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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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It takes a Nation of Oprahs…

Since its beginnings in the 70’s, Hip Hop has been scorned and villified in the…

Bjork live on SNL

Some kind of indication of what kind of live setup to expect at Electric Picnic…

Attention! Dry County

Another Irish band who I’m looking forward to releasing their debut album are Dry County.…

TTC playing Dublin in May

French hip hop at its finest (and silliest) TTC will be playing in the Village…

Song of the Week » Maximo Park – Our Velocity

I’ve been playing Maximo Park’s “Our Velocity” from new album Our Earthly Pleasures on repeat…

SEBP album launches = Mental weekend

As well as catching shows from EL-P and Joanna Newsom over the weekend, Thursday and…

El-P @ Crawdaddy, Dublin

El-P rocked the house last night in Crawdaddy with a proper hip hop show. I…

Joanna Newsom @ Olympia Theatre, Dublin

A seated performance in Dublin’s most adorned & decorated venue was a perfect setting for…

Contender for Irish album of the year?

You betcha. The debut album from Super Extra Bonus Party is being released this week…

Neon Neon feat. Spank Rock / Har Mar Superstar

The first track from Gruff Rhys (Super Furries) and Boom Bip’s project Neon Neon has…

T-Woc ar an raidio

I’ve really been enjoying T-Woc’s (Alphabet Set) radio show on Raidio na Life of late,…

Nouveau Noise

There is some absolute gems of musical talent coming out of Ireland lately, specifically in…

Bjork: She so crazy..

Cover of her new album Volta… With input from Timbaland, Konono no.1, Mark Bell (LFO),…

Electric Picnic 07 initial line-up

The Beastie Boys* Bjork* LCD Soundsystem* Iggy And The Stooges Jarvis Cocker* The Jesus And…

LCD Soundsystem live @ Electric Picnic

In anticipation for the 6pm lineup announcement, Chris @ Culture Bully has the live mp3s…

Squarepusher, Herbie Hancock and Brian Eno: The Album

As seen on the Electric Picnic forum, a piece of news that is dated from…

MRK1 @ !Kaboogie

Rolling into town on the good ship dubstep and fresh from releasing one of the…

Free! Herv – Ramps mix

Excellent vid for Herv’s ‘lost me’ by the dude(ttes) at Polygon Farmer Here’s one that’s…

Deerhoof – Kidz are so Small Video (Unofficial)

Deerhoof’s latest Friend Opportunity is a treasure trove of exhilarating day-glo rock ‘n’ roll songs…

Daft Punk: Geniuses or Rip off Merchants?

You may have seen this doing the rounds on the interweb recently. Sparked by a…