turn into a record label…

Introducing: Ships – Simon Cullen’s other disco side-project

The lifeblood of DFA Records pulses through the sound of Ships, a new project from…

Sacred Animals vs. Owensie – ‘Cat & Mouse’

The unstoppable Brendan Canty aka Feel Good Lost follows up his Jape video with a…

Friends – ‘I’m His Girl’

The band that brought you a ‘Friend Crush’ return with a second single that sounds…

Woodkid – ‘Iron’ (epic music video)

Even if the song’s not your thing (think a These New Puritans-style big brass number…

New Look – ‘Nap On The Bow’ (video)

Nerd alert. The video for New Look’s ‘Nap On The Bow’ was made using a…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (October 18th – 24th)

Highlights: There are many: Bon Iver, John Talabot, Koreless, State vs. Young Hearts Run Free…

Goodtime – ‘Behind This Sun’

“Behind this sun is another one but it wasn’t meant to shine.” John Cowhie and…

M83 – ‘Midnight City’ (video)

One of the songs of the year gets a video directed by Fleur & Manu.…