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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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Big Aesop fan?

Pre-order the forthcoming album None shall Pass from Def Jux for $12 and get a…

UNKLE video – Burn my Shadow

In which an actor from ER wakes up with a bomb countdown strapped to his…

Music + Math = Music Blogger fun!

Check out Andrew Kuo’s blog @ http://earlboykins.blogspot.com/ where you can see complicated graphical reviews of…

Free and Legal: Buck 65 EP

In anticipation for the forthcoming new Buck 65 album – Situation out on September 18th,…

Guilty Simpson – Man’s World

Produced by J Dilla and recorded in late 2003 for Dilla & Guilty’s unfinished album,…

Free and Legal: Manu Chao single download

Everyone’s favourite “world music” politi-pop star is giving away a free MP3 download of his…

Good Copy Bad Copy

“Everyone has been bombarded with media. We’ve almost been forced to use it as an…

Stream the new Justice, White Stripes, Mice Parade, QOTSA and more

I’ve mentioned 3 Voor 12 before but it really is one of the best places…

New Blue States video – Allies

Nice tune from Go! Team label-mate Andy Dragazis from the forthcoming 4th Blue States album…

Life Festival hangover..

Ugh, it’s hard out here for a blogger. I went to the Life Festival in…

Friday: Greg Caz & SEBP

Looking forward to this a lot. Maximum Joy Club on Friday night are having Greg…

Yacht and the Summer Song

The weather may not suit this song as I type, but it will fit into…

Unreleased: Dabrye – Game Over (Flying Lotus remix)

You may have heard that Flying Lotus is the latest addition to the Warp family.…

Win two tickets to Beirut!

Gulag Orkestar was one of the best albums of last year and last week showed…

Life Festival

Following the Garden Party, next weekend sees the arrival of Life Festival, the first three…

When time becomes a loop

Phil Hartnoll of Orbital is playing with his new project, Long Range (accompanied by Propellerheads…

Kid Sister and Fools Gold records

We featured some of Kid Sister’s kid brother’s music in our April podcast as Flosstradamus…

Tonight! Skream!

Looking forward to this loads. It’ll be bubblin in Dublin with dubstep tonight! Crawdaddy –…

Os Mutantes playing Ireland!

Tropicalia legends Os Mutantes reformed in 2006 and played their first shows ever outside of…

Zach Condon (Beirut) – Venice

From a free CD given away with Believer magazine comes this gem of a tune…