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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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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…

High Places

No doubt you’ll have seen the Future Days line-up by now. One of the acts…

Unreleased J Dilla – ‘Trucks’

If you were at the rather brilliant Brasilintime show in the Tivoli on Friday night,…

Mantua Festival initial line-up announced

The first line-up for Mantua Festival in Roscommon is out of the bag, and it’s…

Duchess Says….

Where the fuck did that come from? It’s one of those times you’re listening to…

A heads up – State Issue 03

I’m busy busy today so no time for any major enthusing (or internet memes either).…

nialler9 Podcast #14: April 08

April’s podcast starts with the most bizarre medieval electro track you’ve ever heard. Seriously, you’ll…

M83, Why? – Andrew’s Lane Theatre

So after all the furore about me “disliking all music“, I recovered enough from my…