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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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Edan and the Beat

Ah…. music blogging. It’s all about the present, the here and now. Just look at…

Shortlisted! Sweet…..

Wow, really didn’t expect that. nialler9 made the shortlist for all the Irish Blog Award…

Tonight! Drumcorps!

Oh yes… Be prepared for some heavy metal electronica tonight in Kennedys when Aaron Spectre…

El-P new album, Dublin gig

As previously reported here, El-P’s new album I’ll sleep when your Dead is coming out…

Happy Hardcore Valentines?

If you are looking for something different to do tonight, you’re in luck. Something very…

Modeselektor coming to Ireland

Totally forgot to mention this… on the 8th and 9th of March the Modeselektor DJ…

Irish Blog Awards – Vote for nialler9!

The public voting for the Irish Blog Awards commenced over the weekend and nialler9 (your…

J Dilla – an appreciation

So this week is the one year anniversary of J Dilla’s untimely death. As I…

Silent Alarm Revisited

Ok, so what’s new about this I hear you ask. Well, nothing really, I won’t…

Goddamn that DJ made my day

A reader (or so he says he could be a mass-mailer for all I know)…

Someone doesn’t like BellX1..

Over at Aiken’s site, details for a gig at the Marquee in Cork list the…

Aesop Rock & Nike – WTF?

So it seems Aesop Rock is the latest artist to contribute to Nike’s Original Run…

65 Days of Static live

I really hate Crawdaddy as a venue most times, including last night but 65 Days…

Panda Bear, Deerhoof new albums..

There’s been some fantastic release already this year – for example the Busdriver album that…

Terrordactyl

On Gav’s recommendation, We went along to Crawdaddy last night to see Terrordactyl who he…

Clark – Ted Video

Another video, but one of the best I’ve seen in ages. Chris Clark’s Body Riddle…

MJEX video and old songs

I went to Messiah J & the Expert in Whelans on Saturday night and they…

Channel One – Permissions EP

You might want to check out industrious young Dublin hopefuls Channel One’s new EP, Permissions.…

Future Shorts tonight!

Looking for something a bit different to do this evening? I recommend a night at…

All aboard

A fresh release from the wonderfully eccentric emcee Busdriver, aka Regan Farquahar, hit the shelves…