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	Pub. Date	Title	Duration
	02 Jun 2022	Our favourite albums & songs of May	01:39:31
It's monthly roundup time. Andrea and Niall are here with the new music recommender episode. This month we're recommending and discussing new albums from Kevin Morby, OliveyOlive, Just Mustard, Porridge Radio, Angel Olsen and songs from Kieran Hebden, Mallrat, Beverly-Glenn Copeland, Wet Leg, Cormac Begley and Beth Orton. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Episode notes / references Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord chat + member playlists & content. An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is back Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	23 Jun 2022	Primavera Sound, Body & Soul Festival & the resurgence of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill'	01:24:46
It's been a few weeks since Andrea and Niall were able to pod because of holidays, festivals and the summer season. So it's a more casual episode this time around with Niall sharing his experiences from week 2 at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Andrea making a rare festival visit to Body & Soul Festival. There's also Forbidden Fruit chat and our Nialler9 Discord community weigh in our their experiences at Prima. And there's always time to talk about one of the greatest songs of all-time - 'Running Up That Hill' by Kate Bush, which as you no doubt know by now, has seen a resurgence thanks to its sync placement in season four of Netflix show Stranger Things, and promptly picked up 616 million Tik Tok plays and has gone to number 1 in the UK and Australia. Who knew a song from 1985 might become the song of the summer? You don't need to ask us twice to discuss the enduring appeal of the classic song, and why it's resonating once more. Plus, Andrea tells us her opinion on the new Beyoncé song. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Episode notes / references Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Vox - How a recording-studio mishap shaped '80s music Linndrum famous songs Nialler9 Mix Series: Mix & Fairbanks – Linndrum mix 2016 Remixes mentioned: Patrice Baumel Edit Ashley Beedle Edit *Support us on Patreon.* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	30 Jun 2022	Our favourite music of June	01:30:57
It's monthly music recommender time. Andrea and Niall are here with the songs and albums that have made their month a bit brighter. This month we're recommending and discussing new albums from Confidence Man, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, Automatic and Robocobra Quartet and songs from Julia Jacklin, Anna Mieke, Ailbhe Reddy, Madison Cunningham, Dry Cleaning, Sworn Virgins and Courtney Barnett. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord chat + member playlists & content. An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is on season 2 Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. Support us on Patreon. Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	14 Jul 2022	A deep dive into the life and music of George Michael	01:28:18
This week, Andrea and Niall and delving deep into the life, times, music, controversies and talent of one of the last great pop stars - George Michael. One of the biggest selling artists of all-time, George Michael came to fame through the pop band duo of Wham! before going on to one of the most successful and creative solo artist careers of the last 40 years. From 'Hotel Tropicana' to 'Faith' to 'Freedom 90' to 'Outside' to 'Fast Love' to 'Jesus To A Child', George Michael wrote, produced, played and sang on them all. George was an undeniable talent, a soulful singer, who often struggled with his fame and his life in the spotlight. He dealt with grief publicly and in private, while questions about his sexuality always hovered over his career. Taking our cue from the recently re-released Freedom Uncut documentary, produced by George before he died on Christmas Day 2016, and the release of a new box set of his seminal album Older, we delve into the backlash he received from American soul and R&B artists, his struggles with cannabis addiction, the sting operation that lead to his coming out and the best music of his career, his court case against his label, George the insightful interviewee and a focus on our favourite songs in his discography. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord chat + member playlists & content. An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is on season 2 Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Cv2PwtU39HQZOEkarNSj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	28 Jul 2022	The songs of the summer	01:09:35
Hot Podcast Summah! This week, Niall and Andrea are looking at the contenders for song of the summer 2022. From Beyoncé to Harry Styles to Drake to the outsider bets, we look at the big seasonal hitters. What is a song of the summer anyway? We pick our personal favourites of the year (or not) and look at our summer songs of the past, and yes, I force Andrea to pick some upbeat songs for the episode. BBC Journalist Mark Savage wrote a piece in 2017 listing the key things a song of the summer needs They are: 1) It has to be simple 2) It should make you feel like you're on holiday 3) Novelty is good 4) Radio-friendly songs make bigger hits 5) It should be released before the summer 6) But it should have the word "summer" in the title Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord chat + member playlists & content. An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is on season 2 Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	04 Aug 2022	Our favourite music of July	01:12:08
It's monthly music recommender time. Andrea and Niall are here with the songs and albums that have made the sunny summer month of July hotter than it already was. This month we're recommending and discussing new albums from beabadoobee, The Koreatown Oddity, Beyoncé and Gwenno. The songs selections include Jessie Ware, Sorcha Richardson, Aoife Nessa Frances, Lil Silva, Sarah Crean and Gilla Band. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is on season 2 Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	27 Sep 2018	Red Bull Music Academy Berlin report, bad covers, Villagers, Noname	01:37:35
On this week's episode, we report from the Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin, we talk dodgy covers thanks to Metallica, Wolf Alice win the Mercury and have a strong reaction, Cat Power explains her label woes, songs of the week from Yaeji, Laoise, Lana Del Rey and more; and albums of the week from Villagers (The Art Of Pretending To Swim) and Noname (Room 25). Niall and Andrea are your hosts. Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review on iTunes but most importantly tell your friends. Songs played Metallica - Dancing Queen Metallica - When Doves Cry Kodaline - Digital Love Songs of the week Yaeji - One More Laoise - Again Jaakko Eino Kalevi - People In The Centre Of The City Whenyoung - Given Up Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch Albums of the week Villagers - Love Came With All It Brings Villagers - Ada Noname - Blaxploitation Noname - Ace RBMA Berlin Nina Kraviz - Ghetto Kraviz Tiger & Woods - Rockmeloveme Jlin - Never Created, Never Destroyed Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson - The Bottle AE Mak - Love Flush Tiger & Woods - Bash At Jack's Nina Kraviz - Walking In The Night Closing song: Kojaque - Eviction Notice Subscribe in iTunes \| Android \| ACAST \| Stitcher \| RSS Feed Previous podcasts in this series are available here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	11 Aug 2022	Beyoncé's Renaissance samples black queer culture and dance music	01:10:24
It's a Renaissance deep dive. Andrea and Niall are with episode 182 of the Nialler9 Podcast, and we are going on in on Beyoncé's seventh album Renaissance, an LP heavily and obviously inspired by black American house music, queer culture and ballroom (as well as her late cousin Uncle Johnny, a gay man she credits in the liner notes of the album for introducing her to queer sounds and subcultures). On this episode, we delve into the samples of house and bounce music on the record, deep cuts from American dance history illuminated with the help of producers Honey Dijon and Green Velvet among others for this Beyoncé album, that is pitched like a DJ mix. Andrea explores the incongruity of the millionaire/near-billionaire superstar paying homage to the largely poor ballroom and queer cultural communities of the late '80s and early '90s while namechecking fashion brands and promoting vast opulence. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is on season 2 Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	18 Aug 2022	A deep dive into Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole	00:53:20
On this episode Niall and Andrea we dig into one of the most influential dance albums of the '90s - Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole.one of the most influential dance albums of the '90s - Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole. Released in 1997, Dig Your Own Hole was the second album from Tow Rowlands and Ed Simons, an album that brought a UK number 1 with Setting Sun featuring Noel Gallagher on vocals, acclaim in the US that allowed them to build upon the success of 1995's debut Exit Planet Dust and become household touring names.\ The album, featuring the singles 'Setting Sun', 'Block Rockin' Beats', 'Elektrobank' and 'The Private Psychedelic Reel' were released the same year as Radiohead's OK Computer, The Prodigy's Fat Of The Land, The Verve's Urban Hymns and Daft Punk's Homework. Electronic music was having a moment, Britpop was waning, music was becoming less reliant on real people playing drums, samples came from hip-hop and was changing pop music, there was a whole strand of electronic music, that had spilled out of the 88 acid house era in the UK and was making a mark. Dig Your Own Hole took the pair supernova in the music world, catapulting them from the big beat scene they were associated with to a zeitgeist-capturing dance music informed by psychedelia, funk, hip-hop, soul, rock and acid house. “They take a whole new song structure, the song structure of a house record, and make a psychedelic rock record.” - Jason Bentley KCRW DJ “Britpop-with-breakbeats” - Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture, Simon Reynolds Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	01 Sep 2022	Our music highlights of August	01:21:10
