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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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Off to Oxegen…

If you’re heading down to the Oxegen, here are some recommendations for each day and…

Florence and the Machine’s London album launch

On the day that Florence and the Machine’s debut album Lungs is officially launched, it is number one in…

Win Florence and the Machine’s Chest..

It’s Florence and the Machine week after her album launch gig in London and this…

Height with Friends – Mike Stone

Height is a Baltimore rapper on Wham City Records with two decent albums under his…

Nialler9 Weekly Chart

I’m off to London today for this which should be great. Full report tomorrow hopefully.…

Anyone up for some drone rock?

Drone rock really is the best way to describe this lovely mess of noise, this…

Magic Wands – Magic, Love and Dreams EP

I’ve been following Magic Wands for about a year or so now. Their track ‘Black…

Introducing: Apricot Rail

On my last night in Perth a few weeks back, I neglected to mention that…

Buy Fanfarlo’s album for $1

It’s worth a lot more but until Saturday (4th July) you can buy the mighty…

2009’s best & overlooked albums so far

It’s July 1st, the mid-point of the year, a good time to reflect on what…

Ruairi Lynch – Slide

I got this nice tune in recently and seeing as Ruairi will be DJing at…

HWCH launch vids

Popped along to the launch of Hard Working Class Heroes yesterday for their whistle-stop tour…

Video: Dirty Projectors – Stillness is the Move

Bitte Orca is one of the better albums of the year so far but you…

New Casiokids – Finn Bikkjen!

You’ll know this tune if you’ve seen Casiokids live at all this year. ‘Finn Bikkjen!’…

Nialler9 Weekly Chart

Remember those archaic days when you picked up a magazine or newspaper and saw a…

IAMSOUND: Fool’s Gold / Thecockandbullkid

One of my favourite labels IAmSound (home to Suckers, Little Boots, Telepathe, Thecockandbullkid, Florence and…

Introducing: Goldielocks & the Wandering Feet podcast

You may not know it yet but Goldielocks is a serious dub and grime head.…

Win tickets to Oxegen / W.H.O.A

In Day and Night today, it’s the fourth week of the Oxegen giveaway so pop…

Michael Jackson RIP

I can’t really write something today without mentioning MJ can I? You’ve had enough already…

Introducing: Little Girls

It’s been a while since I’ve written about a Canadian band I’ve been into in…