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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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Bon Iver – Skinny Love (Live on Letterman)

A nice way to showcase one of my songs of the year is in its…

Regarding Merriweather Post Pavilion..

From an email I got this morning.. it has come to my attention that 2…

Nialler9’s Songs of 2008

Go forth to discover and listen to Nialler9’s 50 best tunes of the year.. 50.…

Nialler9’s top 20 compilations/mixes of 2008

Counting down the top 20 compilations and mixes that rocked my world this year. 20.…

MAP – December 08

A monthly feature where music bloggers across the world share a track from their home…

Video: Why? – A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under

The song was my ringtone for months. http://www.myspace.com/whyanticon

Dusk and Blackdown – Margins Music

If you were looking for a middleground between The Bug’s London Zoo and Dj Rupture’s…

Bring the Toys tonight! (1000 posts)

Apparently this is my 1000th post. Bodytonic and Thumped present: Bring The Toys 2008 –…

Video: Little Joy – ‘No One’s Better Sake’

The Strokes’ drummer and band’s eponymous LP is one of my recent highlights. It’s brilliant.…

Geiom – Remminissin’ (Skream remix)

I usually hate that particular style of house/garage vocal that always ends up with a…

Telepathe – Devil’s Trident (James Rutledge Remix)

Another really cool Rutledge remix, this time of hotly tipped Brooklyn band, Telepathe (Check out…

The Catchup Mashup

Linkage and roundup time! I’ll be playing some tunes at Bring The Toys on Thursday…

New: Height – ‘The Woods’

Height is an MC out of Baltimore that more people should be talking about much…

White as Diamonds

I inadvertently got loads of time to listen to some stockpiled stuff this weekend and…

Vote for the top Irish albums & songs of 2008

The Irish album public poll is back for the third year in a row and…

Antony and The Johnsons – ‘Another World’

I had no real love for Antony Hegarty’s music before this despairing and haunting song…

Open up your / open up your / open up your throat

I’ve had Animal Collective‘s ninth album Merriweather Post Pavilion in my possession for the last…

New Blog: Day and Night Digital

To complement my digital section in the Indo every Friday, I’ve set up a blog…

Armenian gangsta rap is…not so good.

Well Armenia’s KRO at least. Break it down: Sub-par West Coast 90s gangsta instrumental. Sounds…

State Top 50 Albums of the Year

Out now.. The top 25 in order of ranking is here. Illustration by the wonderful…