It's Andrea and Niall's favourite music of the month time. This time out, we're recommending and discussing new albums from Julia Jacklin, Elaine Howley, Danger Mouse & Black Thought, Claude and Declaime/Madlib. The songs selections include Ruby Goon, Anna Mullarkey, Arctic Monkeys, jake Xerxes Fussell and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. We also discuss the Win Butler misconduct allegations surrounding Arcade Fire's dates in Dublin this week, and chat about experiences at Another Love Story and the No Encore Quiz episode. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is on season 2 Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	08 Sep 2022	Songs we HATE	01:22:34
On this episode, we are turning the tables on ourselves and the general vibe and discussing some of our personally most hated songs, and forcing each other and our dear listeners to listen to those songs. Sometimes it's irrational, sometimes it's circumstantial, sometimes it's association, but sometimes the song is just bad, and awful, and terrible. Niall and Andrea are here for their first ever hatefest. Join us in hell. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is on season 2 Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	29 Sep 2022	A birthday quiz, the new Bowie film Moonage Daydream	00:58:55
It's a back to school vibe of an episode this week, as Niall and Andrea return after a busy few weeks for a catchup. Andrea surprises Niall with a special milestone birthday quiz, we discuss two very different losses in music this week - Coolio and Pharoah Sanders, Andrea shares her thoughts on the new David Bowie film Moonage Daydream and the Harry Styles-starring Don't Worry Darling, and Niall discusses the Budget, the Night Moves Culture Night event and upcoming changes to licensing laws on the cards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	03 Oct 2022	Clubbing & The Night-Time Economy Discussion (Culture Night)	01:01:48
As part of Night Moves, our Culture Night event in the Fruit and Veg market in Dublin produced by Nialler9 and Totally Dublin in collaboration with Culture Night Dublin, we put on a discussion panel talking about the current and near-future issues of night-life and late night cultural activities in the city. Here's a recording of that talk for those who could not attend, and anyone interested in Dublin night-life. The discussion is hosted by Michael McDermott (editor of Totally Dublin) with.. Carly Heath (Bristol Night-Time Economy Adviser) Sunil Sharpe (Give Us The Night) Cllr. Claire Byrne (Green Party, Dublin - South East Inner City) Renn Miano (Origins Eile) Photo: Roisin Murphy O'Sullivan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	27 Jul 2023	Sinead O'Connor was wronged - the Nothing Compares documentary	01:05:03
30 years ago this week, Singer Sinead O’Connor sparked outrage when she tore up a picture of the Pope during her musical performance on Saturday Night Live. The fallout of that action is at the centre of Kathryn Ferguson's new documentary about Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares - which is in cinemas this Friday. Following the release of last year's Rememberings, O'Connor's biography, the film tells the story of Sinead's upbringing, subsequent success focusing on the early period of her career and the vindication of her actions at the time. Sinead O’Connor was ahead of her time. The documentary celebrates a maverick artist, who never compromised her personal integrity or artistry, who was often ridiculed, and deemed the mad Irish women who shaved her head, who spoke up for minorities, criticised the church for child abuse coverups, Magdalene laundries (which she had direct experience of), and Ireland's fight for abortion rights. These causes and beliefs are now mainstream but at the time, O'Connor was openly mocked for pointing out the abuses of power (especially in America, where she refused to allow the National Anthem to play before her concert) further fuelling an anti-patriotism sentiment around the Irish artist, that fundamentally altered her pop career, one that she never wanted anyway. “I'm not a pop star. I'm just a troubled soul who needs to scream into mikes now and then.” Sinead O’Connor was a protest singer, first and foremost. Joining Niall and Andrea to discuss the Sinead O'Connor film is pop critic Louise Bruton. We discuss her relationship with Gay Byrne, the parallels to Britney and MIA, that Bob Dylan tribute concert, and the aforementioned themes from the film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	12 Oct 2022	Our music highlights of September	01:04:38
It's Andrea and Niall's favourite music of the month time. Slightly delayed of our own doing, so we're just going to pretend October hasn't happened yet. This time out, we're recommending and discussing new albums from ELIZA, Djo, Vieux Farka Touré / Khruangbin, Sorcha Richardson and songs from Bricknasty, Weyes Blood, Arctic Monkeys, Sudan Archives and Babe Ruth? All is explained thanks to Youtube Premium. Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	18 Oct 2022	Sorcha Richardson - the songs that inspired Smiling Like An Idiot	01:06:39
The last time the Dublin artist and musician Sorcha Richardson appeared on the podcast was January 2020. Her debut album First Prize Bravery was just released on Faction and thew subsequent tour ended up getting rescheduled seven times. It wasn't all bad though, the album was very well-received, picked up a Choice Music Prize nomination for Irish album of the year and won her a whole set of new fans across Ireland, UK, Europe and North America. With second album Smiling Like An Idiot and tour dates very much nailed on and happening from this week (including her biggest hometown show at 3Olympia Theatre on Thursday October 20th, and the Limelight 2 in Belfast on Wednesday October 19th, before UK and European dates), we spoke to Sorcha about coming home from living in New York to find a new community in Dublin around music in a challenging time for artists, to conversations about Oasis with Los Angeles-based producer Alex Casnoff, the difficulties of touring, drum sounds and Bowie-esque guitar solos, all through the lens of 5 songs that inspired the second album. The songs discussed are: Cocteau Twins - Cherry Coloured Funk LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change Dijon - Good Luck Big Thief - Masterpiece Oasis - She's Electric You'll also hear snippets of Sorcha's songs 'Shark Eyes', 'Archie' 'Stalemate' and 'Spotlight Television' More at sorcharichardson.com/ Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	03 Nov 2022	Our music highlights of October	01:28:39
October was a busy busy month for albums, so that's our major focus for this monthly episode of Andrea and Niall's favourite music we heard of the calendar month. We've got big albums from The 1975, Taylor Swift, Arctic Monkeys, Gilla Band, The Mary Wallopers, Loyle Carner, Dry Cleaning and Alvvays. Plus Niall shares a song he heard at a club during his NYC trip. Plus, there might be a birthday quiz. Welcome to the audio palace... Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist An drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album Andrea has a Ghost newsletter Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	18 Mar 2018	Podcast #004: Jape on creativity and procrastination	00:50:46
This week’s episode features Jape’s Richie Egan chatting about procrastination, living in Malmo and creating music for Donal Dineen’s new long form documentary Pathways directed by Steve O’Connor, which you can watch here. It was commissioned as part of St. Patrick’s Festival. Niall and Ellen also talk albums of the week from David Byrne and George Fitzgerald and we have tracks of the week from Leon Bridges and Anderson Paak. We also chat about Ships’ win at the Choice Prize last week and NME closing its print edition. Tracks of the week: Leon Bridges – Bad Bad News Serpentwithfeet – bless ur heart Bicep – Opal Four Tet Remix Anderson Paak – Till its over Anna Mieke – Arbour Albums of the week: David Byrne – American Utopia George Fitzgerald – All That Must Be Closing Song: Debbie Neon – Psycho Killer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	10 Nov 2022	Jape on electronic music for graveyards & walks	00:56:18
Slane Irish Whiskey is a trailblazing Irish Spirit that has music in its heritage. Like Nialler9, Slane Irish Whiskey is all about new adventures and making a bold choice. Next time you’re looking for a spirit that comes recommended from someone who knows their music, try Slane Irish Whiskey. Please enjoy Slane Irish Whiskey responsibly/visit drinkaware.ie.<br>© 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey <img src="https://uploads.nialler9.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/19171758/drinkaware-logo-cropped-1024x146-1.webp" width="256" height="37px" > It's been over four years since we had Richie Egan aka Jape on the Nialler9 Podcast, pre-Andrea when Ellen Fitzpatrick was the co-host. So with Richie releasing a new electronic instrumental record called 9K Hi Volume 1 on Faction Records this week, we visited Richie (virtually) in his Malmo studio to talk about dance and electronic music, old low-bit samplers, old technology and dance music made for graveyards and walks. Richie talks about five tracks from Irish electronic artists including Or:la, New Jackson, Comte, BB84 and Donnacha Costello; and a new discovery from Naran Ratan. You'll also hear two songs from his new record - 'Eugh' and 'Secret Area'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	17 Nov 2022	Kendrick & Pavement gigs, secondary ticketing & the Grammys	01:04:33
