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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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Decal: giving you free sh*t since 2004

Free albums are wonderful things. No strings attached, no pressure to enjoy, if you like…

Oxegen – I ain’t going back to my old school

So Oxegen has officially announced a line-up that includes Arcade Fire, Muse (shudder), Snow Patrol…

Aesop Rock – All Day snippet

So I’ve had a chance to hear this mix since mentioning my uneasiness about Aesop…

RJD2 Pre-mix

RJD2 has an interesting competiton going at the moment over at iMeem. Seeing as his…

Battles and my favourite song of last year

Another day, another excuse to mention Battles, my favourite math-rock band, the only math-rock band…

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…