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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 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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Nosaj Thing remix

Back in March, I featured Nosaj Thing who makes some pretty splendid beats out of…

Bats

These guys supported Adebisi Shank at their EP launch and although I just caught the…

Imposter of MF Doom!

A current rumour going around the interweb, is that hip-hop supervillain MF Doom has been…

Milanese / Dizzee mashup

!Kaboogie’s Sixfoot Apprentice has made a mashup of one of my favourite tunes this year…

Friday: Kid 606, Herv and Creator

Here’s a gig I’m looking forward to. A behemoth of a line-up with Venezuela-born Miguel…

Free and Legal: Ebola – Workshop of Filthy Creation

Following on from the kenetic, jaunty yet thrillingly macabre Predator EP, Ebola has released a…

Memphis Series: Mississippi Fred McDowell

A series on Memphis music, where Don shares some love for music from his hometown.…

New Beck – “Forget Marie”

Beck’s new digital-only single “Forget Marie”, is up over on Prefix Mag for your listening…

The Best of Ethiopiques series

I think I’ve found my favourite compilation of the year. A best-of compilation culled from…

Animal Collective live BBC Culture Show

Taken from the BBC’s Culture show and recorded live in La Scala, London in 2005.…

Oh Yeah Computer! Radiohead covers

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of OK Computer, the folks at Oh…

El-P returns to Dublin to play Cargo

Tucked away in the listings section of the Pod website is the announcement that El-P…

Dan Deacon: Gig of the year

I went to a Dan Deacon show and I walked out wearing a fluorescent yellow…

New Aesop Rock – Citronella

Another preview from Aesop Rock’s forthcoming None Shall Pass out August 28th. “Citronella” features The…

Source of The Go! Team’s My World

Continuing the cover tip, after the Go! Team video post yesterday and the subsequent discovery…

Jimmy Aaja!

I’ll assume you’ve all seen the new video for “Jimmy” by MIA by now. When…

“This one will put some bubbles in your bath”

I haven’t mentioned a lot of dubstep on the blog recently, the reason being I…

The Go! Team – My World

Promo video for the Go! Team’s fantastic new album Proof of Youth featuring the instrumental…

Memphis Series: Shawn Lane

The second in a series on Memphis music, where Don shares some love for music…

Voodoo Lounge in Polaroids

As promised, here are the polaroids I took on Friday night. For those interested the…