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 – Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel

You might remember this tune from a while back from Fool’s Gold – “African pop/funky…

“..the ultimate bum-note in the world ever”

“Highly popular” “Influential” “Internet-related” Just some of the words used to describe er… me, in…

Introducing: The Sound of Arrows

You may have heard The Sound of Arrows‘ ‘M.A.G.I.C.’ already around the blogosphere. Chances are…

New Broadcast mini-album available now

A nice surprise here. Warp have just announced that a new mini-collaborative album from Broadcast…

Inbox Jukebox

Some great stuff has passed through the tubes of the Nialler9 mailbox recently and here’s…

Joker remixes Simian Mobile Disco & Beth Ditto

I LOVE the original of this anyway but as The Fader said Joker’s remix of…

Why?’s Web TV series

To promote Eskimo Snow, Why? have produced an often-hilarious webshow. Here are all the parts…

Video: St. Vincent – Marrow

St. Vincent’s Actor is one of my most-played of the year at this point. Geddit.…

MPC Cat

Keyboard Cat you’ve got a challenger. Say hello to Purple, Doseone’s cat aka MPC Cat.

Pivot cover Grizzly Bear for Warp 20

As part of Warp Records’ 20th Birthday celebrations and their incoming Warp 20 releases, the…

New Thom Yorke 12″ leaks

‘Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses’ is available for pre-order but some people got their copies…

Q-Tip – Barely in Love (on Jimmy Fallon)

Q-Tip, backed by The Roots, plays a track live from Kamaal The Abstract.

Introducing: Get Back Guinozzi

These guys play alongside David Kitt in Whelan’s this Friday night. They signed to Fat…

New Chromeo – Night by Night

After a couple of years of ignorance, I’m now totally on the Chromeo train. They’re…

Listen to the new Flaming Lips album here

value=”http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/4aaff3e3627645c6/4aaff4bc01f7271b/4aaff3e3627645c6/3a4bfd67″ name=”movie”/> The band appeared on The Colbert Report last night and Colbert Nation had…