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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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Ghostfunk: The Ghostface Killah / African high-life mashup album

Matt Tannone, the mashup producer behind Jaydiohead and MosDub’s latest project GhostFunk features Wu-Tang’s Ghostface…

Little Green Cars – ‘My Love Took Me Down To The River (To Silence Me)’ (Live Video)

After an extremely positive reaction to their new material and a well-received Oxegen set, Little…

SBTRKT – ‘Wildfire’ (live featuring Drake in Toronto)

Drake joins SBTRKT live in Toronto for his version of ‘Wildfire’. Tune. Download: SBTRKT ft.…

Hudson Mohawke – Satin Panthers EP preview

I don’t normally post snippets but this sounds so good right now. Hudson Mohawke –…

Friends – ‘Friend Crush’ (video)

A Brooklyn band who are bound to make you feel stupid when you google “friends…

Nialler9’s albums of 2011 so far…

It’s past the halfway mark into the year and time to take stock on what’s…

Chromeo – ‘When The Night Falls’ (Breakbot Remix)

That Chromeo song from Business Casual that sounds a bit like Whitney Huston’s pop glory…

Kurt Vile – ‘Baby’s Arms’ (video)

New video for a Kurt Vile song that always deserves a listen. Directed by Todd…

Voluntary Butler Scheme – ‘Yo Yo Star’

From Dudley, in the West Midlands of England, comes Voluntary Butler Scheme with ‘Yo Yo…

Tieranniesaur – ‘Candy’

Following the success of Popical Island #2 (listen and buy), the next release out of…

Tasseomancy – ‘Heavy Sleep’ (video) & an Austra MNDR remix

Austra’s folky backing singers get their own music video directed and edited by Derrick Belcham.…

Listen to We Are Losers debut 7″ single

Now that Super Extra Bonus Party are on “indefinite hiatus”, three members of the band…

Album Of The Week: The Horrors – Skying

From punk rock caricatures on their debut album Strange Life to psychedelic Kraut-rockers on Primary Colours and now ’80s revivalists, The Horrors have traversed an increasingly interesting path over the last six years. Skying finds them celebrating…

Download Disclosure’s Carnival EP for free

After dropping ‘Carnival’ and ‘Just Your Type’, 16 and 19 year old South London brother…

Icona Pop – ‘Manners’ (video)

I introduced Swedish duo Icona Pop here back in March and since then, the song…

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – ‘Trouble’ (Live at Scala, London)

Anyone heading to Oxegen should check out Orlando Higginbottom and his Indian headdress. Sunday 4.15pm…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (July 5th – 11th)

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

Little Green Cars – The little band that could

The most promising young Irish band I’ve heard in a while. And Little Green Cars…

Active Child – ‘Hanging On’

All of the new material I’ve heard from Active Child’s new album You Are All…

Darwin Deez – ‘Radar Detector’ (The Loving Hand Remix)

Ex-DFA dude Tim Goldsworthy takes on silly-haired man Darwin Deez’s ‘Radar Detector’ under his The…