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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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Yacht live in Paris via Grandcrew

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DOOM – Gazzillion Ear remix EP

Was it really April when we heard Thom Yorke remix DOOM for the first time?…

Introducing: Penguin Prison

If you follow music blogs closely, you’ll probably have heard this tune. That’s because a)…

Gigs happening this week

A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. Stand outs…

Video: Delphic – Doubt

Hotly-tipped Modular signees Delphic from Manchester reveal their new video which features freaky living metal…

Listen to Fever Ray’s live album

NPR have a stream of the Fever Ray live album Live at Lulea which was…

Video: Marina and The Diamonds – Hollywood Infected Your Brain

HoW 2 MakE it iN ‘thE AmEriCA’…..: a) sing about cellphones & ringtones b) auto-tune…

Movember: The final moustachioed call

For the last 30 days I like many other blokes, have been tentatively growing shoots…

The return of vintage rock ‘n’ roll

Two similar upbeat and breezy tunes for your Monday playlist, both which sound like they…

IMTV Video Music Awards – The winners

Last night, Ireland got its first, long overdue spotlight on music video directors of this…

Video: Holy Fuck! – Royal Gregory

A new video for an old tune by Holy Fuck. Directed by Mirrorshade. Speaking of…

Irish hip-hop needs a kick up the arse

“Irish hip-hop” has already given us Tom O’C and the rise of the Rubberbandits this…

She is Danger – Hurt You

You’d be forgiven for thinking that dubstep is a man’s game because so far it…

Florence et la Machine – You Got the Love (1963 live version)

The video is related to a Stella Artois sustainable living/recycling campaign called Recyclage de Luxe.…

Win passes to Bogdan Raczynski

!Kaboogie are having Bogdan Raczynski, the Polish electronic and techno mentalist who releases on Rephlex…

Video: Why? – These Hands/January Twenty Something

The first two songs from the recent Eskimo Snow get turned into a two-part music…

Video: Yeasayer – Ambling Alp

My favourite track of the last month gets an epic video treatment. It’s Mad Max…

Hunter-Gatherer album preview

This is a video preview featuring tracks from Hunter-Gatherer’s brilliantly-titled album I Dreamed I Was…

Gigs happening this week

A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. Friday night…

New Efterklang – Modern Drift & album

I want to go to there. Those nice Danish chaps Efterklang have announced they will…