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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 cohost 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, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.

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Every music blogger and their mothers..

..will be linking to this today. Arcade Fire live in an Elevator…”Neon Bible” & “Wake…

CocoRosie: Wicked & Weird

Before I listened to the new CocoRosie album, I was still undecided on the merit…

Guest Post: Messiah J @ SXSW

(In which Messiah J, from local hip hop heroes Messiah J and the Expert tells…

The Triptych

When I was a teenager, before the advent of iPods, I was quite fond of…

Speaking in Tongues

The latest fruits of the musical friendship between Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and Steve Reid…

Podcast 001 – March 07

I’m delighted to introduce to you, the first nialler9 monthly podcast presented by Aoife Mc,…

Treat her Right!

Quick post dedicated to all our mothers (although probably more so just a pretext to…

Sonar 2007 line-up

Very strong line-up so far this year. I reckon Beastie Boys, Cornelius and Devo will…

Irish Music Blogs in the Irish Times

In today’s Irish Times The Ticket section, Jim Carroll highlights some of the best Irish…

8-Bit Excursions

Currently, as music fans we being subjected to a growing number of musical trends that…

With help on time

A new charity initiative from ARH Design who also runs a small netlabel called Silence…

Mr Vegas got riddim

Mr Vegas has been a dancehall superstar in Jamaica for the last 10 years and…

Gig madness – March / April

Dublin gig highlights for the next two months.. Click! March 13th – Si Schroeder –…

El-P: Still pissed off

On his MySpace blog, El-P tells the story of how a picture of himself and…

Nosaj Thing

Nosaj Thing is an producer from Los Angeles who has been making music from his…

Arcade Fire @ Olympia Theatre, Dublin

It was fitting that it was on a cold, wet and blustery Dublin night that…

Arriving at Night… Victor Bermon

Ah…some nice warm organic electronica from Victor Bermon for a Monday morning. Victor is from…

Blog Awards: The gush

I’m usually terrible at accepting compliments in any form but I was delighted that Nialler9…

Herbal Remedy

An installment of the always excellent Fabriclive series I’ve overlooked recently has been number 26…

WTF? Bob Dylan digs the Streets

So Bob Dylan has a radio show as I’m sure some of you know. He…