Slane Irish Whiskey is a trailblazing Irish Spirit that has music in its heritage. Like Nialler9, Slane Irish Whiskey is all about new adventures and making a bold choice. Next time you’re looking for a spirit that comes recommended from someone who knows their music, try Slane Irish Whiskey. Please enjoy Slane Irish Whiskey responsibly/visit drinkaware.ie.<br>© 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey <img src="https://uploads.nialler9.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/19171758/drinkaware-logo-cropped-1024x146-1.webp" width="256" height="37px" > This week's podcast episode, #193, is mostly about the world of live music Firstly, Niall attended the Sunday of the recent Kendrick Lamar gigs on The Big Steppers tour in the 3Arena, and Andrea went to the "men in their late 30s convention and your ex-boyfriend is here" Pavement gig at Vicar Street. We talk about the Grammy nominations where things are as problematic as ever but you know, Beyoncé is still killing it. This week's Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco, where fans for her 52-date US tour crashed Ticketmaster and were waiting for up to 8 hours in a virtual queue to no avail, has us examining the secondary ticketing market once more, where Adele tickets in Vegas are going for $22,500 for this weekend, where Taylor tickets are listed for $92,500 and closer to home on Stubhub where Elton John tickets are going for €450 and Gilla Band tickets at the National Stadium are going for double the ticket price on Viagogo that are currently listed on Ticketmaster. But wait, didn't the Irish government approve a bill to stop the exorbitant resale of tickets for events? Yeah, but venues and promoters have to opt-in, making this a very impressive invisible lasso on the secondary ticketing market in Ireland. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	24 Nov 2022	Cadence Weapon on live touring issues & artist merch	01:03:15
Slane Irish Whiskey is a trailblazing Irish Spirit that has music in its heritage. Like Nialler9, Slane Irish Whiskey is all about new adventures and making a bold choice. Next time you’re looking for a spirit that comes recommended from someone who knows their music, try Slane Irish Whiskey. Please enjoy Slane Irish Whiskey responsibly/visit drinkaware.ie.<br>© 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey <img src="https://uploads.nialler9.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/19171758/drinkaware-logo-cropped-1024x146-1.webp" width="256" height="37px" > This week's podcast episode, #194, is about the issues around live touring for small to medium artists in a post-COVID world. Live shows have returned for over a year now, but not without unforeseen new challenges of inflation, Brexit, cost of living and increased touring costs. Added to already existing dwindling digital revenues and the toll a touring loss makes on mental health, acts are feeling the squeeze. One area where artists are looking to take the power back is on selling merchandise at live venues and festivals. A lot of medium to large venues take a 25% commission on artist merch sales by default, without providing any assistance. Some venues bring in an agency to manage merch and take the cut at source and in many venues this is a mandatory and sometimes additional cost. When it applies to support and emerging artists, it can really make the difference whether a tour makes money or not. On this episode we spoke to Canadian rapper, writer, poet and activist Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon on some of the thoughts he has shared on the live music industry. Rollie is an Edmonton-born, Toronto-based rapper and author of a new book about his life in music - Bedroom Rapper. Pemberton won the 2021 Polaris Prize - the Canadian album of the year prize - for his fifth album Parallel World. Rollie has announced a North American campaign to end the practice of venues and festivals taking a cut from the artists’ merch – in association with the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) and the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) to launch of the FAC’s 100% Venues campaign called #MyMerch. The campaign has come in the wake of FAC's UK campaign where 400 venues have now signed up to pledge not to take a cut on artist's merch sales in venues. Ireland could do with a similar list. It's a practice that was largely unknown to fans, but recently has been highlighted by Dry Cleaning, Yard Act, The Big Moon lately, and even, Jack Antonoff has weighed in. Niall and Andrea talk about how merch cuts work, and their issues, before we chat to Rollie about the campaign, his experiences touring last year at a loss and a previous 360 deal he signed that exploited every stream of income he had for 12 years, and his hopes for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	08 Dec 2022	The best songs of 2022	01:27:25
Slane Irish Whiskey is a trailblazing Irish Spirit that has music in its heritage. Like Nialler9, Slane Irish Whiskey is all about new adventures and making a bold choice. Next time you’re looking for a spirit that comes recommended from someone who knows their music, try Slane Irish Whiskey. Please enjoy Slane Irish Whiskey responsibly/visit drinkaware.ie.<br>© 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey It's December so that means our best of podcast trilogy is back. This week, Niall and Andrea pick 10 songs of their year each featuring selections from Alvvays, Overmono, Kieran Hebden, Angel Olsen, The Mary Wallopers, CMAT, Elaine Howley, The 1975 and more. Next week: Albums of 2022. Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	16 Dec 2022	The best albums of 2022	01:54:33
Slane Irish Whiskey is a trailblazing Irish Spirit that has music in its heritage. Like Nialler9, Slane Irish Whiskey is all about new adventures and making a bold choice. Next time you’re looking for a spirit that comes recommended from someone who knows their music, try Slane Irish Whiskey. Please enjoy Slane Irish Whiskey responsibly/visit drinkaware.ie.<br>© 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey It’s December and we are half way through our end of year listmas podcast episodes. This week, it's the turn of the long player, and Andrea and Niall share 10 albums each from our year of listening that brightened up the days and nights, and stayed with us. There is discussion about Big Thief, Little Simz, Beyoncé, Billy Woods, Alvvays, Kendrick, CMAT, Mary Wallopers, The 1975 and more. Next week: the Nialler9 Podcast Awards! Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	22 Dec 2022	The Nialler9 Podcast Awards 2022	01:30:44
Slane Irish Whiskey is a trailblazing Irish Spirit that has music in its heritage. Like Nialler9, Slane Irish Whiskey is all about new adventures and making a bold choice. Next time you’re looking for a spirit that comes recommended from someone who knows their music, try Slane Irish Whiskey. Please enjoy Slane Irish Whiskey responsibly/visit drinkaware.ie.<br>© 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey It's that time again - Andrea and Niall's personal favourite episode of the year where we award out winners in made-up categories to scratch a particular music or media itch. This year's awards include the annual best sax solo, Best guest rap (aka the Andre 3000 verse), Best Tik-Tok trend, best song discovered on a TV show, best '90s-sounding 2022 club song, Best DJ mixes on Youtube, Squeakiest song of the year, word of the year, best song discovered in a club, best live gig, sample of the year, most disappointing album of the year, worst song of the year, and our favourite movies, TV and books of 2022. EOTY Podcasts: Albums of 2022 Songs of 2022. Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	02 Feb 2023	The 1975 live, our music favourites from January	01:12:59
Our first podcast of 2023 with Nialler and Andrea Cleary is a warm up for the year to come. Firstly, Andrea went to the 1975 live concert in Dublin last week and has some surprising thoughts on things, as well as a bit of a gush. For the rest of the episode we are talking and sharing our favourite music of the first month of the year from Lil Yachty, boygenius, Dave Rowntree, Rozi Plain, Lankum, Everything But The Girl, Aphex Twin and more. More Best of the month here. Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	09 Feb 2023	B-sides, box sets & the vinyl revival	01:05:57
Episode 199 of the Nialler9 Podcast is about scarcity and rarity. Prompted by the news of a Strokes box set of 7" singles this month, Andrea Cleary talks about the particular form and use of B-sides in the streaming era, the role of singles in the ongoing vinyl revival (2022 was the 15th straight year of vinyl sale growth), and why we love vinyl so much anyway. We read Jeremy D. Larson's howlingly good Maneskin review for Pitchfork aloud, check into the Grammys from Sunday night to find that things are as they always seem to be and Steve Albini is hating on Steely Dan and it's a hoot. Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	28 Jun 2018	Ye Season	00:44:16
Forgoing our regular podcast programming, I am joined by music writer Andrea Cleary to discuss Ye Season in depth. Ye Season is now over and we’ve had 5 Kanye West-produced albums in a five weeks which were Kanye West – Ye, Pusha T – Daytona, Kids See Ghosts’ Kid See Ghosts, Nas – Nasir and Teyana Taylor – Keep That Same Energy. Myself and Andrea go deep into all that surrounds Ye and this rapidly-released album cycle. Ye Season* Kanye West – All Mine Kanye West – I Thought About Killing You Kanye West – Ghost Town Pusha T – Come Back Baby Nas – Cops Shot The Kid Teyana Taylor – Issues/ Hold On Kids See Ghosts – 4th Dimension Kids See Ghosts – Reborn Teyana Taylor – WTP * OK, so we totally lost a good chunk of the podcast including an album of the week discussion about The Carters and tracks of the week. Life’s too short. Keep moving forward. Good vibes only. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	16 Feb 2023	200th Episode Q&A special	01:26:33
