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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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SEBP / Nouveaunoise in photos/videos

A superb gig that managed to bring crowd-surfing back to Whelans! I was proud.. Photos…

Frank Black in Stephen’s Green.. any thoughts?

Poor aul Frank getting arrested for rock ‘n’ roll busking on the streets of Dublin.…

Memphis Series: Pete Pederson & The Harmonicats

I got kind of psyched about doing up some more in the Memphis Series. The…

Memphis Series: DJ JRoc Pimp C Mixtape

So, I had to sideline the Memphis Series for a bit due to circumstances. You…

Do the Dubstep Dance!

The tune is Skream’s “Sandsnake” and the kid is off the hook!

Forget Super Tuesday…

What about Super Extra Bonus Saturday? The Boners will play their first headline Dublin show…

Holy Fuck remix MIA’s “Paper Planes”

Full credit to Gorilla vs. Bear for this one. I stole it because it’s so…

Alarm will Sound – Aphex Twin Acoustic

While listening out to Bernard Clarke’s Lyric FM show Nova for the recent Boxcutter Session,…

Grand Pocket Orchestra are deadly

I posted a review of their EP on State last week so this just serves…

Aesop Rock live in Crawdaddy

Aesop is one rapper I’ve always wanted to see live and the opportunity came to…

Battles and Liars live

Another U:Mack show. In the lovely Vicar Street, May 15th. This lot: And this lot.

One for your calendar

It may be months away but Reach has a cracking line-up of Dubstep, Drum and…

Plaid, Crawdaddy, Friday 6th June (rescheduled)

U:mack presents one of my favourite electronic acts live in Crawdaddy. Plaid receive regular plays…

I got hacked y’all

Should be OK now though. If you see anything broken or funny happening, do let…

These are the headlines. Happy, now?

State has the relevant deets on the Choice Music Live event. Who’s playing, who’s presenting…

Your logic is flawless

From Graham Linehan, THE FUNNIEST THING I’ve seen in quite a while!

Best Music Blog longlist announced

Rick leaks the longlist…. Egoeccentric I Prefer the Obscure Mix Nialler9 Kilkenny Music On the…

Boxcutter Dublin Gig and Live Sessions

I’ve been getting excited about this as it will be the first time I catch…

MGMT – Time to Pretend Video

Superb psychedelic video from Brooklyn’s MGMT taken from their album Oracular Spectacular. They have a…

State Magazine

Finally, the cat is out of the bag and other such clichés. Last May, I…