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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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Del the Funkee Megamix

Check out this megamix (I normally run screaming from that term, but this is good)…

Kode 9 / Various Productions gig

Hit this tomorrow night… Foggy Notions & !Kaboogie present KODE9 (Hyperdub / Tempa), VARIOUS PRODUCTIONS…

Antics at the disco with El Guincho

I set myself a challenge yesterday. A small one. I promised myself I would stay…

Likely Electric Picnic Line-up

2017’s lineup is here. Update: Deleted rumoured line-up to save confusion. Deep breath… Sex Pistols,…

nialler9’s Ridiculously Long Gig Calendar

Taken from my Myspace page, which is the only reliable gig calendar tool I have.…

Video: Robotnik – People Walk Away

New single from Robotnik’s forthcoming album Pleasant Square. I first caught Chris Morrin in the…

Video: Why? – Song of the Sad Assasin

Judging by the amount of mails, it seems some of you were listening to myself…

New site Music Player

I’m testing out a new media player by Yahoo. It’s cool because you can playlist…

Video: Jamie Lidell – Little Bit of Feel Good

Lidell’s new album Jim is a stonker of funky proportions. Here he is with the…

Alaska in Winter (featuring Beirut)

You’ve got to admire Milan Records PR team who are capitalising on Beirut blog buzz…

Edan and Dagha @ Tivoli Theatre

Photos by Dolan. Belated Happy Paddy’s Day y’all! I spent the weekend off my tits…

Calling Graphic Designers / Illustrators!

I’m thinking about doing a wee redesign soon enough on the blog and I’m looking…

Nigeria Special: Afro-Sounds & Blues 70 – 76

My recommendation for the week is the 2 part compilation Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-sounds…

Get to the Chopper! Aagh! The Predator Rap

Flippin’ amazing! True fact: I recently bought the Alien vs Predator boxset, yet still haven’t…

Feeling depressed about South by South West…

But it’s OK because we’ve got daily updates from the State team! Day One –…

Why? Why? Why? Why?

Bobby tipped me off recently that Why? were playing here in April 26th in Andrew’s…

State launch video featuring Ham Sandwich, Carly Sings..

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Storkboy Choons liveset from Whelans

With thanks to the mighty Darragh (and his brother of course). I wanted to make…

SXSW – I wish I was there…

But alas not to be. Maybe next year? No, definitely next year. I was looking…

Video: Holy Fuck – Lovely Allen

Brand new and a little bit tweaked from the album version, the video sees the…