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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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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…

Penguin Prison – ‘Don’t Fuck With My Money’

Chris Glover’s new single ‘Don’t Fuck With My Money’ sounds like it could fit perfectly…

Listen & Download: Nialler9 Electric Picnic Day & Nite mixtapes

Last year’s Electric Picnic 2010 mixtape went down so well, when it came time to…

The Cast Of Cheers gear stolen – what you can do

The Cast Of Cheers woke up in their new London house over the weekend to…

Jape – ‘The Oldest Mind’

Last week, Jape announced details of Ocean Of Frequency, the fourth album by Richie Egan…

Listen to Jamie xx’s BBC Essential Mix

It was coming all year. A 2 hour Essential mix from Jamie xx that starts…

Future Islands – ‘Balance’

Following on from the brilliant ‘Before the Bridge‘, ‘Balance’ is the second cut from Future…

Electric Picnic 2011 stage times

Click to enlarge for an updated official PDF. Body & Soul times are now here.…

St. Vincent – ‘Cruel’ (video)

What a lovely family. Directed by Terri Timely. St. Vincent’s Strange Mercy is out on…

Wise Blood – These Wings EP

I listened to Wise Blood’s newest EP These Wings four times yesterday. It wasn’t hard,…

Michael Kiwanuka – ‘Im Getting Ready’ (video)

I introduced Michael Kiwanuka as 23 year-old soulful Londoner who channels the voice of Bill…

Introducing: Lemonada – Dublin-based instrumental producer

Lemonada instrumental beat tapes in his spare time while studying Music Production. His first collection…

Breton – ‘The Commission’

London artistic electronic “pop” Breton have been making some interesting music and visuals over the…