We mark 200 episodes of the Nialler9 Podcast by taking some questions from readers about indie sleaze, our favourite music videos, best interviewees, albums and gigs of 2023 we're looking forward to, podcast influences, dream jobs, and favourite albums since Andrea and I started doing the podcast together, which was June 2018 in the episode Ye Season (Which I've reuploaded) - I really dropped Dre in it for episode #1. We also lost half the episode due to a recording error and the following week, we reviewed a 90-minute Drake album. It's a wonder, and a testament to Andrea's professionalism that she stuck around! Plus, there's chat about Rihanna at the Superbowl, hip-hop at Grammys and a small tribute to Trugoy of De La Soul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	23 Feb 2023	Our favourite samples in music	01:19:27
Episode 201 is a journey through some of the last 35 years in music through the medium of the sample, from the Amen break to famous sample-heavy albums to our own personal favourite sampled songs. We discuss how an obscure 1960s B-side became the most sampled song in history and helped birth genres like drum and bass and jungle. We explore the sample art of albums like DJ Shadow's Entroducing, Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, J Dilla's Donuts, Girl Talk's Night Ripper and The Avalanches' Since I Left You. And then Niall and Andrea share their favourite samples including but not limited to music from Steely Dan, Super Furry Animals, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye, Burial, Kate Bush, ABBA, James Blake, Skepta and a disco Beethoven true original. The track that kicked off the idea was Rory Sweeney and Emby's 'All My Life' which samples Kendrick's 'Backseat Freestyle'. Shout out to Tracklib on Youtube for some of the audio sample beds. Songs referenced on his episode, and their samples are listed here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	01 Mar 2023	Who will win the Choice Music Prize?	02:05:00
On this two-hour episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer and journalist Una Mullally, to discuss the 10 nominated albums in this year's Choice Music Prize Irish album of the year 2022 category. 10 nominated albums are in the process to be pored over by 11 judges, and they are.. CMAT – If My Wife New I’d Be Dead A self confessed global pop star from Ireland Ciara Mary Alice’s Thompsons country pop debut album. Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia The third album and the third nomination for the London-based Dubliners Fontaines DC? Will it be 3rd time lucky? Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector The second album from Dublin foggy psych-folk artist on Partisan Records. Just Mustard – Heart Under Dundalk five-piece alt-rock band on Partisan Records, who have three albums on this year’s list. Dermot Kennedy – Sonder Second album from Ireland’s biggest songwriting pop export of the last 5 years? Possibly The Mary Wallopers – The Mary Wallopers Dundalk’s finest purveyors of craic, divilment, and drinking songs. Anna Mieke – Theatre Wicklow singer-songwriter's second album of alt-folk Pillow Queens – Leave the Light On A second album of anthemic indie-rock of “queer dream blues,” on a Canadian label Royal Mountain. Sorcha Richardson – Smiling Like an Idiot A collection of guitar/synth indie-pop music, the second album on Faction Records THUMPER – Delusions of Grandeur It’s the debut from the six-piece double drumming, triple guitars rock band. While the winner album prize announced at the live event on Thursday March 9th at Vicar Street will receive €10,000 prize fund, our prize is arguably more coveted right? We give each album the once over in a deep dive and then pick the albums we want to win and the one we think is going to win this year. It's episode 202 of the Nialler9 Podcast... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	07 Mar 2023	Our music highlights of February	01:04:29
February was a short month but there was lots to love (and talk about). It's the monthly episode with Niall and Andrea discussing songs and albums we loved from the last month. Just before Andrea went off to India for the rest of the month, and after last week's Choice Music Prize special, we are chatting specific favourite new and some old music. Featuring chat about Lana Del Rey, Skrillex, Caroline Polachek, Lisa O'Neill, Bully & Soccer Mommy, Feist, Ugolino, Chósta and Tangerine Dream. It's Episode 203. Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist The Dubstep essay Andrea mentioned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	14 Mar 2023	David Holmes on making his 1997 classic Let's Get Killed	00:42:09
In 1996, the Belfast DJ and producer David Holmes travelled to New York to make a record. While hanging out in the Lower East Side and Alphabet City, Holmes and some pals, armed with a DAT recorder, dropped some acid and wandered around the city recording people for his upcoming LP. A year later, that album, a classic record - 1997's Let's Get Killed was released, which imbued a cinematic world-building dance record with audio of the characters Holmes met on the New York streets with samples of 7" records gifted to him by Terri Hooley, of Good Vibrations record shop in his hometown in Northern Ireland. Holmes would go on to make the cinematic sing as a composer for soundtracks for Steven Soderbergh that includes Out of Sight, the Ocean's Trilogy of films, alongside soundtracks for TV shows The Fall and Killing Eve. Holmes has never stopped DJing or creating, whether it's the four albums he's made with Unloved or producing a Noel Gallagher album. This podcast is the story of how Let's Get Killed bridges New York and Belfast in David Holmes' own words, in conversation with Nialler9, along with some chat about the art and organisation of DJing and news of an upcoming dance-focused David Holmes album. This conversation takes place ahead of the INY x Guinness Storehouse event on Sunday March 19th where David Holmes will be doing a public conversation with John Kelly about the record, and DJing alongside his old pal Billy Scurry. We've some tickets to the sold out event on Insta. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	21 Mar 2023	Meet Me In The Bathroom with Dave Hanratty	01:07:08
On this episode of the Nialler9 Podcast, Niall is joined by No Encore's Dave Hanratty for a chat about Meet Me In The Bathroom, the recent documentary about the New York City music scene of the early 2000s. The film by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern is based on the oral history book of the same name by Lizzy Goodman and is concerned with the rise of New York rock and indie stalwarts like The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio, LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture and Interpol. From The Moldy Peaches' early open mike night performances where they meet folk songwriter Karen O and The Strokes just as they are about to hit it big, Meet Me In The Bathroom is a fun nostalgia trip into first 10 years of indie-rock in New York through the aforementioned bands, and how it spills out into the world. Dave and I chat about the film's comings and goings. Join us. Nialler9 is hosting an Indie Sleaze night on Good Friday, April 7th @ Workman's Cellar, where you'll hear most of this kind of music and more. More on Indie Sleaze from our podcast last year with Louise McSharry. Listen to No Encore Podcast. Listen to the Nialler9 Podcast on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed * Support Nialler9 on Patreon & join our Discord community Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	22 Mar 2023	MayKay on Fight Like Apes & Palestine	00:44:02
A second episode this week as it's a timely chat with MayKay, the vocalist, singer-songwriter and Other Voices presenter who is returning to her original role as lead vocalist with the band Fight Like Apes. The band split up in 2016 after releasing three albums Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion (2008), The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner (2010) and Fight Like Apes (2015) along with a series of EPs. Flapes as they're affectionally known, were one of the first buzz bands out of Ireland in the online era, bursting onto the scene with ‘Lend Me Your Face’ and deflating a scene in which singer-songwriter had a chokehold on things by bringing a sense of pop culture fun with synth-pop and alternative, punk rock energy and catchy hooks. Ahead of the band's big comeback show at 3Olympia Theatre on Friday March 24th, I spoke to May Kay about what it's like to return to the well of the past, which songs hit different, how the London and rehearsal show went, and how she views the band's time in the spotlight now. We also talk about MayKay's trip to Palestine last year, and the plight of the Palestinian people who have lived in an apartheid state for the last 75 years, and why it's so important to hear the Palestinian people's own everyday stories of living under occupation and oppression. ACLAI is an Irish gym founded by Ainle O’Cairealla’in in Palestine. Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) Fight Like Apes' vinyl albums on Rubyworks / Alcopop Records. Listen to the Nialler9 Podcast on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed * Support Nialler9 on Patreon & join our Discord community Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	30 Mar 2023	The best music of March: Lankum, Lana, JPEGMafia & Danny Brown, Yves Tumor...	01:21:52
It's the monthly episode with Niall and Andrea discussing songs and albums we loved from the last month. March has given us a jam-packed month of albums to get our ears around, including: Lankum - False Lankum Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Ailbhe Reddy - Endless Affair JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring The Hoes Yves Tumor - Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume... Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V Plus songs from Krea, Kneecap, Sorcha Richardson covers The Killers and an electroclash classic. Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	06 Apr 2023	boygenius & the sad girl trope	00:59:24
