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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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Groove Armada – ‘Paper Romance’ (Classixx remix)

I totally missed this first time around. As well as this fruitful Classixx New Order-esque…

Record Store Day roundup

Record Store Day takes place on the 17th of April – it’s the day we…

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Bonobo – Kiara

Great tune from Bonobo’s new album Black Sands out now. Sweet Floating Points remix of…

Listen to LCD Soundsystem’s This Is Happening now!

LCD are streaming the album on their website now: http://www.lcdsoundsystem.com/thisishappening Go! It sounds great.

Video: State Intervention#1 – And So I Watch You From Afar

On a Friday last month, State asked ASIWYFA to play a short set in the…

More new The National – ‘Afraid Of Everyone’

Another great tune from High Violet. This time it’s track five – the core of…

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Villagers – ‘Twenty Seven Strangers’

A busy week for Conor O’ Brien this week as Villagers can be seen live…

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Introducing: The Joy Formidable

I don’t post a lot of straight-up rock songs here anymore, mostly because nothing in…

The Middle East to play The Sugar Club before Oxegen

Jim is reporting some good news. My favourite band at the minute, The Middle East…

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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…

Mount Kimbie Remixes 12″ preview

Here’s a superbly dubby FaltyDL remix taken from Mount Kimbie’s upcoming two-part Remixes EP on…

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…