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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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Not Squares – ‘Release the Bees’

An eight minute rollicking urgent rhythm jam from the Belfast trio Not Squares who just…

The Nialler9 weekly chart

A new look weekly chart featuring ten of my most-played tracks this week. This time…

Vampire Weekend – ‘Jonathan Low’ (Twilight: Eclipse Soundtrack)

Taken from the forthcoming Twilight:Eclipse soundtrack, comes this new tune from Vampire Weekend. The band…

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New Nouveaunoise – ‘Panaka’

‘Panaka’ is another preview from Nouveaunoise’s forthcoming album Paraphrase Accolade (out June 11th) which features…

B-Movie Lightning – ‘Triple Trouble’

The brilliant Donal Dineen/ Cian O’ Cíobhaín– recommended single from former Cane 141 man Mike…

Kode9 DJ Kicks preview

Listen to the 15 minute preview of the compilation from Kode9 which features tracks from…

Win passes to !Kaboogie / All City gig with Onra, Elijah & Skilliam

Friday night sees !Kaboogie and All City combine to bring three influential producer/DJs in grime…

Foals – ‘Miami’ video

Total Life Forever is easily in my top five albums of the year so far.…

Listen to the new Arcade Fire songs in full

Update: Third album The Suburbs has been announced via their website. It will be released…

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New Madvillain – ‘Papermill’

The Adult Swim Singles Program brings us a great new tune from Madvillain (Madlib and…

Joanna Newsom for Grand Canal Theatre

Joanna (or J New as we’ve been calling her round these parts) has confirmed a…

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Jape interview & songs on Donal Dineen

Jape was in the studio with Donal Dineen last week where he talked about recording…

Get the Major Lazer / La Roux mixtape

Diplo & Switch put this mixtape together for La Roux while working on new material…

Popical Island: Ireland’s new popscene

Compilation alert! Popical Island are a collective of bands and musicians who have little in…

New Mark Ronson feat. Q-Tip & MNDR

What are the chances? If any uppity young producer have-it-all was unlikely to be featured…

New Klaxons – ‘Flashover’

After being told to re-record parts of their second album by Polydor as it was…

Sunvisor – ‘Sky Dive’

With the good Summer weather brings a more relaxed state of mind. A mind ready…

The last ever Hideaway House gig

Last night, the last ever Hideaway House gig took place in Dean’s Grange, County Dublin.…

Win tickets to The Ruby Suns.
The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

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

The Acorn – Restoration (Four Tet Remix)

Four Tet’s remixes are always worth a listen in my book. This one gives The…