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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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Fanfarlo – ‘Replicate’ (video)

Superb new single from Fanfarlo. Sure, they still sound like Arcade Fire a bit but…

The Ambience Affair – ‘The Fallen’ (premiere)

It’s been a while since we heard from The Ambience Affair around here. Jamie Clarke…

SBTRKT – ‘Pharaohs’ (video)

My favourite track from SBTRKT’s debut album gets the video treatment. Roses Gabor provides the…

Listen to over 900 BBC Essential Mixes

Thanks to Soundcloud user +DB, you can choose to listen from over 900 Essential mixes…

Hard Working Class Heroes stage times / Nialler9 vs On The Record is back

After last year’s battle, Jim Carroll’s On The Record vs Nialler9 show at Hard Working…

The 15 best bands at Electric Picnic 2011

Here’s a look at the 15 bands I saw over the weekend at Electric Picnic…

Listen to new albums by Neon Indian, Girls, St. Vincent, Thundercat, Penguin Prison, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! & more

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

Listen to Lafaro’s new album – Easy Meat

Belfast rockers LaFaro will release their second album Easy Meat through Smalltown America on Monday…

Lecs Luther – ‘Trumpets’ (video)

Another new tune from Lecs Luther from his Fish & Chips EP Definitely a Frank…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (6th – 12th September)

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

Holy Ghost! – ‘Wait & See’ (video)

This video is old but Holy Ghost!’s DFA Records dance debut is as pertinent as…

Listen to Kimbra’s debut album – Vows

The New Zealand-born Melbourne-based singer who impressed with ‘Settle Down’, ‘Cameo Lover’ and her Gotye…

Korallreven remix Olof from The Knife, Britney & Ciara

Swedish dream-popsters Korallreven dropped a succint awesome 25 minute mix (below) yesterday to promote their…

Introducing: Loftmind – spaced-out electronic productions

It’s funny how two artists who probably don’t know each other become connected in your…

Introducing: Ifan Dafydd – he is not James Blake…

…but the comparison is totally understandable… I had marked Ifan Daffydd (“ee-van da-vith” in case…

Alliance East African appeal gig with ASIWYFA, Patrick Kelleher, Moths, Toby Kaar, Tieranniesaur, We Are Losers & many more

Well this will be one hell of a party as well as a great way to raise much-needed funds for the severe Eastern African drought that is affecting 10 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya at present. An amazing lineup of Irish artists…

Lisa Hannigan – ‘Knots’ (video)

Filmed By the eminent Myles O’Reilly on a boat off Baltimore, West Cork (embedding is…

DRC Music album details: Damon Albarn, Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel, TEED, Actress & more make an album in the Congo

Some really interesting clips and photos were coming out of the DRC Music Tumblr while…

Introducing: Ms Mr – another mysterious pop duo?

Wait! Come back! It appears it’s time for another hidden musical duo who’d prefer to…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (August 30th – September 5th)

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