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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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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…

Tempted? Pitchfork Paris two-day festival announced

Following on from their Primavera stage, Pitchfork will be hosting yet another European music festival,…

Watch a movie titled-themed Buck 65 video

The song is ‘Superstars Don’t Love’ from Buck’s recent 20 Odd Years compilation. The video…

Hear Radiohead remixes by Caribou & Jacques Greene

I picked up this today. The King Of Limbs is certainly an album that has…

Download the amazing moving record sleeve Radio Soulwax iPhone app

Soulwax’s new Radio Soulwax iPhone app might just one of the most impressive artist app…

Wugazi – ‘Sleep Rules Everything Around Me’

Yeh, it’s another mashup idea – Wu-Tang meets Fugazi but don’t go just yet! ‘Sleep…

Diagrams – ‘Antelope’

If you were a fan of the band Tunng, you’ll find plenty to love in…

Field Day mix #4 – Creep

Creep are the latest artist to submit a mix to Field Day’s mix series leading…

Battles back in Ireland and UK in November

In case you missed Battles‘ recent Forbidden Fruit appearance in Ireland or at Primavera or…