Episode 208 is a dive into the world of boygenius and their debut album the record. Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus came together as boygenius in 2018 with a debut EP on Matador. The EP combined their collective tones of tones of country, melodic folk, indie and singer-songwriter strands together, before they all went off to make another solo record - Phoebe Bridgers made Punisher (2020), Lucy Dacus made Home Video (2021) and Julien Baker put out Little Oblivions (2021). A week after Punisher came out, Phoebe sent Lucy and Julien a demo of “Emily I’m Sorry” and asked if they could be a band again. Julien made a Google Drive folder called “dare I say it?”, and everyone flooded it with potential songs. It lead to a debut album recorded in January 2022, which was released last week. We review the record and discuss the songwriter's collective cohesion and style together and apart, how their bond of the trio is integral to the band, whether it gels for us and if this is a great record, as many reviews have said. We also look at the "sad girl" trope often attached to this kind of female-lead music, and ask AI to write us a Phoebe Bridgers song. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, *tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly.* *Support us on Patreon.* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	13 Apr 2023	Louise Bruton on live venue accessibility in Dublin	00:46:15
Episode 209 is a chat with our pal, journalist, author, playwright, DJ and wheelchair user Louise Bruton. Louise has recently restarted her Legless In Dublin platform on a paid Substack (free to disabled people), where she is "covering areas of access and disability, reviews and personal essays that champion disabled people and educate non-disabled people". It came after Louise had grown exhausted by being a source of free advice for others working in the live music industry who would ask her for an answer about access, a quote for media, or put the burden of the answer on her, so she is charging for that knowledge. We talk to Louise about the current issues with accessibility at venues. It was eye-opening to hear Louise share her experiences of venues, that are on the surface , accessible, but the inclusivity stops there - with the experience of the gig itself often an afterthought - involving restricted views, bad sight lines, and a limit of one friend to keep you company. In the last few years, music communities have done much to address inclusivity, gender balance and making spaces more welcoming, but it appears that wheelchair users like Louise are still left wondering when they will be included to the same level of access to the live music experience. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	20 Apr 2023	Frank Ocean & Jai Paul - Coachella & two sides of the enigmatic artist coin	01:10:46
Episode 210 of the Nialler9 Podcast is a two-hander. We are talking about the last of the enigmatic crooners who played the same festival - Coachella - and got on very differently. Firstly, Andrea takes the lead on recounting and speculating on what exactly was / is going on with Frank Ocean's set at Coachella at weekend 1 this past Sunday. Ice rinks, ankle injuries, long silences, unfocused showmanship, and a man who really didn't seem to want to be there did he? His subsequent cancellation at weekend 2 in the Indio Valley late last night confirms that. Fans felt duped. Then there's Jai Paul, who played his first ever live show at Coachella, and has announced his first ever shows in venues in London and New York. Niall takes a us through a short history of Jai Paul's career, the Myspace beginnings, the leaked album, the Paul Institute, his brother AK Paul, collaborations with Big Boi, Lorde (possibly?) and yes, there's Ed Sheeran covering 'Jasmine'. Don't hurt me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	27 Apr 2023	Music & AI - A primer of what's happening now	01:03:06
The generation of music content through AI has grown at a rate much faster than anyone anticipated in the last month. The technology we thought might have been a few months away, has accelerated to the point where AI has become a dominant talking point in the music space. In the space half a year, we have gone from a problematic fake rapper Fn Meka signing to Capitol before being dropped over moral issues, David Guetta creating a fake Eminem sample and China's AI pop hit hitting over a million streams to a fake AI-assisted Drake and The Weeknd song that had to be pulled off Spotify, a fake Oasis circa'97 album in its entirety, Grimes saying she will share her royalties with AI-generated songs that use her likeness and rap songs using deceased or contrasting voices to create new songs or versions of old classics. It brings up questions about human creativity, copyright, moral standpoints, inherent biases in datasets and how sentient Chat GPT really appears to be. On this episode, Niall and Andrea cover all these flashpoints of AI in recent months, discuss the cautionary tales, academic angles and artistic ones, like Holly Herndon's work in the space for a number of years now. Plus, we create so AI-generated content of our own... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	04 May 2023	Our favourite music of April	01:10:49
It’s the monthly episode with Niall and Andrea discussing songs and albums we loved from the last month, and some older. On Episode 212, there are albums recommended by Feist, Kara Jackson, Benefits and Tom Trago, along with choice songs from Anna St. Louis, Laurie Shaw, Beabadoobee + Clairo and two oldies. Plus a bit of listener feedback about last week's AI episode, some book, TV and film recommends and a bit about the Ed Sheeran / Marvin Gaye copyright case. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes: Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Did Ed Sheeran ACTUALLY Plagiarize Marvin Gaye? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	11 May 2023	Celaviedmai on 6 key songs that influenced her	00:52:09
Galway rapper Celaviedmai is one of our favourite up and coming rappers and collaborators as she has shown adeptness at moving between rap, house, drill, Amapiano and Afrobeat in her music so far. Mai is an artist with ambition and exciting plans on the horizon including a set at The Hennessy Hip-Hop House at Body & Soul Festival this summer. It was great to have Mai in to pick 5 songs that have influenced her craft and one current banger she can't get enough of, and trail some future plans for Celaviedmai. Songs featured: Celaviedmai - Go Down Low ---- The songs Mai picked : Doechii - Crazy Azealia Banks - Luxury Missy Elliott; Ludacris - One Minute Man (feat. Ludacris) J Dilla; Common; D'Angelo - So Far to Go JAY-Z; Kanye West; Otis Redding - Otis Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh) ---- Celaviedmai; - Known Better Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	18 May 2023	Nealo on the inspiring songs of his life	01:33:26
Nealo is a Dublin rapper and artist who is a regular on this site since first appearing in 2018. 2020's All The Leaves Are Falling was a Choice Music Prize-nominated debut album, an album exploring loss, friendship, family and the ties that keep us searching for home. Fresh from the release of new song 'Forest' with Morgana of Saint Sister on vocals, Nealo is teasing a new album at a later date, and along with last week's guest Celaviedmai, is playing at The Hennessy Hip-Hop House at Body & Soul Festival this summer. We've been talking to Nealo about getting him on the podcast for a long time, so we're delighted to finally bring him in with Niall and Andrea. On this episode we discuss what Nealo has been up to by asking him about some songs that are inspiring him and he loves right now, along with chats about making and releasing music in 2023, sobriety, going to see Post Malone, and possibly controversial opinions about Taylor Swift. Listen to the chat, or read the abbreviated choices on Nialler9. The Hennessy Hip-Hop House announces its lineup at Body & Soul Festival this June 16th to 18th at Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath. Denise Chaila, Gemma Dunleavy, Kojaque, Fabio & Grooverider and The Outlook Orchestra (A/V Show) are among the headliners for the Hennessy Music Trail and The Hennessy Hip-Hop House has an extensive lineup of hip-hop to celebrate the genre’s 50th year in tandem this year. Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	25 May 2023	"Don't Call Me Mama Anymore" - The Legacy of Cass Elliot	01:07:51
A reappraisal of the career of Cass Elliot, formerly known as Mama Cass, of The Mamas & Papas. For this week's episode (#215), Andrea Cleary, takes the lead for a deep dive into the life and times of Cass Elliot, the late-60s singer who recently went viral when a Tik-Tok user used her song 'Make Your Own Kind Of Music' on a meme with Nicolas Cage / Pedro Pascal from the film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The song's virality has lead to a reappraisal of the legacy of the singer, whose established narrative can now be seen through a lens of fatphobia and unfair treatment of women in the industry and society at large. Andrea takes us through her life and times on this fascinating episode. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	01 Jun 2023	Our favourite music of May	01:08:43
Niall and Andrea with episode 216 of the Nialler9 Podcast and our monthly new music recommender for the month of May 2023. On Episode 216, there are some "face eggs"-themed albums from Water From Your Eyes, Eyes Of Others and Caoilian Sherlock along with song choices from Gurriers, Blur, Kieran Hebden + William Tyler, Bricknasty, Buck Meek and two oldies from The Fall and Glasser. And for those of you who appreciate our usual Succession talk, this week, there is a 40 minute BONUS EPISODE available on the Patreon for subscribers only, where we discuss the Succession finale episode. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	15 Jun 2023	The Andrea goes to Slane episode	00:58:32
