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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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Giveaway: Bats, Jenny & The Deadites, Wounds, Squarehead – this Sat

More Richter Collective tickets to giveaway this week, this time for Bats last show before…

This is not a joke

“Beyond the Horizoooooone” I don’t think this was meant to be so intentionally funny. Zander…

Video: Kanye West – Welcome to Heartbreak

808s and Heartbreaks rocks. No debate. Here Kanye drops the video for the track prematurely…

New Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero

From the forthcoming album It’s Blitz! out in April, comes a fresh sounding Yeah Yeah…

Video: Fever Ray – When I Grow Up

I bought the ‘If I Had a Heart’ vinyl over the weekend. It has a…

Kaman Leung – Lacrimal

I’ve received some great blunted listening from Takeshi Records of Singapore. Norway-based Swedish hip-hop producer…

Dark Was The Night

This rather amazing 31 track compilation is a must-have for anyone interested in any of…

Bonus Party to return with Night Horses

So the followup to the Super Extra Bonus Party debut album looks imminent for May,…

Introducing: Casiokids

They’re Norwegian! They’ve got weird cartoon heads! They’ve got a really funky synth line! As…

MAP February 09

PressPlay – chosen by our Portugese MAP blog partner – Posso Ouvir Um Disco?. MAP…

Dublin Twestival

It’s like a blogger meetup except you won’t be allowed to respond to anything in…

Wavves Live, Upstairs in Whelans

Is this Nathan Williams? I was pleasantly surprised by the Wavves gig last night. A…

Stephen Colbert interviews TV on the Radio

One of the best TV presenters in America interviewed one of the best (OK, best)…

Video: School of Seven Bells – Half Asleep

There’s something about a band that makes everyone swoon at their sound, particularly the girls…

Swordfish Hotkiss Night

The Empire of the Sun album is half shit, half brilliant. This Justin Timberlake-esque track…

Unknown Pleasures #6

In an effort to shine a light on the unknown artists and songs that pass…

!Kaboogie Label Sampler Vol. 2

Dublin dubstep, ragga, jungle and electronica types !Kaboogie have made their most recent label sampler…

Video: Beirut – A Sunday Smile (Letterman)

From a small blog buzz few years to a network TV debut on Letterman and…

Unconvention Belfast

Everyone in Belfast says Wee. Fact. I spent the weekend up there for Unconvention talking…

Paul’s Boutique 20th Anniversary

The site of the cover photograph of Paul’s Boutique taken from Google Maps in modern…