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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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Soundtrack for the weekend

From a Dutch electropunk compilation – Some Tunes released by Basserk. Ladies and Gentlemen –…

Banksy, Twink, Joanna and Tunng

A few things of interest in the past few days…. Banksy’s been in the news…

Feed me great things

First things first for anybody who is subscribed to the site via RSS, I’ve updated…

Electric Picnic review: Highs, Lows and Videos

Normality is a hard thing to grasp after such an ecstatic weekend at Electric Picnic.…

nialler9’s guide to Electric Picnic 06

OK, so it seems it’s Electric Picnic week on the blog, so I thought I…

Electric Picnic Stage Times

FRIDAY MAIN STAGE 23:30-01:00 Massive Attack 21:15-22:15 Antony & the Johnsons 19:30-20:30 Devendra Banhart 18:15-19:00…

I’m Splurring my sleech

It’s been a bit quiet around here the last week due to excessive gigging /…

Annuals

There’s an internet buzz growing about this band from North Carolina and it’s wholly justified.…

Control, I’m in

Top Dublin band Channel One are offering a free five track EP for anyone who…

Youtube Friday!! – MF Doom

Definitely one of my favourite MCs in hip hop, MF Doom has taken on so…

Take a trip and Multiply

I’m sure by now, you are all aware of Jamie Lidell’s Multiply album from last…

Shugo from Japan

Some beautiful odd music from Tokyo, Japan trickled into my ears this past week (Thanks…

Mantua Lives Festival

Next weekend sees the Mantua Lives Festival take place in Ballinagare, Roscommon. It’s a small…

Super Sunday song

I went to a house party last night and stayed up till the Sun decided…

Youtube Friday!! – new Beck videos

Beck’s new album The Information is out on October 2nd. Initially touted as his hip…

Cameras ready, prepare to flash

Through the myriad libraries of Chicago, Detroit and New York house and techno, for me…

And I’m all hooked up..

I’m still listening to Broken Social Scene’s self-titled album regularly after about 9 months but…

I’m home

Got back from my short trip to the Basque country yesterday. San Sebastian in North…

Home taping is killing music!

“Basically we record famous people and make it sound like they’re talking about sex or…

Youtube Friday!! – Kraftwerk

Ah where to begin with the mighty Godfathers of Electronica? I’m 100% certain the musical…