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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 M.I.A. – ‘XXXO’

A complete switch up of style from ‘Born Free’ for this newest M.I.A. track and…

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Mountain Man – ‘Soft Skin’

More sweetness from Mountain Man’s forthcoming album Made The Harbor which is out on the…

Yours Truly: Toro y Moi – ‘You Hid’

In less than 3 hours, Toro y Moi recorded piano, drums, bass, guitar, rhodes, and…

Silver Columns, Astronomer & Foals

Adem & The Pictish Trail AKA Silver Columns have a bunch of new stuff happening.…

iamamiwhoami part 10 – big fish, little fish, cardboard box

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Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – Contact Sports

The Skinny Wolves-released Patrick Kelleher 7″ for Contact Sports featuring the original track and the…

Kendal Johansson – ‘Blue Moon’ (Big Star cover)

Kendal Johansson’s cover of Big Star’s ‘Blue Moon’ has been doing the blog rounds this…

Trophy Boyfriend – ‘Distant Chimes’

I first featured Gregor Ruigrok aka Trophy Boyfriend back in October’s MAP but since then…

Video: Chemical Brothers – ‘Swoon’

We’ve already had the 12-minute ‘Escape Velocity’ but the first single proper ‘Swoon’ arrived today.…

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The result of the IMRO & music blogger meeting

Today, Darragh (Asleep On A Compost Heap), Shane (The Torture Garden) and I met with…

Small Hours Summer Mornings Mix

“A Foggy Notions CD curated by Donal Dineen and released in 2007 to accompany the…

James Blake – ‘CMYK’

Beautiful. If there’s one song that’s been providing a quick headtrip away from all the…

Video: Kele – ‘Tenderoni’

The music videography of Kylie meets The Klaxons for Kele’s first solo video. Great tune.…

Mondkopf – the bastard child of Moderat & M83

One of the better albums I’ve heard in recent months is Galaxy of Nowhere from…

The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

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

Video: Avi Buffalo – ‘What’s In It For?’

Lovely track from Avi Buffalo from their self-titled Sub Pop debut. These kids are on…

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Mountain Man – ‘Animal Tracks’

The wonderful Mountain Man who I caught at SXSW where “three girls huddled around a…

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Department of Eagles – ‘Brightest Minds’

Archive 2003 – 2006, a collection of unreleased songs from Department of Eagles will be…

iamamiwhoami part 9

Watch til the end… Previous videos.

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3×3 with Low Sea

The Low Sea are a little known Galway-based band made up of Billie and Bobby…