Episode 217 of the Nialler9 Podcast is all about that great Irish music institution - Slane Castle. 22 years (!) after Nialler was last at the big annual concert in Meath, Andrea makes her first trip to Slane for the Harry Styles concert and our roving vibe reporter is here to share her experiences from the gig day out, the food on offer, and the car park saga after. Plus, there's a look at the recent Why Not Her? radio report, a new official Beatles song via AI, some fascinating facts culled from the recent New Yorker piece on the Ed Sheeran/ Marvin Gaye copyright case Plus, the US plan to hike up artist visa prices from $460 to $1,615 per individual musician or crew member, meaning a lot less international touring acts going to America to play if it goes through. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	21 Jun 2023	Beyond The Pale + Body & Soul Festival reviews	00:39:17
We are keeping our summer school vibe going for a bit for the season by keeping episodes relaxed and casual for a bit while the weather is a bit nicer. Episode 218 of the Nialler9 Podcast then, sees Niall take the reins of the going out buzz after last week's Andrea Goes To Slane episode. It was a busy festival weekend with Beyond The Pale, Body & Soul and Seas Sessions all taking place in Ireland this past weekend. Niall went to the first two for Body & Soul Festival on Friday and Saturday and then festival hopped to Beyond The Pale on the Sunday. He shares his experiences of both, from the weather to the site cleanliness to the highlights, lowlights and an attempt to answer the question that was om everyone's lips - why was Beyond The Pale and Body & Soul clashing on the same weekend? There were thunderstorms, lightning, big sets, stage time delays, vibe checks and crowd checks to consider. Plus, we share your highlights and lowlights from your festival weekend experiences from our Insta and Discord callouts. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	29 Jun 2023	Our favourite music of June	01:11:22
It's the ever popular monthly episode where Niall and Andrea share what's moving them musically from the month of June - new music and older stuff too. On Episode 219 we have selections from King Krule, The Hives, Bright Eyes, Peter Gabriel, Maija Sofia, Glasser, Slaughter Beach, Dog, Niall's song of the summer contender and some oldie shouts from Butthole Surfers, Freestylers, Joy Anonymous and Bikini Kill. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	06 Jul 2023	An Oral history of UK Pop - 1996 to 2006 with Michael Cragg	01:05:35
Episode 220 is a chat with the journalist, pop culture writer, and author Michael Cragg. Michael's new book *Reach for the Stars* is a rip-roaring oral history of UK pop music between 1996 and 2006, told through the interviews with the popstars, the songwriters, producers, label executives, pop fans, svengalis and culture writers of the day. It's an unputdownable behind-the-scenes history of British pop music that tells the story of the Spice Girls, 5ive, Steps, S Club 7, Atomic Kitten, Girls Aloud, JLS, Liberty X, Sugababes, The X-Factor and more. The book contains many anecdotes like Geri Halliwell missing the Spice Girls audition because she had sunburn or 5ive saying 'Baby One More Time' is "fucking wank” to Max Martin's face. We spoke to Michael about pop stars' mad schedules, the lack of mental health awareness, Xenomania, the moguls like Pete Waterman; the homophobia around boy bands coming out, TOTP, Smash Hits and the media landscape of the day, and the crazy pressure they were under in which a number two record is considered was failure. Michael Cragg will also be appearing for an interview and Q&A with our pal Louise Bruton at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party on Saturday July 15th at Wigwam. Tickets are on Eventbrite. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon for extra persk. Show notes Buy Reach For The Stars Michael Cragg Author Interview and Pop Party on July 15th Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Subscribe to Andrea Cleary's Ghost newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	13 Jul 2023	Indie Sleaze with Louise McSharry	01:14:45
Note, this is a rewind of an episode from 2021 to mark our second Indie Sleaze night on September 29th in Workman's Cellar. You may have heard of the term Indie Sleaze lately. A term newly coined to describe a nostalgic trend of post-Y2K era of culture and aesthetics of indie music and parties that crossed cities and continents. Niall and Andrea are talking indie-rock, blog house, nu-rave, electro-clash and the alternative scene of the years of 2004 to 2012 that gave us the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Crystal Castles, CSS, Uffie, MGMT, New Young Pony Club, MIA, Hipster Runoff, Mashups, The Cobrasnake’s hedonistic flash photography, Dublin clubs like Antics and spawned an Indie Sleaze instagram account. So how are Gen Z co-opting the vibe of the era and is the Indie Sleaze trend just a Tik-Tok-enabled churn in nostalgia economy? Plus, Louise McSharry, host of the new topical news podcast Catch Up, drops in to talk about her experiences of indie, electro and alternative of that time, the fashion and the tunes she still loves, and why she wants to start a club night in the era’s honour. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon for extra persk. Show notes Our Indie Sleaze night with guest DJ Louise McSharry. Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Subscribe to Andrea Cleary's Ghost newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	20 Jul 2023	What is Balearic? The story of Ibiza, MDMA, Alfredo & a genre	01:10:43
For a subgenre deep dive, Niall takes a dip into the idea of Balearic music, and finds out that it's not as easy to explain as he first thought. Balearic is often thought of as a signifier of music that is evocative, sun-kissed and downtempo, but as our deep dive discovers Balearic is a feeling, an approach, that encompasses those things but also can be cheesy, soft, rocking, easy listening, dancey, slowed-down, dreamy, psychedelic and as dance music writer Frank Tope put it “it’s pop music that sounds good on pills.” The true origin story of Balearic is certain to includes the music selections of the Ibiza DJ Alfredo who DJed at Amnesia during the years of 1983 to 1988, just as all-night licences were coming to the Island. You know Ibiza as the Balearic Island haven where superclubs bang out techno and house and big name DJs hold residencies now, but in the '80s, the story of clubbing in Ibiza was being built from the ground up. Alfredo played an eclectic mix of pop, soul, disco, electronic, house, psych rock and Latin pop including Sade, The Cure, Derrick May, Simply Red, the Pink Panther Theme, Madonna, Richie Havens, Queen, psych rock wigouts, The Woodentops, and The Style Council, but was initially derided for his DJ sets. Our tale of Balearic music is linked to the Bhagwan Oregon cult selling MDMA on the island, new age dropouts, hippies, gays and party jet-setters, chillout Cafe Del Mar sunsets, and a sunny island mecca that became a setting for ecstasy-fuelled music epiphanies, that spread dance and club culture throughout the UK and Europe. Episode notes / references Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist DJ Harvey on Balearica Did the Cult From 'Wild Wild Country' Introduce MDMA to Ibiza? Last Night A DJ Saved my Life - Bill Brewster, Bill Broughton Joe Muggs - The Balearic Aesthetic guide Alfredo Spotify Playlist Alfredo @ Amnesia, Ibiza (1985) / Youtube. Cian O'Ciobhain’s Balaeric special Balearic Beats Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie And House (1982-1992) Support Nialler9 on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	26 Jul 2023	An introduction to Italo Disco	01:16:42
This is a rewind of an episode from 2021. Today's episode is all about my favourite subgenre of disco and dance music - Italo. What it is, where it came from and why it's so enduring. Italo disco is a European form of electronic disco that proliferated throughout Europe in the early '80s. It’s a catch all term for 80s electronic pop of mostly Italian origin. Italo is what happens when disco starts getting made with drum machines and synthesizers - a loveable curio of romantic pop, a tasteless yet tasteful novelty item, A simple music born at a time when music was increasingly sophisticated. Italo is big fun electronic pop music that doesn't take itself too seriously. It is time capsule of a generally more innocent time of bad dancers, keytars, moustaches and chrome-shimmering fashion. From Vice’s A Bullshitter's Guide To Italo-Disco by Angus Harrison Imagine, if you can, if somebody made a B-movie of the entire disco genre. Music so obviously emotional, it becomes inescapably affecting. This is Italo and its heartstring-pulling magic. It's not disco, in fact in most cases it's technically a lot worse, but there is untold charm in the chintz. Niall and Andrea take you deep into how US disco morphed into Italo, how Moroder and Hi-NRG fits in, the characteristics of Italo disco, the glitz, the glamour and the keytars. Plus, we talk about the Nialler9 Podcast theme song - Red Dragon Band's 'Let Me Be Your Radio... Patreon members get exclusive access to my 8 hour Italo Disco playlist featuring all of the songs played on this episode, which includes classics like Doctor’s Cat – Feel The Drive Mr. Flagio – Take A Chance La Bionda – I Wanna Be Your Lover RAF – Self-Control Ken Laszlo – Hey Hey Guy Ryan Paris – Dolce Vita Sabrina – Boys and many more. Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord chat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	03 Aug 2023	Our favourite music of July	01:34:15
It's the most popular monthly episode where Niall and Andrea share what's moved them musically from the month of July. On Episode 222 we have selections from Big Thief, Sarah Crean, Andrea's pick of the Barbie soundtrack, another of Niall's song of the summer contenders, Fizz, Aluna, Mitski, The Hives, girlfriend, albums from Blur and Joanna Sternberg and some a tune tribute to Sinéad O'Connor. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	09 Aug 2023	All Together Now Festival review	00:54:22
