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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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They’re not that popular…. are they?

There were 60,000 requests for the Shape of Broad Minds album teaser mix I posted…

Modeselektor – Happy Birthday

Regular readers will know my enthuasism for German glitch-techno duo Modeselektor. I have up until…

Website woes?

The site has been very slow the last few days for me. Has anybody else…

Jeffrey Lewis and the Jitters tonight

A gig worthy of a heads-up methinks. Jeffrey Lewis and his band the Jitters are…

Free and Legal: Deerhoof live / rarities album

Deerhoof have put a collection of live songs, mashups and rarities on their website for…

Super Extra Press Photos

I wouldn’t normally put up artwork I’ve done, but I can’t stop laughing at these…

MIA – Paper Planes (Esau Mwamwaya version)

MIA’s “Paper Planes” is the alternative tune of the summer for those who managed to…

Panda Bear / Black Rob – Hood Internet mashup

Another excellent mashup from the Hood Internet – this time ABX mixes Black Rob and…

DJing and breakdancing for under tens

Meet DJ Sara and DJ Ryusei – 8 and 5 years old respectively. We should…

Feist ticket winners

Congratulations and bualadh bos all round to the winners of the Feist competition who got…

Memphis Series: Gettin’ Crunk

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

Kill City Defectors album launch

Tomorrow night (Sat 15th) in Dorans, Kill City Defectors are having their album launch for…

Bootay!

More dirty sex rap from Spank Rock and Benny Blanco from their forthcoming Bangers and…

Superb DJ /Rupture Radio Show

One of the most consistent DJs going and one of my favourites DJ / Rupture…

Dubstep 101 with Youngsta

Still don’t know what dubstep is? This should help… From XLR8R TV.

New Music: Donnan Linkz featuring Baje One of Junk Science

A hip-hop song about about two friends (one black, one white) and what happened when…

Battles – Tonto video

Another smasheroo of a performance video. Battles at night-time in a quarry with lights. The…

Takeaway Show – Beirut – new songs

“Chryde, this is Zach from beirut. I was extremely excited to hear of the possibility…

Roísín Murphy continues foray into strange but deadly cover art..

She’s taking inspiration from Bjork… See. Roísín Murphy on Myspace

Cadence Weapon / Final Fantasy Collab

Out of a CBC Radio Live session collaboration between Owen Pallet aka Final Fantasy and…