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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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iamamiwhoami part 8 – the saga continues

It’s a song! Do you care anymore? The song is very Golden Filter-esque and is…

SXSW documentary – Villagers

Eoghan Kidney (kickass filmmaker) and Aoife McElwain (voice of the Nialler9 podcast, 2XM DJ, food…

Hear two new LCD Soundsystem songs

Two songs from This Is Happening due out on DFA Records on May 14th popped…

Video: Massive Attack – ‘Psyche’ feat. Martina Topley-Bird

Wonderfully ghostly video for Massive Attack’s ‘Psyche’ by director Dougal Wilson.

Stream Caribou’s Swim

 

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The Nialler9 Weekly Chart

The chart this week consists of 10 of my favourite tunes right now including a…

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New Gold Panda – ‘You’

Freaky electronics from Gold Panda for his new 7″ release out on May 10th. When…

The Golden Filter to play Oxegen

Via a State commenter, we know know that The Golden Filter have been booked to…

Devo, the internet & you..

Last month at SXSW, Devo conducted a live focus group to help decide what their…

Video: Freelance Whales – ‘Generation 2nd Floor’

Masked banditos feature heavily in the snowy video for Freelance Whales‘ video for ‘Generation 2nd…

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Castlepalooza lineup announced

Castlepalooza has announced the lineup for their fifth year running and it looks like their…

Podcast 30 - Phantogram
Nialler9 Podcast #30 – Brahms, Memory Tapes, Oh No Ono, The Middle East, Pivot, Frederik & more

Nine of the bands featured in this podcast also played at South By Southwest this…

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Introducing: Peter Wolf Crier

Recently signed to JagJaguar, Peter Wolf Crier are one of the bands that got away…

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Woodhands – ‘Dissembler’

One of the bands who impressed me muchly at SXSW this year were Toronto’s Woodhands…

Video: Aloe Blacc – ‘I Need a Dollar’

Posting this here as this song deserves double exposure. It’s Aloe Blacc featuring El Michels…

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Nas rhymes over Gil Scott-Heron

Nas pops up on this version of ‘New York Is Killing Me’ one of the…

Video: Penguin Prison – ‘Something I’m Not’

This video was taken from footage of Skype conversations between director Roman Rappak and Chris…

Shugo Tokumaru’s new album – Port Entropy

The much-slept on Japanese folk artist Shugo Tokumaru deserves your eyes and ears. I first…

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The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

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

The Chemical Brothers – Escape Velocity (12 minute version)

Radio rip uploaded to Youtube of the first play of ‘Escape Velocity’ from their new…