Episode 223 of the Nialler9 Podcast is a return to the festival field with Nialler9 and Andrea Cleary. We review last weekend's All Together Now Festival in Waterford. Niall shares his experiences of the festival's fourth year, a weekend in which ran the weather gamut from rainy to windy, muddy to sunny. We talk highlights and lowlights, the mud, the rain, the wind, festival organisational logistics, stage sound, and tents nearly blowing away on Saturday morning. In between the muck, there was great music and lots to discuss. We shared YOUR weekend experiences from those who emailed us, responded on Insta (we couldn't get to all 199 of you), Twitter and Discord callouts. Plus, Andrea puts forward the case for more "quiet camping" areas. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	17 Aug 2023	The music of Aphex Twin	01:40:18
Episode 224 is a deep dive into the discography of electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin. t's Richard D James, "the godfather of IDM", "the Mozart of Ambient,", the mischievous enigmatic man who I shook hands with once, the artist born in Limerick who has been making weird electronic music since he was the age of 14 for over 35 years now. As Richard D James turns 52 this Friday, we take a chronological look through his back catalogue touching on the three main strands of his sound - ambient, experimental and dance. We discuss the myths around AFX, the famous 'Windowlicker' and 'Come To Daddy' videos in detail, the side-projects, the live show, the mischievous humour, the ubiquitous Richard D James face and much more. Using quotes from the man in his many interviews, we figure out why the music of Aphex Twin is so unique, how he developed his own scales, how he builds his own instruments and studios, and how he has always been a composer and sound designer first, but also an abrasive techno merchant, a purveyor of acid, drill and bass, electro and creator of beautiful classical melodies. Patreon members get access to the 3 Aphex Twin playlists mentioned - ambient, dance, experimental. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	31 Aug 2023	Our favourite music of August	01:28:38
It's the Nialler9 Podcast's monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved in the last four weeks. On Episode 225 we have album recommendations from The Hives, Citrus Fresh and Noname along with song inclusions from Sufjan, Diners, BadBadNotGood, Cartin, Barry Can't Swim and Olivia Rodrigo. Plus what's consuming you, chat about live gigs from The Walkmen, Boygenius, Another Love Story Festival, and the Roisín Murphy thing. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	14 Sep 2023	The KLF - the music, money & mayhem of pop's rebel millionaires	01:31:59
The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, the JAMs, the Timelords, The KLF. Episode 226 is a look at the UK band that simultaneously topped the pop charts while being divisive art provocateurs. Two British men, the Scotsman Bill Drummond and Englishman Jimmy Cauty created a notorious music project that engulfed the charts, aggravated the art world, upset the capitalists, annoyed the record industry and almost everyone else. Other musicians have been known as provocateurs before but The KLF were on an whole other level, because they became a massive chart success, while posing questions about the validity of art, original ideas, creativity, commerce and capitalism. This is the story of a band who did things like no one else, who had number 1 hits, who created art installations, defaced billboards, made cryptic advertisements, gave manic performances on Top of the Pops, fired machine gun blanks into the audience, became known as pranksters, and blew all the money in one huge notorious stunt. We discuss their flagrant sampling of Abba and pop hits, their stadium house/rave chart-topping music, how to have a number one hit according to The Manual, a cult weekend on a Scottish Island, involving journalists, Wicker Man and Martin Sheen, The KLF's Brit Awards shenanigans, The K Foundation art stunts, and the literal burning of a million quid. The KLF is a story like no other. Patreon members get access to the the Discord community of like-minded music fans, special playlists, ad-free episodes, event discounts and more. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist KLF on the Late Late Show in 1995 The Manual: How to Have a Number One the Easy Way, 1988 References: KLF.De / Who Killed The KLF documentary (2021) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	20 Sep 2023	Latin Freestyle 80s Electro with Bob Stanley	00:45:37
On Episode 227, we are joined by the acclaimed music writer Bob Stanley, the man behind one of Niall's favourite books Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop and a member of indie-pop group St. Etienne. To celebrate 10 years of Faber Books are reissuing *Yeah Yeah Yeah* (with a new chapter taking it up to present day) , along with its prequel Let's Do It: The Birth of Pop (the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties), both on paperback. Along with the books, Bob Stanley also put together a compilation for Ace Records called Latin Freestyle - New York/Miami 1983 - 1992, in his words a crashing electro-funk sub genre of dance music. It was the aural equivalent of a can of thirst-quenching Quatro or a Spanish Harlem dance-off, and it became the electronically constructed bridge between disco and house. Latin Freestyle grew out of electro, and was a more female-fronted classic pop version with frequently Latina vocals, bleepy synth riffs, proto-house piano lines, drum machine hits and lyrics that harked back to '60s girl groups teenage concerns of heartbreak, boys and dancing. We talk to Bob about the books and this subgenre of electro music that developed in New York and Miami in the early 80s and included Madonna, Debbie Deb, Shannon, Alisha, Company B, Lisa Lisa, Exposé, Taylor Dane and went on to influence music from the Bee Gees' Robin Gibb, Pet Shop Boys, Freeez and more. A playlist of Latin Freestyle accompanies this episode on Patron. Sign up from €5 a month. Patreon members get access to the the Discord community, special playlists, ad-free episodes, event discounts & more. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Latin Freestyle - New York/Miami 1983 - 1992 compilation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	27 Sep 2023	Andrea and Niall's favourite music of the month - September	01:15:11
It's the Nialler9 Podcast's monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs we loved in the last four weeks. On Episode 228 we are album focused with new LP chat about records from Mitski, Cleo Sol, The Alchemist, MIKE and Wiki; Olivia Rodrigo, Soda Blonde, Natalia Beylis and an EP from Soccer Mommy. There are songs from Annika Kilkenny, Holly Humberstone and two Golden oldies from Anne Clark and Fountains Of Wayne. Plus what's consuming you - Fringe Festival shows, Peter McGann, TV, books and films we are vibing with. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	12 Oct 2023	Four Tet - the story of a master electronic musician	01:21:50
English electronic musician Kieran Hebden has been a constant artist in my life’s history of listening to music. Recently, the artist has exploded in popularity in his DJ partnership with Skrillex and Fred Again.., but as we’ll discuss, headlining Coachella this year, was just a natural culmination of two decades plus of music making and collaborations. On this week’s episode it is all about the music of Four Tet. We discuss his origins in the Elliott School with fellow now-famous musicians Burial and Hot Chip, the formation of his first band Fridge, who signed their first record deal when Hebden was just 15. We take you through an output that moves from jazz, folk, electronica stylings of his early work, the seminal album Rounds from 2003, his subsequent collaborations with Burial, Steve Reid, remixes work for the likes of Madvillain and Caribou, and how his live show worked. // On Wednesday November 8th, we are putting on a Listening Party at the Big Romance playing Four Tet's Rounds (2003) in full, as part of the Listen Closely monthly series. And onto his independent releases throughout the last 15 years as his music moves from the ambient instrumental electronic music to the more club-focused 4/4 tracks that came about as he began to DJ at Plastic People and DJ at festivals around the world. We discuss his court case with Domino, and how his flirtations with remixing pop artists telegraph his bromance with Fred Again.. and Skrillex. Plus, we spotlight some of our favourite Four Tet / KH / Kieran Hebden Percussions tracks. The Accompanying Four Tet playlist for the episode * Support Nialler9 on Patreon Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	18 Oct 2023	The fandom and community of Swiftogedden	00:47:50
The Fandom of Taylor Swift is something that I find so fascinating, particularly the massive surge in popularity in the last 3 or 4 years. Where Taylor couldn’t sell out Croke Park in 2018 on her Reputations tour, her current Eras tour as we’ve discussed before on the podcast, crashed Ticketmaster and has seen such a huge unprecedented demand that that’s worth exploring why? With the three Dublin gigs at the Aviva next summer and the Taylor Swift Eras Tour film doing big numbers at the box office, it felt like the right time to dip in. With Andrea’s absence this week, I thought I’d delve into the lore and fandom of the Swifties through the lens of a community which gather around Taylor once a month. Swiftogedden is a club night that plays only Taylor songs all night, and was started by Dave Fawbert, a DJ and former journalist who put on his first Swiftogedden in London in 2019, and since then it has grown to a national UK and in the last two years an nationwide Irish event too. Anna Jacob is a resident DJ at the Irish Swiftogedden club nights, and a pal of mine, and I’ve been fascinated with the success of the single artist only night – as Swifties gather en masse to sold out venues in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Galway and Limerick along with a rake of UK cities to sing their hearts out to Swift classics, new songs, new versions and deep cuts. Our chat covers fandom becoming a religious like community of like-minded people, why Taylor Swift is the new Mozart, a celebration of the “eras” of girlhood and womanhood, what happens at Swiftogedden nights and why does it work so well and we also read out some passages from this wonderful Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times piece on Swiftiedom. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, where we share Anna’s Swiftie Skeptics playlist. Show notes Taffy Brodesser-Akner piece on Swiftiedom [New York Times] Inside Dublin’s Swiftogeddon club night [Irish Times] Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist All 237 of Taylor Swift’s Songs, Ranked [Rolling Stone] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	26 Oct 2023	The bother of the Bandcamp sale	01:00:52
