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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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Despite what a short-sighted article in the Sunday Times over the weekend would have you…

Video: Fuck Buttons – Surf Solar

You’ll have a head like jelly after watching this.. The album Tarot Sport is out…

The Very Best album preview & vinyl

Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit’s debut album proper as The Very Best is a few weeks…

Video: Dan Deacon – Paddling Ghost

Superbly crafted finger puppet video for the Bromst tune by Natalie Van Den Dungen featuring…

Free gigs alert: Halfset, Holy Roman Army, Infomatics, Cap Pas Cap

All FREE shows taking place at Crawdaddy over the next two weeks: Wednesday August 26th:…

Video: Fanfarlo – The Walls Are Coming Down

There’s not nearly as much buzz for this band and their album Reservoir as there…

Flying Lotus 3×3 EP

The third and final Flying Lotus EP is out now on Bleep. Available on limited…

Introducing: Jennifer Evans

I met Jennifer Evans at a demo dip day thing I did earlier this year.…

MP3: Liam Finn – Plane Crash

Liam Finn is a name which really only brings to mind one thing. A bearded,…

Your disconcerting track of the day

The kaleidoscopic video works quite well against the strange instrumental tune. It’s called ‘Cargo Cult’…

Nosaj Thing visuals show

The live show for Nosaj Thing designed by Adam Guzman & Julia Tsao. Video clips…

Nialler9 Weekly Chart

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

Introducing: Neon Indian

‘Deadbeat Summer’ is the kind of tune that this blog is made for. A woozy,…

Radiohead are fucking with you/us/them

First we had the ‘Harry Patch (In Memory Of)’ tune. Then the band said they…

Introducing: The Drums

Get those Ray Bans on kids and give a big hand to The Drums for…

Video: The Horrors – Mirror’s Image

New butterfly psychedelia retrograde video from The Horrors excellent Primary Colours album which was debuted…

MAP – The global music blog mixtape – Aug 09

MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 31 music bloggers (now taking entries from Greece, China, South…

Paul Pre x Mondayjazz # 101 mix

Neither a Jazz mix or a Monday is this but here’s a sweet mix of…

Introducing: Dead Man’s Bones

Pitchfork is like the Sauron of music blogs / web reportage. The smug Chicago writers…

New Beats: Zomby & Hudson Mohawke

Both of these exciting UK producers debuted tracks through XLR8R yesterday. Zomby’s ‘Helter Skelter’ will…