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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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New Gruff Rhys – ‘Shark Ridden Waters’ & Irish gigs

SFA’s Gruff Rhys returns to his solo material this month. Firstly with a new song…

Video: James Blake – ‘Limit To Your Love’ (Feist cover)

A song for a Friday. James Blake follows up his superb Klavierwerke EP with a…

The Go! Team
New: The Go! Team – T.O.R.N.A.D.O

Pitchfork just debuted the first track from The Go! Team’s new album Rolling Blackouts which…

State Intervention #7 – Heathers

On Saturday afternoon a few weeks ago, the Heathers twins played a short set in…

MAP – The international music blog mixtape – Oct 2010

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 35 music bloggers across the world to share…

Strands mixtape

Strands, the solo project of producer Stephen Shannon will be releasing a self-titled debut this…

Video: Holy Fuck – ‘Red Lights’ (Cat-tastic)

I don’t think Holy Fuck could have come up with a more internet-friendly music video…

Live: Mount Kimbie in Dublin

I popped along to The Academy 2 last night, that most dreaded of venues, for…

Video: Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. ft. Q-Tip & MNDR – ‘Bang Bang Bang’ (Letterman)

Mark Ronson’s newest album Record Collection doesn’t do much for me save for this song,…

Video: Gorillaz live on Letterman (45 minutes)

Gorillaz did a live at Letterman full-length gig last week after their regular song. It’s…

Video: Sun Airway – ‘Put the Days Away’

Read the introducing post and get eh, introduced.

The Gorgeous Colours – The Creatures Down Below EP

The Creatures Down Below is the new EP from The Gorgeous Colours and it’s certainly…

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Le Corps Mince de Françoise

‘Something Golden’ is a tune from Le Corps Mince de Françoise , a Helsinki, Finland…

Live: DOOM at The Button Factory, Dublin

Let’s start with the facts. A 45 minute set. Nearly 90 minutes late on stage.…

The Nialler9 weekly gig guide

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

Chilly Gonzales
Chilly Gonzales to play Dublin solo piano talk show

One of my favourite artists of the last few months and the man who released…

Video: Janelle Monae live at Electric Picnic by Myles O’Reilly

Myles O’Reilly again. The man is unstoppable. And what and artist to capture. From Body…

DOOM tonight – A mix…

It’s a day I’ve been long waiting for. Though it could be a brutally disappointing…

dark star
Listen to Darkstar’s album North

Dark Star have talked about a lot recently due to a) their sidestep from dubstep…

Video: Lisa O’Neill by Myles O’Reilly

Myles O’Reilly once again captures three beautiful performances from Lisa O’Neill in Cherrylane Gallery in…