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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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Video: Odd Future live at SXSW Thrasher Party

The energy around Odd Future’s SXSW shows was insane. The exception was the official Billboard…

Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke – ‘Ego’ & ‘Mirror’

While I was SXSWing it up, Burial, Four Tet & Thom Yorke dropped a extremely-limited…

SXSW 2011: James Blake, Tune-Yards, Austra, Grouplove, Twin Shadow & more

It’s St. Patrick’s Day (or Patty’s Day as they say here) and the silly hats…

SXSW 2011: Gold Panda, Therapies Son, Summer Camp, Foster The People, Jamie Woon, Toro Y Moi & more

Austin’s annual musical challenge to the brave and eager has rolled around. While film, interactive…

Cloud Nothing
MAP – The global music blog mixtape – March 2011

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 36 music bloggers across the world to share…

BATTLES
Battles – ‘Ice Cream’

When Tyondai Braxton announced he was leaving Battles, a large part of me wasn’t surprised.…

Electric Picnic 2011
Arcade Fire, Beirut, Flying Lotus, PJ Harvey, Lykke Li & more for Electric Picnic 2011 lineup

Picileaks. It’s almost impossible to keep something under wraps when it comes festival lineups these…

Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place

Fans of the likes of Grouper and Stars Of The Lid will find plenty to…

Oxegen 2011 lineup: Pop & rock wins out

As expected Oxegen 2011 will be a much more pop/rock affair this year with the…

Foster The People – ‘Pumped Up Kicks’: A preemptive Summer jam

Get your Summer whistle on, for Foster The People’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ is that kinda…

The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

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

Clock Opera – ‘Belongings’

The new single from Clock Opera reminds me of Elbow until the electronic bit comes…

Icona Pop
Introducing: Icona Pop – Sweden’s next pop export

Extremely catchy electronic pop from the Swedish duo made up of Aino Jawo and Caroline…

Listen to The Dodos’ new album No Color

From The Hype Machine, comes this stream of The Dodos new and fourth album No…

Video: Owensie – ‘Cat and Mouse’

A video for Owensie’s ‘Cat & Mouse’ directed and filmed by Niall O’Byrne and co-directed…

Video: Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz – ‘6 Foot 7 Foot’

‘6 Foot 7 Foot’ is like a poppier, more-focused ‘A Milli’ with an Inception-themed video…

Kimbra – ‘Settle Down’

So this song just blew me away. Her name is Kimbra and she’s from Melbourne.…

Video: Jamie xx & Gil Scott-Heron – ‘I’ll Take Care Of You’

Forget The Fighter, this mini-documentary music video featuring a female boxer and her son is…

Video: Yelle – ‘Safari Disco Club’ / ‘Que Veux-Tu’

A music video double header from France’s Yelle. LOVE the transition between the two but…

Shlohmo – ‘Places’

A slow jam in the vein of Flying Lotus and Baths for a slow day.…