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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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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…

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.