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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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WALE – W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E and mixtapes

Washington DC’s Wale has been causing a stir with his mixtapes of late and this…

The nialler9 catchup mashup

I had an absolute joyful holiday away from Ireland so it’s straight back in with…

Primavera Roundup

Just to recap on it all. Photo gallery above. Updates for State [plug] Issue 04…

Primavera Twitter Digest 31st May

Times New Viking just woke me up with their scuzzy shout rock. In the auditori…

Primavera Twitter Digest 30th May

In the massive auditori waiting for glen and marketa to start. This place is huge.…

Primavera Twitter Digest 29th May

I decided to twitter primavera updates to my blog cos I can. Keep an eye…

nialler9 Podcast #15: May 08

Before myself and Aoife scuttle off to Barcelona-land for Primavera, we leave you with our…

Youtube-off extravaganza

Exciting times in our house yesterday as Rollie and his DJ Weezl came over to…

Public Enemy – Don’t Look Back

My virgin attendance at a Public Enemy gig and I probably picked the best possible…

Tonight – Ghislain Poirier, Traffic

Ghislain Poirier – Check out his Bring the Fire mix. Dj Halfdutch – Check out…

Le Galaxie ‘shakey face’ video

Fair play to the Le Galaxie boys for spreading the shakey face concept into music…

Beck – Nausea (XXXChange remix)

Beck may have dropped the first song ‘Chemtrails’ (eerie, psychedelic, sounds a bit like The…

Bon Iver – Flume

If you were at The National show in the Olympia last night, you will have…

The Dodos – Undeclared

The Dodos are a band from San Francisco who featured on the latest podcast. Their…

May Gig Gauntlet Day 2

Live from the Sugar Club last night, despite the venue’s stupid seated crowd and keyboard…

Now is the time to self-actualise!

[slideshow=3,470,360] Cork! Galway! Saul is coming to your town tonight and tomorrow night. Don’t miss.…

Video: The Beta Band frontman’s ‘Black Affair’

After trying his hand at being King Biscuit Time, former Beta Band singer Steve Mason…

Four Tet – Ringer DJ Mix

To promote his new 4 track mini album of minimal techno, Kieran Hebden aka Four…

Summer Sunburn Mixtape

A small present for you all while we enjoy the summer sun, pretend we’re from…

Mantua Additions: Múm, Daedelus, Poet of Rhythm & more

The Mantua Festival has announced some more headline additions to the three day event taking…