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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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Memphis Series: Memphis Songs

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

Electric Picnic timetable – Sunday

Sunday’s times have a few blanks in the Electric Arena according to what fell off…

Electric Picnic timetable – Saturday

Leaked onto Thumped from that same lorry. Of course, times are subject to change and…

Electric Picnic timetable – Friday

* Updated from the Official as of Thursday. Main differences is Bjork has a longer…

Podcast 6: August Electric Picnic special

I think this is the upbeat podcast I’ve been promising all summer. As the sun…

Unfortunately named MP3 player…

Saw this on IQ Content’s blog Ladies and Gentlemen, the i.Beat blaxx MP3 player.

Super Extra Bonus Party playing Electric Picnic!

Well done to the lads and Bodytonic for picking them for a slot! Saturday 12…

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…