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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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Top 10 Incredible Recordings

Over at The List Universe, there’s a list of incredible recordings including a castrated adult…

Halves – not half bad!

Cormac went to see Halves last night. This is his review. On a bleak day…

Takeaway Show – Architecture in Helsinki

La Blogothéque continue their fantastic series of recording artists performing in unusual circumstances with Architecture…

Yelle

Imagine Camille had a little sister who was only liked electro and clubbing rather than…

Free and Legal: Madlib live @ Chocolate City

This 60 minute mix has been going around for a while now. In 2001 Madlib…

Mantua: Mud, music and shaky faces

That pretty much sums up my Mantua experience this year, although there’s plenty to fill…

Mantua: DJ C

Mashit label founder DJ C has been knocking out consistently excellent mixes for the last…

Mantua: Digital Mystikz and Loefah

Digital Mystikz are two of the finest dubstep producers from the London scene Mala and…

Mantua: Ikeaboy

Continuing the Mantua series, this is an artist not to miss. He played on the…

The Tuss – Rushup Edge EP = AFX?

A new release from Rephlex with all signs pointing to a new release from Richard…

Bat for Lashes – What’s a Girl to do? video

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8[/youtube] Masked animal BMXers follow singer Natasha Khan in the darkness in spooky widescreen. The…

Mantua: The Sultans of Ping

Been away a long time Almost 2OOO years I’ve been away a long time I’ve…

Fight like Apes on the radio

Aoife Mc – radio presenter and podcast enthusiast had Fight Like Apes in the studio…

Art Brut

Congratulations to Art Brut’s Eddie Argos for this keeping it real with this hilarious (if…

Mantua: 65daysofstatic

Sheffield post-rock enthusiasts return to Ireland for the third of fourth time this year to…

The week ahead, the weekend that was

Brilliant weekend. Did somebody say Oxegen? My first non-appearance at said festival since I started…

How to Have a Number One the Easy Way

As The KLF, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty notoriously pulled a lot of artistic and…

Adebisi Shank

This is a blog of a band called Adebisi Shank by Gav from SEBP. Adebisi…

Bong Ra – Peel Session

Starting with a radio presenter introducing the Sounds of Hell, this 18 minute mix recorded…

Animal Collective video – Fireworks

Video for “Fireworks” from the forthcoming Strawberry Jam. They stole my visuals idea, the bastards!…