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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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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…

The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

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

MAP – The music blogger mixtape June 2010

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

Listen to new Arcade Fire singles – ‘Ready to Start’ / ‘We Used to Wait’

The North American and UK singles from Arcade Fire’s upcoming The Suburbs album were both…

Video: King Midas Sound – ‘Lost’

New video directed by Niall O’ Brien taken from King Midas Sound’s excellent album Waiting…

Listen to live sets from Bonnaroo 2010

NPR seem to have a recorded live set from nearly every band who played Bonnaroo…

State’s Kiss the Girls mixtape

Alan over at State has been knocking out some quality mixtapes for the last few…

Listen to snippets of M.I.A’s /\/\/\Y/\ album

M.I.A. “/\/\/\Y/\” Snippets from RS on Vimeo. /\/\/\Y/\ ALBUM TRACKS: 1. ‘The Message’ 2. ‘Steppin’…

Lissie – ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ (Kid Cudi cover)

Lissie covers the Ratatat-featuring ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ by Kid Cudi at The Great Escape, Brighton…