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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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Video: Lissie & Ellie Goulding – Everywhere I Go

Ellie Goulding joined Lissie on stage to do backing vocals on Lissie’s ‘Everywhere I Go’…

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The Twilight Sad & Errors remix each other

The Twilight Sad remixed fellow Scots Errors earlier in the year by turning the opening…

Mos Def rhymes over Gil Scott Heron

We’ve already had Nas drop some rhymes on ‘New York is Killing Me’ from Gil…

Donal Dineen’s Summer Loaf

Donal Dineen drops a summery mix featuring The Redneck Manifesto, Caribou, Flying Lotus, Gold Panda,…

Girl Crisis – ‘Come As You Are’ (Nirvana cover)

Members of Au Revoir Simone, Apache Beat, Chairlift, Class Actress, This Frontier Needs Heroes, Acrylics…

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The Nialler9 Weekly Chart

A new look weekly chart this week with little sentences on each track and everything!…

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Two Door Cinema Club’s top 5 Irish acts right now

As part of the extensive Irish week last month in which I asked loads of…

Video: PVT (formerly Pivot) – Window

Really excited about PVT’s new album Church With No Magic after a killer SXSW show…

Video: Quadron (Yours Truly session)

Yet another wonderful Yours Truly session, featuring the sound of Scanadavian soul pop duo Quadron.…

Photos: Tiesto & BLK JKS – Smirnoff Experience, Joburg

The main reason for my trip to South Africa last week was to attend the…

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Sound of South Africa: Zuluboy

Zuluboy was definitely one of the most interesting people we met on the Smirnoff Experience…

Video: Villagers – ‘Home’ (Yours Truly video)

It’s been a fascinating road for Conor O’ Brien’s Villagers project. If you been following…

Introducing: Zola Jesus

Nika Roza Danilova aka Zola Jesus‘ Stridulum EP is one of the more interesting things…

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Sound of South Africa: TKZee

While in Joburg, I got the opportunity to interview some prominent kwaito musicians. Kwaito is…

Sound of South Africa: JR – Show Dem (Make The Circle Bigger)

This tune has been massive in South Africa for the last few months apparently. The…

MAP – The music blogger mixtape May 2010

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 37 music bloggers across the world (now including…

New music mixtape

A mixtape of new music that has been soundtracking my last few weeks. Featuring Dam…

Stream Sleigh Bells’ Treats

The room-shakin’ body-movin riff-tastic Sleigh Bells album Treats is now streaming on NPR. It clocks…

Win tickets to secret Fight Like Apes gig & a Nokia 5230 phone

I’ve been given a pair of tickets to giveaway to a secret and exclusive Fight…

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The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

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