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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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Other Voices Day 4 – Marina & The Diamonds, Steve Mason, O Emperor, The Minutes & Ryan Sheridan

The final gig of the regular nights of Other Voices in the church and there…

Video: Rubberbandits – ‘Horse Outside’

Over 20,000 1.5 million views in a week. Christmas Number One talk. On Liveline being…

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Other Voices Day 3 – ASIWYFA, Lissie, Everything Everything, Smoke Fairies & James Vincent McMorrow

Monday night, Day 3 of Other Voices and Dingle has lost a lot of weekend…

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Other Voices Day 2 – The National, Ellie Goulding, John Smith & Cathy Davey

Since arriving in Dingle for the recording of TV show and cosy gigfest Other Voices,…

Other Voices Day 1 – Hawley, Hannigan and Jarvis

It’s Dingle time. Season 9 of Other Voices in the town of Dingle, Co. Kerry…

Zappateer1’s Richter Collective roster mashup

Donegal mashup artist Zappateer1 takes 27 songs from Richter Collective artists and mashes them up…

Video: Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – ‘Wintertime’s Doll’

A stereoscopic 3D additive color-featuring video for Patrick Kelleher’s ‘Wintertime’s Doll’ by Sophie Gateau who…

New Ten Past Seven EP – Bothar Buí

Cork’s long-standing instrumental trio Ten Past Seven have turned in a new EP called Bothar…

Video: Grand Pocket Orchestra – ‘I Deal in Bits and Bobs’

Missed this while I was away… Directed by Nicky Coghlan. You can still listen to…

Vote for your favourite Irish albums & songs of 2010!

Personally, I think 2010 has been the greatest year in Irish music since since I…

Stream Somadrone’s Depth of Field

Neil O’ Connor returns to Somadrone releases this week, taking time out from playing with…

Video: Solar Bears – ‘Dolls’

Another new SBs video, this time by Synesthesiae Films featuring animation from the 1973 French/Czech…

Video: Silver Columns – Brow Beaten

Adem & The Pictish Trail aka Silver Columns have released a nine-minute video centered on…

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Stream Tanlines – Volume On

One of my favourite musical discoveries of 2010, Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm aka Tanlines…

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The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

Photo by Kieran Frost. A list of personally recommended events taking place over the next…

Video: James Vincent McMorrow live by Myles O’ Reilly

At the risk of turning this blog into a Myles O’Reilly love-in, his latest capture…

Video: Blu – ‘BNG’ (Flying Lotus production)

We first heard this song from LA rapper Blu last April in which he rhymes…

Chilly Gonzales – Annie Mac Minimix

As if we need any more proof of Chilly’s awesomeness, this 5 minute Annie Mac…

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Stream: Not Squares – Yeah OK

Not Squares‘ debut album Yeah OK comes out through Richter Collective today and the band’s…

Stream Daft Punk’s Tron:Legacy soundtrack in full

Inspired by the great Bernard Herrman, Vangelis and featuring, as revealed to Dazed & Confused,…