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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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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…

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…