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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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Listen to Small Black’s album – New Chain

As debuted by XLR8R last week, here is Small Black’s New Chain for your listening…

Donal Dineen Small Hours mix – Autumn Leaves

Donal Dineen has curated a 25-track Autumn mix featuring songs from James Blake, Adebisi Shank,…

Video: Suuns – ‘Up Past The Nursery’

Montreal’s Suuns released their debut album Zeroes QC through Secretly Canadian last month. ‘Up Past…

Video: Gruff Rhys – ‘Shark Ridden Waters’

Did anyone manage to catch the Separado Q&A in Dublin over the weekend? If not,…

This is the Japanese mixtape of a band called Adebisi Shank

Who better to provide us with an aural guide to Japanese music than a band…

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Yeh Deadlies – The Dead Living EP

A Halloween treat from Yeh Deadlies in the form of the free six-track The Dead…

Clock Opera

More than just skilled remixers, and actually four dudes now since founder Guy Connelly expanded…

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Download: School Tour – Yes Way Tour EP

School Tour is a great name for a band. The solo ambient project of Gerard…

Justin Grounds – The Dissolving

Currently touring Ireland with The Headland Collective, Justin Grounds deserves to have more chatter about…

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New Baths – ‘Pop Song’

Hey, I’m talking here!!.. Baths can do no wrong lately. Will Wiesenfeld was just chilling…

Halves – ‘Growing & Glow’ (feat. Amy Millan)

‘Growing & Glow’ may just be the best song on Halves album It Goes, It…

“The 2010 Bands You Can Ignore list”

Dave Rawkblog’s 2010 Bands You Can Ignore list is a fine example of blog aggravation.…

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Album stream: Meljoann – Squick

The brilliant debut album from Meljoann is here . Introduced in June as “Irish electro…

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The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

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

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New Lykke Li EP for download

Lykke Li is back with two new tracks ‘Get Some’ & ‘Paris Blue’ available for…

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The best of Nialler9: September 2010 edition

You don’t have time to check blogs every day, never mind just this one. Here’s…

Listen to Strands’ debut album

As debuted on State.ie this week, listen to Strands‘ debut album ahead of the Crawdaddy…

Inbox Jukebox October mix

A selection of fine tunes from the Nialler9 inbox: You’ll find tunes from Chad Valley,…

Video: Peter Wolf Crier – ‘Down Down Down’

It’s been six months since we’ve heard from Peter Wolf Crier but the duo have…

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New Letherette – ‘The Way’

If you’ve been following Letherette as keenly as I have, the news of a new…