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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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Video: Dead Man’s Bones – Dead Hearts

The album is out now folks – iTunes | Amazon.

Turzi – Buenos Aires/Bombay 12″

I wasn’t going to post about this at first but it turns out both of…

The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (Alan Wilkis remix)

Everyone knows the original song by now – whether it be be constant radio play…

Los Campesinos! – These Are Listed Buildings

We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed was a brilliant record in my estimation. ‘These Are…

New Vampire Weekend – Horchata

Vampire Weekend today released ‘Horchata’ a new song from their upcoming album Contra to be…

Pixies – Last show @ Olympia Theatre, Dublin

Yes. After my jealous post last Thursday, I actually made it to the last night…

Nialler9 Podcast #28 – Wavves / Atlas Sound / Washed Out / Little Dragon and more

Our beloved podcast is back from its unplanned summer diversion and while we were away,…

Pixies live Olympia videos

From the Olympia last night from Handjob (Good job again dude). These videos and this…

Nialler9 Weekly Chart

Remember those times when you picked up a music magazine or a weekly music paper…

SALEM – Frost

Icy, icy electronica from SALEM. ‘Frost’ sounds like Shakira’s ‘She Wolf’ slowed to a ghettotech…

Lex Records MP3 Goodies – Willie Isz, Boom Bip, The Horrors, Heartbreak, DOOM

The good (no make that GREAT) folks at Lex Records sent some sweet remixes and…

Take that Imelda May..

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis perform ‘Going Up The Country’ on Jimmy Fallon.

Local Natives @ Academy 2, Dublin

I’ve been going to a lot less gigs this year than the massive amounts I’d…

Yacht – See Mystery Lights

Yacht’s new album See Mystery Lights is a huge leap forward in my estimation from…

Music Piracy debate tonight

There was a bit of interest about this on Twitter so I thought I’d put…

A Twittertape to beat the Monday blues

This morning on Twitter, I asked people to submit their song to a mixtape to…

Dave Lovering of the Pixies performs magic in Dublin

This happened last night at the International Comedy Club. The drummer from the Pixies turns…

Bradford Cox vs Wayne Coyne

This is pretty funny. “Can’t two grown men pee in the same toilet at the…

Win Eurostar tickets to Paris, Lille or Brussels!

So a few weeks ago, I travelled to Paris courtesy of Eurostar and We Are…

MP3: The Middle East – Blood

If I did a track of the week feature, The Middle East’s ‘Blood’ might well…