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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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lissie
Lissie covers Lady Gaga & plays Dublin this month

Lissie plays The Academy on the 26th April in support to Joshua Radin so consider…

wehaveband
We Have Band mega remix post

London three-piece and former record company employees, We Have Band officially release their debut album…

Video: Janelle Monae – ‘Tightrope’ feat. Big Boi

You remember the awesome comeback single I featured here in February? Well, there’s now a…

Stream She & Him Volume 2

 

A Glo-Fi mix
Now Wave - Glo-Fi Mix 1. Toro Y Moi - Thanks Vision 2. Small Black…
Stream Lali Puna’s Our Inventions

Listen to Lali Puna’s first album in six years, their fourth album in total. Our…

Dam Funk covers The Human League

Oddly this is for a Dr. Martens campaign celebrating 50 years which will see the…

New Wildbirds and Peacedrums – ‘Fight For Me’

This blew me away when I heard it yesterday. While I’ve always been a fan…

All City releases Onra 12″, Samiyam/ Ras_G LA 10″

The latest releases from Dublin’s All City include Onra’s ‘Long Distance’ / ‘High Hopes’ 12″…

active child
Active Child remixes Wolf Gang & Steve Mason

Active Child has received plenty of buzz lately. It is the project of a Philadelphia…

What’s happening on Good Friday?

Here’s a list of gigs and things happening in Dublin tomorrow (besides mass obviously) on…

Video: Monarchy – ‘The Phoenix Alive’ / remixes

Aeronautical space-themed video for my “Ones to Watch” act Monarchy’s ‘The Phoenix Alive’ directed by…

Introducing: Gayngs

What would Bon Iver sound like if he was involved in group which was directly…

You look like you need cheering up…

This will do the trick..

Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh

Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh has just been released. Less…

Strong Arm Steady – ‘Best of Times’

Absolutely stonking hip-hop jam produced by Madlib from Strong Arm Steady’s album In Search Of…

Gruff Rhys records album with Brazilian TV repairman

Gruff Rhys has hooked up with Brazilian TV and VCR repairman Tony Da Gatorra for…

Siriusmo DJ Mix

This is the first DJ-mix from Siriusmo which was aired on Shir Khan’s radioshow at…

Video: Small Black – ‘Despicable Dogs’

Caught these guys at CMJ last year. In truth, I wasn’t hugely impressed by the…

Dublin Guitar Quartet M&E poster
Win tickets to Dublin Guitar Quartet plays Philip Glass & a poster designed by M&E

Dublin Guitar Quartet will be performing a special once-off Philip Glass – The Quartets concert…