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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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Florence + The Machine – ‘Shake It Out’

‘Shake It Out’ bodes well for Florence Welch’s forthcoming album Celebrations. Coming after the equally…

New Sleep Thieves single, video & remix

Dave from Le Galaxie (as William Fakenamé) has remixed Sleep Thieves‘ ‘Do It The Hard…

MAP – The music blogs worldwide mixtape – September 2011

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks a large number of music bloggers across the…

Wintercoats – ‘Working on a Dream’ (video)

That Brendan Canty lad again. This time for Melbourne “one man orchestral pop band” James…

Listen to Modeselektor tracks feat. Busdriver & Thom Yorke

With Modeselektor’s Monkeytown appearing at the end of the month, tracks from the album which…

Shangaan Electro added to Another Honest Jon’s Chopup gigs

Good news for those heading to see Another Honest Jon’s Chop Up in Dublin and…

Death In Vegas’ BBC 6Music album preview mix

This 20-minute mix by Richard Fearless is made up entirely of new material from Death…

James Blake – ‘Not Long Now’ (radio rip)

Gilles Peterson played this last night. From the forthcoming six-track Enough Thunder EP.

Neon Indian – ‘Polish Girl’ (video)

So many albums coming out right now to listen to at the moment. This is…

Active Child – ‘Playing House’ featuring How to Dress Well (video)

One of my top tunes of the year thus far gets a video by Isaac…

RIP DJ Mehdi

DJ Mehdi has tragically died in an accident in Paris at the age of 34.…

Download Tenaka’s EP featuring Sacred Animals, Holy Roman Army, Daithí and more

It’s always interesting to watch the evolution of a producer particularly over the course of…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (13th – 19th September) + ticket giveaways

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

Listen to the Nouveaunoise Sequence Consequence EP

A trip to Berlin last week meant I missed out on posting this when it…

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…