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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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An announcement & Hudson Mohawke tickets

I got some totally amazing random news today. I’ve been asked to DJ before Fever…

The Field – The More that I do (Foals remix)

Fresh from the announcement that The Field will be playing Electric Picnic, this arrives. One…

Video: David Kitt – No Truth in Your Eyes

Video from the excellent The Nightsaver directed by Asad Raza in which loads of naked…

LehtMoJoe Common/Passion Pit remixes

After remixing Major Lazer and Peter Bjorn and John in recent weeks, Dallas Texas’ LehtMoJoe…

Help out with an all-ages venue in Dublin

Dylan Haskins of Hideaway House has been granted council funding under the Young Ensembles Scheme…

Video: La Roux – Bulletproof

I’ve heard some lukewarm reaction to this song around the place but if this is…

Twitter mixtape – What’s your favourite song right now?

This morning on Twitter and on a whim, I asked the question: What’s your favourite…

Introducing: Ellie Goulding

Oh shit. Cast your mind back a year or so to when you first heard…

I’m ringing church bells

I saw this video over the weekend. The song blew me away considering I didn’t…

Lee Fields and the Expressions

Time to talk soul once again. Summer soul. How could anyone not love this? Lee…

XXXChange plays Dublin

You know XXXChange’s production and remix work for Spank Rock, Amanda Blank, Santigold, Thom Yorke,…

Video: Sam Amidon – The Cobblestone

I thought this might have been a good gig and my it was, and then…

New Beastie Boys – Lee Majors Come Again

Word is this is from a surprise 7″ that came with the recent Check Your…

Burial & Four Tet 12″

I’m sure all you savvy people are aware by now that Burial and Four Tet…

Major Lazer – Hold the Line remixes

As Major Lazer remixes start dropping officially and unofficially everywhere on the music blogosphere, I’ve…

Julie Feeney – Love is a Tricky Thing

Ms. Feeney returns from an extended break with second album Pages on May 29th and…

Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)

Ponytail’s new video is probably the most random music video you’ll see this week..

Sam Amidon Irish shows this & next week

From Icelandic electronic/folk/avant-garde label Bedroom Community which houses Nico Mulhy, Valgeir Sigurösson and Ben Frost,…

The XX – Crystalised

Despite being on the radar since January or so, ‘Crystalised’ is the debut single from…

Introducing: The Hundred In The Hands

Hellllllllllllllloooooooo Broooooooklyn!!!! Yes, it’s yet another band from that NY borough to kick off our…