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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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New tunes from Vivian Girls & Dum Dum Girls

Here for your Valentine’s Day pleasure, is a jilted beaut of a song called ‘Take…

Radiohead release new album The King Of Limbs on Saturday

Another quick trick from Radiohead. The King Of Limbs will be released digitally this Saturday…

Download 792 songs from SXSW 2011 bands

Got 5GB of hard drive space going spare? Fill it up with 792 songs from…

Win Win
Win Win – ‘Interleave’ feat. Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor

As you may have heard, Win Win is a new musical project from XXXChange, Devlin…

Video: Le Corps Mince de Françoise – ‘Future Me’

Carefree sunny electro-pop from Finland’s Le Corps Mince de Françoise which sounds like Telepathe on…

White Lies – ‘The Power & The Glory’ (Bibio remix)

Listen to this talkbox slice of ’80s funk complete with magical rainbow guitar solo courtesy…

Download Padraig McCauley & The P Affection’s debut album

Check out this free to download debut album from Naas-based Padraig McCauley & The P…

Listen to Mogwai’s new album & watch a new video for ‘Mexican Grand Prix’

Rolling Stone are currently streaming Mogwai’s new brilliantly titled album Hardcore Will Never Die, But…

Rye Rye
Rye Rye – Ryeot Powrr mixtape

I’ve seen Rye Rye twice now, both times at South By Southwest, once each year…

Fight Like Apes, Jape, Heathers, The Minutes & Adebisi Shank to play Dylan Haskins fundraiser

A fundraising gig for Dylan Haskins’ Independent campaign to get elected in Dublin South East…

Cfit – ‘Don’t Sweat The Small Shit’

On those days when the rain incinerates all it touches, we’ll just find a way…

Listen to new album streams from Gruff Rhys & Ghostpoet

Listen to Gruff Rhys’ Hotel Shampoo at his site or below: Listen to Ghostpoet’s excellent…

Red Bull Music Academy 2011 details

Having already helped the likes of Hudson Mohawke, Arveene, Flying Lotus, Jamie Woon, Onra, Mike…

Video: Erykah Badu – Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long (directed by Flying Lotus)

After his directorial debut for Bilal, Flying Lotus is at it again, this time for…

Video: Planningtorock – ‘Doorway’

Crawling, atmospheric and undeniably fresh Knife-esque tune from regular collaborators Planningtorock. It’s taken from W,…

Stunning animated video for Egyptrixx

Stunning animated short by Studio Datdatdat. The music, ‘Start from the Beginning’, is from Egyptrixx’s…

Bearbones new song & video

Bearbones have gifted me two things to share with you all. First up, a new…

Download the new single from The Strokes at 7.35pm

It’s available for 48 hours only too. Tonight at 7.35pm GMT, The Strokes release ‘Under…

Video: Austra – ‘The Beat & The Pulse’ (NSFW)

Recently featured Domino signed Austra have a new video for ‘The Beat & The Pulse’…

The Nialler9 weekly gig guide & Egyptian Lover tickets

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