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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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Sambassadeur – ‘I Can Try’

Nice tune from Gothenburg’s Sambassadeur taken from their “grand, classic and orchestrated album” European to…

Video: Villagers – ‘Ship Of Promises’

New video for ‘Ship Of Promises’ from Villagers‘ Becoming A Jackal.

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Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House

With the eyes and ears of the world on South Africa for the World Cup…

The Holy Roman Army – Daylight Savings Mixtape

Lovely mix of tunes from The Holy Roman Army taking in Kanye, Boxcutter, Jose Gonzales,…

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Introducing: Skeleton Jones

Awesome jangly indie-pop from Ken McAllister formerly of 8Ball who goes under the name of…

Aloe Blacc – ‘Femme Fatale’ (Velvet Underground cover)

Aloe Blacc’s followup to the small time smash ‘I Need A Dollar’ is a cover…

Cassettes Won’t Listen – Cannibal Ox / Animal Collective mashup album

Cassettes Won’t Listen has made a mashup album of Cannibal Ox and Animal Collective called…

The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

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

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Introducing: Tennis – the nautical-living indie-pop couple

Lots of bloggers talking about the band Tennis at the moment and rightly so on…

Popical Island live: Feed the Bears’ last ever gig, last ever song in video

 

LCD Soundsystem – ‘You Wanted A Hit’ (Soulwax remix)

Soulwax play the Olympia, Dublin on August 2nd. Bank Holiday! LCD play Electric Picnic in…

Video: Tegan and Sara live in Tower Records, Dublin

Shot for State.ie by Myles O’ Reilly and Stephen Mogerley. Check out Myles’ site Arbutus…

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The Nialler9 new music chart: Miniature Tigers, Tropics, Matthew Dear, Laetitia Sadier, MNDR & more

The best new music this week… Miniature Tigers – ‘Gold Skull’ Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor…

State Intervention @ 5pm, State vs Thumped tonight

Two State events happening today: Firstly, State Intervention #3 takes place live in St Kevin’s…

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Introducing: Meljoann – Irish electro skweee funk

Early days for Meljoann but this Irish lass has a style unique to herself already:…

Mondkopf’s Deaf House EP

After releasing Galaxy of Nowhere earlier this year (detailed post here), French producer Mondkopf returns…

New Matthew Dear – ‘I Can’t Feel’

Matthew Dear’s 2007 album Asa Breed was one of my favourites of that year. In…

Korallreven – ‘The Truest Faith’

Sweden’s Korallreven will release an EP through Acephale Records (home to Salem, CFCF, Memory Tapes…

Four Tet – Angel Echoes (Jon Hopkins remix)

We’ve had Caribou’s remix of ‘Angel Echoes’ , now here’s Jon Hopkin’s decidely more ambient…

Introducing: Civil Civic

Razor-sharp guitar and drum machines is the name of the game with Civil Civic. Like…