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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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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,…

State Mix #25: FUR

The latest State mix comes courtesy of Bryce Isbell aka FUR and features tracks from…

Amiina play an Icelandic bookshop by Myles O’Reilly & IMTV Awards winners

Congratulations to Myles O’Reilly for winning Best Director at the IMTV Awards last night –…

Halves – ‘Growing & Glow’ featuring Jennifer Evans on The View

While the original featured Amy Milan, this live version on RTE’s The View gets the…

Nialler9 Mixtape: Flying Overseas

More info to be added but for now, here’s a mixtape of new music to…

The best of free Irish music downloads

For this week’s Day And Night column, I wrote about Irish bands and artists who…

Nialler9 on tour: The Nightlife Exchange Project

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to visit South Africa courtesy of Smirnoff where…

Video: Arcade Fire – ‘The Suburbs’ – directed by Spike Jonze

Shot in Austin, Texas.

Video: Twin Sister – ‘All Around And Away We Go’

Cute video for this solid Twin Sister track from their double-package EP release Color Your…

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Introducing: Maverick Sabre – an Irish-raised dub-tinged singer

I’m very impressed with this kid. London-born and raised in Ireland, Michael Stafford is a…

Download Girl Talk’s All Day

In case you somehow haven’t heard this yet. Girl Talk’s new album All Day was…

Video: Hot Chip, Bernard Sumner & Hot City – ‘I Didn’t Know What Love Was’

The official video directed by Andreas Nilsson (Fever Ray ‘If I Had a Heart‘, Yeasayer…

Introducing: Father Longlegs

All the way from Westport, Connecticut, Father LongLegs is the enigmatic work of an individual…

The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

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

Adebisi Shank remixes

Adebisi Shank today released four quality remixes of songs from their second album. What is…

iamamiwhoami’s epic concert film

It begins with a long car journey prelude. Our intrepid protaganist is led down an…

Video: Gorillaz – ‘Doncamatic (All Played Out)’ (feat. Daley)

This tune went down well at the Gorillaz gig last week. The most common sentiment…

Mix: WTF is Post-Dubstep?

Awesome mix from Liam Griffin for State Magazine featuring the best of what has been…