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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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SXSW 2010 band and party hitlist

Just a glimpse at some of the madness taking place in Austin, Texas at SXSW…

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The Nialler9 Weekly Chart

This weekly chart consists of 10 of my favourite tunes right now including remixes by…

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The Holy Roman Army free covers EP

Chris and Laura Coffey (aka doctor and psychologist, brother and sister) have released a free…

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Tanlines – Real Life

Alan from State has been telling me to check out Tanlines lately and I’m glad…

The National – Terrible Love (live on Fallon)

This is an awesome song. The National debuted the first song on Fallon (Jimmy is…

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Introducing: Solar Bears

Dublin’s Solar Bears have recently signed up to Planet Mu. Fair play to them for…

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Neon Indian – Sleep Paralysist

A new song from Alan Paloma’s band Neon Indian, which was produced by Chris Taylor…

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The Beatyard this Saturday

Fair play to Bodytonic for putting this on. Great to see cool stuff happening in…

Video: Yeasayer – O.N.E.

Another high-quality quasi-mystical neon-clad headfuck of a video from Yeasayer for one of the best…

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Paul Weller remixes by Zinc & Leo Zero

The concept of Paul Weller remixed sure sounds a bit odd but then again Portishead…

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New MGMT – Flash Delirium

A new song from Congratulations, ‘Flash Delirium’ available now from WhoisMGMT.com or via this link.…

Video: She & Him – In The Sun

Zooey is all over this one. Clearly inspired by 500 Days Of Summer’s Bank Dance…

The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

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

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Introducing: Cults

Appearing out of nowhere last week and straight onto loads of music blogs, Cults are…

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MP3: Supergroup Apparatik’s Antlers

Made up of members of Coldplay, A-ha and Mew, Apparatjik have quietly released themselves into…

Stussy’s J Dilla documentary

Three part documentary focusing on J Dilla’s time in LA with B+, Egon, Peanut Butter…

Joanna Newsom – Soft as Chalk (Live on Fallon)

Whilst your delving into Have One on Me’s triple album deal, here’s J-New (hat-tip to…

Jazz cover of Thom Yorke’s The Eraser

Beautiful jazz cover of the Thom Yorke song by Christian Scott. Taken from his album…

Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma snippets

Two new tracks played on Giles Peterson 10 days ago I never heard anything about..…

Rubberbandits – Song for Willie O’ Dea

“I swear on my tache, it’s decent hash”. http://www.youtube.com/user/rubberbandits Footage of their Christmas Dublin show…