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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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Hard Working Class Heroes Line-up

Forget about this dull and predictable Arcade Fire ticket fiasco, here’s the lineup for the…

UNKLE live footage

In case you were wondering, it looks like it could be an Electric Picnic highlight…

CD Giveaway: 2 Tall, Dudley Perkins & Georgia Ann Muldrow closes today

Copies of 2 Tall, Dudley Perkins & Georgia Ann Muldrow’s album and t-shirts to giveaway.…

Gig this Friday: The best of new Irish music

This Friday, a gig featuring some of the best new Irish bands in Voodoo Lounge…

The legacy of The Clash

It was the “Straight to Hell”-sampling “Paper Planes” from MIA’s forthcoming Kala that reminded me…

Prefuse 73 album & Irish date

Awesome. In the inbox this morning from Warp, an email telling of the new forthcoming…

For fans of MIA…Santogold

Standing beside her in the photo is Santogold, a Brooklyn based artist who draws from…

Rob Hall mixes

Rob Hall is, by all accounts, a great DJ. I keep hearing his sets getting…

Envelopes mixtape

Swedish band, Envelopes (and The Knife labelmates) have made a summer mix compilation “A Soup…

This song suits my mood this morning..

Post-Bank Holiday back in work “can’t think straight” blues. It’s from the new Blue States…

How an album gets leaked

Interesting overview of the phenomenon of leaked albums on Spin. The article covers the companies…

New Irish music blogs

!Kaboogie – purveyors of bass-heavy sounds and the dudes who throw a whopping party. Will…

Album quick review roundup

Sometimes I’m too busy to give music the attention it deserves. So with that in…

Best of July on nialler9

In case you missed them the first time, a roundup of last month’s best music…

The Science of Sleep

I’ve had three strange music related dreams in the last three consecutive nights. The first…

Memphis Series: Isaac Hayes

In the first of a regular series of guest blogs, Don will be sharing some…

Matthew Dear – Deserter (Four Tet Instrumental)

If you listened to our latest Podcast (and I highly recommend you do!), you will…

New Go! Team featuring Chuck D

Head over to Prefix to hear “Flashlight Fight” from the forthcoming Go! Team album out…

Os Mutantes live in Dublin

Os Mutantes live was definitely not what I was expecting. In a woefully attended Vicar…

Trilok Gurtu

Super quickie here on the Indian percussion m.a.e.s.t.r.o Trilok Gurtu who is playing the National…