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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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Weekender

The weekend was stuffed with gigs mainly thanks to the Green Synergy festival that dominated…

South Park rips on Bono

Finally Bono gets his cartoon comeuppance from the kings of satire, South Park in an…

I can’t f**kin wait for this…

Friday 21st November. Tripod. THE GO! TEAM CADENCE WEAPON SUPER EXTRA BONUS PARTY I cannot…

Shape of Broad Minds – Dublin Nov 9th

Jneiro Jarel and Shape of Broad Minds make their Irish debut on Friday the 9th…

Cian O Ciobhain / Shock Podcast

Great tracklisting on Shock’s new podcast compiled by An Taobh Tuathail/SiSi host Cian O’Ciobhain. Includes…

Daft Punk’s Electroma

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Blogger turned Breakcore DJ?

It may interest factions of the Irish blogosphere that a certain biscuit-loving blogger has, since…

Fan Cover art for In Rainbows

Seeing as the album was released without digital artwork, here are some great imagined versions…

First Impressions of In Rainbows

With the rather novel way in which Radiohead are letting their fans download their new…

Downloading In Rainbows now

But I have to go to a meeting. I’ll let you know what I think..

Beirut’s The Flying Club Cup in videos

La Blogotheque joined Zach Condon and Beirut in Brooklyn to shoot an individual video for…

Marvin’s Revolt

The nice chaps at Popular Records sent on the album release for this Copenhagen band…

Madlib, J. Rocc, Chali 2Na live

Despite being vapid for the previous few days due to cold and flu-like symptoms, I…

Plaid in the Post

Something I’ve wanted to do for a good while is present a selection of a…

Weekend Jukebox#2

A selection of nine songs for your weekend delectation. Enjoy. Proving they are definitely old…

Have you heard the new Bloc Party tune?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Bloc Party’s attempt at number one / dancefloor success? The synthetic vocodered vocals suggest…

MJEX on the Radio

John of Messiah J and the Expert was on Breakfast Express with Joe and Keith…

Free and Legal: Herv’s Flot and Retent

Herv’s got a supa dupa new album called Flot and Retent jam packed full of…

The Leaf Label artists /live dates

Along with Lex Records, The Leaf Label has stood out for me this year as…

Win passes to James Chance & Cap Pas Cap

As part of the This is Wanted weekender this weekend, Maximum Joy are having a…