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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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The Murder Capital for Fall Right Into Place Festival in Galway

Dublin post-punk rock band The Murder Capital have been announced as the second headliner for…

Belters Only & Jazzy for 3Arena show

Fresh from Longitude Festival this past weekend, Belters Only have been announced to be making…

Space Science: Unraveling the Secrets of the Cosmos

In the Age of Information, news media faces both unprecedented opportunities and significant challenges.

Belfast City Council has created a £20k for the city’s music venues

Belfast City Council has partnered with Music Venue Trust in the creation of a Pipeline…

The 10 best new songs of the week

Featuring Rachael Lavelle, The Chemical Brothers, Grian Chatten, Jorja Smith, Saoirse Miller, Cooks But We’re Chefs, Monjola, ØXN, SweetLemondae, Das Koolies.

New releases roundup: Grian Chatten, Cornelius, Brigid Mae Power, 49th & Main & more

The best new releases out this week.

Jafaris goes dark on new song ‘Breaking Bread’

Jafaris is back with a new jam on New Music Friday. ‘Breaking Bread’ is a…

Hear ‘Love Henry’, the first song from new band ØXN

ØXN are a new band recently announced to have formed. ØXN is the name of…

Hozier for Dublin 3Arena show

Ahead of a Malahide Castle gig tonight, Hozier has announced some arena shows for his…

9 Irish tracks you should hear this week

Featuring Kayleigh Noble, Reevah, Clodagh Rose, Jehnova, Jock, Search Results, THEO, Aoife Brigid, AULD.

Irish rock band Adore release catchy new single & 7″ – ‘Postcards’

Adore are a garage punk trio haling from Galway, Donegal and Dublin whose music is…

Ice Cube, Cypress Hill & The Game for Dublin, 3Arena show

A trio of big rap names are coming to Dublin for one gig together later…

Nialler9 Podcast: Our favourite music of June

It’s the ever popular monthly episode where Niall and Andrea share what’s moving them musically…

Caoi De Barra releases new song ‘Treehouse’ & 14-date Irish scooter tour this July and August

Caoi De Barra is known as one-third of Wyvern Lingo, a Bray band currently on…

Grian Chatten – ‘All Of The People’

Ahead of the release of the debut album Chaos For The Fly from the Fontaines…

Sampha releases first song in 6 years – ‘Spirit 2.0’

The English singer-songwriter and pianist Sampha may have appeared on Kendrick Lamar’s Mr Morales &…

James Blake has a new album Playing Robots with wonky single ‘Big Hammer’

James Blake has announced his sixth studio album with a wonky new electronic track called…

Post-punk originators Bush Tetras for Dublin show

One of the original bands to come out of the post-punk scene of the late…

Púca Festival returns for Halloween with The Charlatans, The Waterboys, Damien Dempsey announced

The annual Halloween event Púca Festival has announced its return to Meath, with Trim and…

100 Gecs cancel EU tour and Dublin show

Update: The upcoming 100 Gecs show in Dublin and the EU tour in general has…