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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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Ireland’s favourite EU commissioner Charlie McCreevy is responsible for the proposal to extend EU copyright…

Music Video Bacchanalia

Just time today to share some embeds of videos I’ve been watching this week. By…

Oxegen & Rage Against the Machine

A couple of years ago, I promised myself I wouldn’t return to Oxegen after a…

Dizzee covers The Ting Tings

Right, off to Oxegen for the weekend. There will be full reports of each day…

Unknown Pleasures #3

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

Neil Young’s Forgotten Detour

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that legends make odd moves too. In 1982, Neil Young…

The Vinny Club State Mix!

The Vinny Club has made a rather amazing mix for State which features the following:…

Flying Lo in Los Angeles

If someone asked me what Flying Lotus sounds like, I would say head jams. Intense,…

Lessons in Hip-Hop

Since I’ve been listening to Steinski’s What Does It All Mean retrospective in the last…

A thing to do – A musical genealogy

“List your favourite record from every year you’ve been alive.” This is probably the nerdiest…

David Holmes news, EP, Lil Wayne, Beach Boys remixes

David Holmes returns with a long time coming fourth solo album The Holy Pictures on…

Video: Jape – ‘I was a Man’

Today I can exclusively reveal that the black smoke which pops up every now and…

Soundcheck

Come along if you’re about. I’ll be at the Soundcheck indie night in Spy tomorrow…

The Cool Kids – That’s Stupid Mixtape

The Cool Kids latest mixtape, That’s Stupid just dropped this week. It’s just 6 songs…

A milli.. A milli

I went to see Erykah Badu last night. She was unbelievably good. Absolutely stellar show…

Seven song surrender

Someone tagged me with a meme recently. At least I think they did. I can’t…

Two things to do today

Image from Shellshock Rock designed to blind you for the weekend. Darklight is on right…

Unknown Pleasures #2

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

nialler9 Podcast #16: June 08

There’s been so much great music to digest lately and June’s podcast is the perfect…

Daedelus – Love to Make Music To

This is the album that DJ Shadow should have made after The Private Press. It’s…