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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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Flying Lotus & Blu – GNG BNG

LA rapper Blu appropriates one of the standout tracks from Los Angeles for his own…

Soul Jazz – Dancehall & Fly Girls

My favourite label (and I’m sure many others) for releasing quality archival compilations is Soul…

Introducing: The Big Pink

I was pleased a couple of weeks ago when a previous tip of mine The…

Chequerboard=Boldypants

John Lambert who goes under the name of Chequerboard now has another name to add…

My 50 best Irish music acts right now

I took my cue from the list published in The Irish Times today. While that…

MP3: Thom Yorke remixes DOOM

“Born like this / Into this / As the chalk faces smile / As Mrs…

Video: Rainbow Arabia – Omar K

Welcome to the Hipster Supermarket where women have beards, epileptic pixie children wreak havoc with…

XXXChange – We make it good mix

XXXChange – We make it good mix Brilliant good time mix from XXXChange of the…

New Villager – Rich Doors

‘Rich Doors’ is one of those weird, shapeshifters that sounds like a tune morphing from…

8-Bit Nintendo hop

I’ve tweeted about this a few times but it’s definitely worth a post on its…

!Kaboogie gig giveaway – Raffertie & Kanji Kinetic

This Saturday. In Think Tank. With Raffertie (Planet Mu / Hold Tight / On the…

Video: Max Tundra – Which Song

“This jumper was bought for 20p /The trousers and shirt were thrown in free.” With…

Video: Cryptacize – Blue Tears

So, Cryptacize are two guys and a girl signed to Asthmatic Kitty and are the…

Bromst – The Pied Piper composer returns

Having sat with Dan Deacon’s Bromst for the greater part of a month now, I’ve…

Theophilus London – This Charming Mixtape

I got a whiff of the Theophilus This Charming Mixtape and far from being a…

Fever Ray tour promo and live videos

We knew it was going to be bonkers like The Knife show but that promo…

The 12 best bands I loved @ SXSW 2009

Little Boots, pre-show at Sup Magazine/ IamSound SXSW party taken by Dan. Now that the…

The Juan Maclean – One Day – video & remix

The original is a total heady Saturday night tune very much in the vein of…

Animal Collective live videos from Tripod

Fourth time seeing AC and it was certainly the best Dublin date so far I…

Heavy Metal band names

Mr. T-Woc sent this on. Hours of fun with Metal band names especially useful if…