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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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Kean Kavanagh covers local song ‘The Portlaoise Queen’ and announces Irish Christmas dates

Soft Boy Records’ Kean Kavanagh drops a new single and announces The Three Gigs of…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this November week

Gig Guide Highlights: Ezra Collective, Interpol, Snow Strippers, Alice Glass, Olive Hatake, Skream, Club Comfort, Anderson, Maruja, New Jackson, Niamh Bury, Luke Una & Skyrager, Henry Earnest, Mohammad Syfkhan, Fat Dog, Porridge Radio, Rejjie Snow, ARXX, Amyl and the Sniffers, Cliffords.

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A triple bill of Asian-Irish music artists is announced for Dublin this month

Ex Oh Promotions present a triple bill of Asian-Irish artists on November 28th at Workman’s…

Shampain by Cian Mac Coille
New Galway festival AISÉIRÍ features Shampain, Just Mustard, One Leg One Eye and more

Galway DJ Shampain curates a one-night festival with promoters Strange Brew this December 21st. AISÉIRÍ…

Fontaines D.C. share Barry Keoghan-starring music video for ‘Bug’

The newest music video from the band’s fourth album Romance, is out today. Directed by…

Limerick collective The Unscene release Naive Ted compilation ahead of winding down this month

The leftfield collective The Unscene are marking one year since Naive Ted ceased all music…

Raye for Dublin show at Royal Hospital Kilmainham next summer

The English pop singer Raye is playing Dublin next summer. Having won 6 BRITs after…

The 20 best songs of October

Featuring: Mk.Gee, Tyler, Morgana, Soda Blonde, The Horrors, Sharon Van Etten, Róis, LCD Soundystem and more ….

The 5 best songs of the week

Featuring Sharon Van Etten, Mk.Gee, LCD Soundsystem, Tyler, The Creator; Ruthven.

Sounds From A Safe Harbour announce dates for 2025 return to Cork city

The biennial Cork festival is back for its 10th year in 2025. Sounds from a…

New Albums & EPs out today: The Cure, Fionn Regan, Anderson, Lykke Li, Sloucho & more

Here’s a rundown of new releases on DSPs and physical releases in record shops this…

Podcast: Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia (with Max Zanga)

Tyler, The Creator dropped his seventh studio album Chromakopia on Monday morning after only announcing…

9 highlights from Sound Of Belfast Festival this November

Sound of Belfast is the annual celebration of Belfast city’s music talent, run by our…

10 of the best Irish songs this week

Featuring mokusla, Dumb Posh Hippies, Olive Hatake, Yenkee, Shiv, Problem Patterns, Beauty Sleep, Pippa Molony, Rory Sweeney, Blue Deputy, Sell Everything.

Tyler, The Creator adds second Dublin gig

Tyler is coming to the 3Arena for 2 Irish shows now. Having just released his…

Moving Still drops Ouddy Bangers – Volume 2 of Middle Eastern disco and pop reworks

Our Irish-Arab producer favourite drops a new edit EP of reworks of disco and pop…

The best gigs & club nights in Dublin this Halloween week

Gig Guide Highlights: Kneecap, Disco Dána, GZA, Glass Animals, SCART label party, Nia Archives, Mabe Fratti, Adore, Max Richter, Listen Closely: Boards of Canada, Lizzy McAlpine, Mercury Rev, Ice Spice, Jacob Collier.

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SXSW announce first acts to play 2025, after last year’s cancellations

In March, all 10 Irish bands that were set to play South By Southwest Festival…

The Dare for Dublin gig at Vicar Street

Indie Sleaze’s revivalist is coming to Ireland. The Dare is the Charli XCX-Brat collaborator (he’s…

Overhead, The Albatross release the uplifting elegy of ‘Paul Lynch’

The Dublin post-rock band have released a new song from their forthcoming new album I…