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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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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – ‘Trouble’ (video)

The new video for Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs ‘Trouble’ which to my mind, sounds like…

The return of Spank Rock: Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar

After MC Spank Rock’s crowdpleasing set with Amanda Blank at Forbidden Fruit on Sunday, Naeem…

Beirut – ‘East Harlem’ / The Rip Tide

The new Beirut song ‘East Harlem’ debuted while I was away last weekend and today…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (7th – 13th June)

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

Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – ‘Too Many Harsh Words’

In April, we got the chance to hear the first new bit of material from…

Jamie xx – ‘Far Nearer’

Jamie xx’s long overdue first solo single (delayed due to sample clearance issues with the…

Forbidden Fruit Festival stage times

Forbidden Fruit festival takes place at IMMA in Kilmainham, Dublin this weekend. Here’s the breakdown…

Album stream: Retarded Cop – You Have The Right To Remain Retarded

Album of the week time. Those who have been following Gaz Le Rock’s accelerated work-rate…

Ps22 Chorus sing Austra

Awesome. Austra’s ‘Energy’ (which appears on The Beat & The Pulse EP) as covered by…

Blood Orange – ‘Sutphin Boulevard’

Lightspeed Champion frontman Dev Hynes went and packed himself off to Noo Yawk a couple…

Civil Civic – ‘Airspray’

Civil Civic are currently in the middle of a crowdfunding drive to pay for their…

Niki & The Dove – Lifting Off Live set

This live set from Sweden’s Niki & The Dove (aka Malin and Gustaf) is hugely…

Introducing: ▲L▲ST D∆YS OF 1984▲▲

▲L▲ST D∆YS OF 1984▲▲ is the new project from Darren Moloney formerly of Betamax Format.…

New Hudson Mohawke – ‘Thunder Bay’

Hud Mo is back. A new EP entitled Satin Panthers is released on Warp Records…

Listen to album streams from Black Lips, Fucked Up, White Denim, Cults, Arctic Monkeys…

The best of recent album streams in A-Z. Plenty more in the Album Streams category.…

Shabazz Palaces – ‘Swerve…’

I’ve been following Shabazz Palaces since Gorilla vs. Bear was shouting about them way back…

Jeff Mangum to play Whelan’s in November

As announced via Foggy Notions’ Twitter, Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel will play Whelan’s…

WU LYF – ‘Dirt’ (video)

There are some truly wonderful moments of music on WU LYF’s debut album Go Tell…

iamamiwhoami to play Way Out West festival

This morning I got an email from the iamamiwhoami email address with that picture above.…

The Nialler9 Dublin gig guide (31st May – 6th June)

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