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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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Oli Chang – Are You That Woman?

A track inspired by this recent awesome ’80s dating video. This is by Oli Chang…

These New Puritans – We Want War

Have These New Puritans always sounded like an indie Massive Attack? If so, WANT. A…

Buraka Som Sistema – Kurum (Roulet remix)

How about a dirty Friday banger to get you in the mood for whatever madness…

Video: Fight Like Apes – Do You Karate?

You couldn’t get a better match for the Apes‘ brawny brand of loudmouth music than…

Nialler9 Weekly Chart

This week taking in new tracks from Cold Cave, the Tricky meets South Rakkas Crew…

Video: Rubberbandits – Bags of Glue

Isn’t it interesting that two lads with plastic bags on their heads taking the absolute…

Yacht live in Paris via Grandcrew

Watch the whole thing here.

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.…