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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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LFO Live

Some photos and videos of last night’s LFO show, his first ever in Ireland. The…

Calexico, Beirut and a Hawk and a Hacksaw live

I was present at the above show in the Olympia on Thursday night thanks to…

Primal Skream

Digging deeper into dubstep over the last few weeks, I found Skream, currently man of…

The best of the blogosphere

Over the last few months, a barrage of posts on music blogs that I frequent…

Future Shorts short

It was a mad busy weekend for myself so there was no time to blog.…

New Gruff Rhys – CandyLion!

What was I saying a few posts ago! Gruff (SFA) has got a new MySpace…

Messiah J & The Expert

Messiah J and the Expert have raised the bar for Irish hip hop with the…

Miho Hatori

I remember buying the Cibo Matto album Stereo Type A on a whim in a…

New Madvillain video

Click to Adult Swim to see the animated video for the newest Madvillain song “Monkey…

Annuals album release

Just a quick reminder to all who were impressed with the Annuals songs posted here…

Super Furry Side Project

Just time for a quick one for I head to the Go! Team tonight. The…

Bonde do Role!

I had such a good time last night in Crawdaddy. Brazil’s Bonde do Role mix…

Bud Rising free gig lineup

Yeooow! More info on that free Bus Riding gig (Spoonerism!) in the Guinness Storehouse. I…

All Fires have to burn alive, to live

Sometimes a song just sounds so well-rounded and perfect the first time you hear it…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Sunday

Sunday @ Hard Working Class Heroes ended in a whimper rather than a bang for…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Saturday

I had a great night last night although I’m very hungover at the moment. We…

Hard Working Class Heroes – Friday

First off, I have to say I was (and still am) totally skeptical about the…

Music to treat your paraskevidekatriaphobia by

For the superstitous among you – I present 13 quality remixes to keep your fears…

An Introduction to Dubstep

I’m only beginning to delve into the world of Dubstep, Vex’d was my introduction. Vex’d…

I am a Robot and Proud

Striking a healthy balance between bedroom electronica and live instruments can be a hard thing…