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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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Free compilation Love SIC Disco feat. Memory Tapes, Guards, Gruff, Loney Dear & more

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen my tweet about this compilation…

Baths & Solar Bears for Dublin gig in April

Finally. Will Wiesenfeld aka Baths will play The Workman’s Club with support from Solar Bears…

The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

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

Keep Shelly in Athens
Keep Shelly in Athens – ‘Running Out Of You’ (Solar Bears Remix)

Solar Bears have reworked Greek duo Keep Shelly In Athens‘ massive-sounding ambient/hip-hop synth tune ‘Running…

Video: Bilal – ‘Levels’ feat. Erykah Badu (directed by Flying Lotus)

FULL SCREEN Flying Lotus debut directorial credit goes to Bilal for his latest video, ‘Levels’.…

On Repeat: Holy Ghost!, Yelle, Jam City, ∇nknown ShΔpes & Jamie xx

A regular roundup of five tunes that are getting repeated plays. 1. Holy Ghost! –…

Video: Girl Walk featuring Girl Talk’s All Day

A music video dance performance piece set to the music from Girl Talk’s All Day…

Ones to Watch 2011: Zoo Kid – The Brit School’s weird kid

After last week’s 17 year-old electronic boy wonder MOTHS, here we have 16 year old…

Video: We Are Trees – ‘Sunrise Sunset’

Back in September, I introduced you to We Are Trees. This video by High/Low shot…

Listen to Quompilation: Irish artists covering their favourite songs of 2010

We heard the highly bloggable cover of Adebisi Shank by Squarehead last week, as well…

New MNDR – ‘Cut Me Out’

As much as I like MNDR, I can’t escape the feeling that her productions (by…

State Mix: Kevin Blake

Get on this. Kevin Blake is one of the promoter’s behind Electric Underground in Cork.…

Video: She & Him – ‘Don’t Look Back’

She & Him aren’t the “sound of tomorrow” but they do make cute retro pop…

Bell X1 – ‘Hey Anna Lena’

I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan of Bell X1, or the Bellies as…

Nialler9 On Tour: Bangkok, Thailand

As part of a gang of 11 bloggers, I spent 10 days last November in…

Video: Best Coast – ‘Crazy For You’ (contains lots of cats)

Bethany Cosentino favourite feline friends star in Best Coast’s new video for ‘Crazy For You’.…

The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

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

Video: Kill Krinkle Club – ‘Butterfly’

After videos shot in Belfast and New York, Kill Krinkle Club shot this in Stockholm…

New Blood Bros ’80s action movie mixtape – Heaven 2 Hell

Oh Em Geeeee you guys. While everyone is depressing you even more with talk of…

Listen to the Jurassic Park Theme (1000% Slower)

Start your day with another slowed-down music mashup. After Bieber got the slow-down treatment, this…