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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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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…

Video: The Ambience Affair – Vacant Hearts

Isn’t weird now that there are practically no outlets for Irish music videos, 2009 has…

Video: Villagers – The Meaning of the Ritual

Conor O’ Brien made this video himself. Plenty of more Villagers love on this blog.…

2 Many DJs takeover Rob Da Bank

The Dewaele Brothers took over Rob Da Bank’s show for two hours on Monday and…

Shuttle and Cadence Weapon – Rotten Guts

Another Cadence Weapon collaboration, this time with Shuttle, an electronic musician out of Massachusetts from…

Telepathe say Dance Motherfucker

Telepathe’s Dance Mother is my favourite album of the moment, followed closely by Fever Ray,…

Lines Drawing Circles – Thebes

Video for the song I featured a while back. Lines Drawing Circles are playing Crawdaddy…

Video: Ponytail live in a Laundromat

And why not? Ponytail play Whelan’s on 11th of March. The last time they played…

Free passes to This Town Needs Guns, Adebisi Shank & ASIWYFA

A great gig coming up this Thursday and another involving that ever-reliant mark of quality…

Q-Tip – Renaissance Rap remix (feat. Busta Rhymes, Raekwon and Lil Wayne)

Q-Tip proved last week there are some tangible benefits to following musicians on Twitter as…

Aeroplane, Twitter..and the Golden Girls? If you say so..

I’ve been listening to some Aeroplane remixes on repeat so I mentioned them in Day…

Video: Lykke Li – Tonight

Ah shit. Come on, I keep trying to not post any more music videos but…

N.A.S.A – Hip-Hop feat. KRS-One, Fatlip and Slim Kid Tre

Another video from N.A.S.A‘s upcoming The Spirit of Apollo album coming on the 20th of…

Video: Grand Pocket Orchestra – Ballet Shoes

(via Analogue) Directed by Luke Franklin and Deirdre O’Toole. Grand Pocket Orchestra.

Fight Like Apes – Tie Me Up With Jackets

Lovely noise. Expertly directed by Eoghan Kidney. From Muuuzuuu.