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 cohost 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, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.

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All Fires have to burn alive, to live

Sometimes a song just sounds so well-rounded and perfect the first time you hear it…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Sunday

Sunday @ Hard Working Class Heroes ended in a whimper rather than a bang for…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Saturday

I had a great night last night although I’m very hungover at the moment. We…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Friday

First off, I have to say I was (and still am) totally skeptical about the…

Music to treat your paraskevidekatriaphobia by

For the superstitous among you – I present 13 quality remixes to keep your fears…

An Introduction to Dubstep

I’m only beginning to delve into the world of Dubstep, Vex’d was my introduction. Vex’d…

I am a Robot and Proud

Striking a healthy balance between bedroom electronica and live instruments can be a hard thing…

Stuff and things

Anybody going to TV on the Radio next month? If you are, you’ll like the…

Nalle

The dark cold weather is beginning to engulf us once again so it’s nice to…

The Outsider: Some thoughts

Since the heated debate about DJ Shadow’s new album The Outsider has subsided and the…

The Mighty Stef

Dublin native The Mighty Stef dropped his debut album The Sins of Sainte Catherine two…

ICA: The Show videos

The Battles video I posted last week was from the ICA: The Show series of…

Mr. Lif – Mo’ Mega

I’ll admit when I saw Mr. Lif’s video for “Live from the Plantation”, the whole…

Grate..

I got The Grates album in the post a few weeks ago. The only song…

Warp – New Squarepusher

There’s a good chance you will have heard something from this already but if not…

Warp – Grizzly Bear

Continuing the diversification of Warp’s roster, Grizzly Bear are an unusual addition to the the…

How do you like your Battles in the morning?

Cheers to Mike for the last post! To continue with the Warp theme today, There’s…

Low Frequency Oscillation: A beginners guide

Sometime contributer Mike here. Hailing from a Leeds scene that included Nightmares on Wax and…

Human is Music

[youtube]SKiILPOhle8[/youtube] Signed to Rumracket, a small label from Copenhagen which also released Grizzly Bear’s first…

Time to Choose

Just a quick note to tell you all I’ve put a subscribe by email form…