This week's episode is a chat around the sale of Bandcamp from Epic Games to Songtradr. With streaming paying pennies or less than for many artists, the independently-driven music platform Bandcamp is the last bastion of online revenue making for many bands - allowing musicians to sell their music digitally, and on vinyl or CD direct to their fans. Artists on Bandcamp collectively earned $193 million in the last year alone, and Bandcamp has paid out $1.19 billion since its founding in 2007. But recent business deals have meant Bandcamp was acquired by Songtradr, after a short 18 months owned by Epic Games. With the acquisition came news today that approximately half (60) of the Bandcamp staff of 118 employees, including the Bandcamp Daily team, had been laid off, with the entire negotiating team at the workers' union - Bandcamp United, let go. We discuss what it means for independent musicians, what the alternatives are and also the other dodgy news this week, that NTS radio have been partially bought by Universal and Spotify is planning on reducing its royalty payouts to a minimum threshold so that many artists literally won't get a penny for their song streams. All that, plus Niall shares his months-long local detective story, and Andrea talks about presenting PHD at a dance music conference in Huddersfield last week. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon Show notes Thinking of ditching Spotify? Musician Joel Harkin explores alternative music platforms so you don’t have to Bandcamp alternatives: Faircamp / Nina / Tone Audio / Mirlo Interdependence Podcast First Floor Substack Dancecult conference Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	02 Nov 2023	Andrea & Niall's favourite music of October	01:35:30
It's the Nialler9 Podcast's monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved in the last four weeks. Episode 232 has an exoskeleton theme of accidental spooky picks as we feature new albums from Kojaque, OXN, CMAT, Sufjan, Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist and new songs from The Last Dinner Party, I Dreamed I Dream, John Francis Flynn, Rachael Lavelle and Tandem Felix. And a couple of oldie picks to round things out from William Onyeabor and Echo & The Bunnymen, along with the What's Consuming You corner with TV, books and films we are vibing with. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	16 Nov 2023	What we learned from the Britney book	01:21:02
*On this week’s podcast, episode 233, we are talking about what we learned from fairly shocking Britney Spears’ new autobiography The Woman In Me.* Nialler and Andrea Cleary are joined by pop culture writer and DJ Louise Bruton to discuss the chilling details that Britney Spears reveals about her career and private life. That includes her treatment by the media, fame-hungry exes Justin Timblerake and Kevin Federline, the conservatorship, and the ultra-overbearing toxic role that her parents held over her for 13 years where they controlled what she ate, where she was allowed to live, how she performed and all manner of abuse-like behaviour including putting her in a mental health institute for taking energy supplements or refusing to do a dance move. Britney was denied her own lawyer for 13 years but finally broke free of the conservatorship to regain control of her own life finally. It’s a miracle that Britney is even alive after the harrowing experiences of what she’s lived through, and what her family put her through. Louise and Pop Emergencies are presenting their annual Britmas at Wigwam in Dublin on Friday December 15th, in support of ActionAid's Gaza Crisis Appeal. Special thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing this episode. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes & join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist #FreeBritney: The Framing Britney Spears Documentary with Louise Bruton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	24 Nov 2023	The mystery & grand intimacy of Sufjan Stevens	01:14:02
Episode 234 is the latest in the occasional series of the podcast - Andrea's favourite weird little guy. Nialler and Andrea Cleary take a big overview of the main discography of one of our favourite songwriters. Sufjan Stevens is a Detroit Michigan artist, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist who has a deep catalogue of studio albums drawing on orchestral conceptual releases about US States, electronic hymnals, secular-friendly Christian music, Christmas albums, ambitious cosmic electronic long players and devastating folk and singer-songwriter music informed by grief, love and life. Andrea leads us through his main thoroughfare, stopping at Enjoy Your Rabbit (2001) to Michigan (2003), Seven Swans (2004), Illinois (2005), The Avalanche (2006), The Age of Adz (2010), Carrie & Lowell (2015), The Ascension (2020), Convocations (20201) and stopping at his most recent rejuvenating album Javelin, released in the wake of the rare peek into Sufjan's private life - his coming out after speaking about the passing of his partner, and the autoimmune disease he has been rehabilitating from recently. Special thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing this podcast episode. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist SFollow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	01 Dec 2023	Our favourite songs of 2023	01:14:28
Episode 235 features Nialler and Andrea Cleary highlighting some of their favourite songs of the year. We are talking tracks we loved from Lankum, Lana, Big Thief, Troye Sivan, CMAT, The Hives, Sofia Kourtesis, Mustafa, Olivia Rodrigo, Rachel Lavelle, Overmono, boygenius and more. All killer no filler. Next episode: Albums of 2023. Special thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing this podcast episode. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	15 Dec 2023	Our favourite albums of 2023	01:15:38
It's the second of our end of year podcasts as Nialler and Andrea Cleary talk 12 albums they loved this year. Featuring albums from Lankum, Boygenius, Noname, Andre 3000, Olivia Rodrigo, Rachael Lavelle, Lana, Kara Jackson, Mitski and more. Next episode: The Nialler9 Podcast Awards 2023. Special thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing this podcast episode. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	22 Dec 2023	The Nialler9 Podcast Awards 2023	01:36:40
Our final podcast of the year is the fun rapid-fire Podcast Awards! In a year where AI, touring became more difficult for musicians, and Spotify squeezed the emerging artists, We give out awards for things like: Best live gig Best live performance Villain of the year Thing we'd like to go away Best opening song lyric Best bagpipes solo The Alan Maguire Award horny for photoshoots award Best rap guest verse(s) aka The Andre 3000 award Rap beat of the year Best new bands Surprising sample of the year best pop song worst song of the year worst guest verse of the year biggest letdown of the year Comeback of the year Most pointless release of the year Wonky beat of the year Best discovery from end of year lists Best Italo song of the year Favourite song to DJ this year Best ambient / chilled release of the year Best album about a bus Route in Galway Thing nobody wanted, aka the Harry Award Music documentary Plus, our favourite TV shows, podcasts, film, needledrops and books. Special thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing this podcast episode. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	02 Feb 2024	Pitchfork, Music Journalism, Choice Prize & Eurovision Boycott	01:20:34
The Nialler9 Podcast returns for another season and new year. After taking January off, Niall and Andrea are back discussing what has been happening in music since we closed off the year with the Best of 2023 episodes including Pitchfork's downsizing, the state of music journalism and the Enshittification of online music discovery and discourse, and online life in general? The Choice Music Prize Irish albums of the year nominees The Eurovision Song Contest and the growing call for the Boycott of Israel. Will Ireland make a stand alongside Sweden, Finland, Iceland and more? What we've been consuming - music, TV, film since our break. Big special extra thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing the podcast. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	09 Feb 2024	Madvillainy turns 20	00:53:24
On this week's pod, it's a deep dive into an album from one of our perennial favourites, as it celebrates 20 years. It's the turn of the MF DOOM and Madlib's classic 2004 album Madvillainy by Madvillain, a dense, psychedelic, colourful rap album that quickly cemented itself as one of the best rap albums of all time when it came out on Stones Throw that year. Why is Madvillain so important? It's the sound of two masters of their craft - Madlib deep crate-digging wizz of flipped samples which avoided the musical grid and DOOM’s "tripping off the beat kinda" rhymes which defied expectation and form, and became endlessly quotable while retaining complex and comedic intent. Madvillainy is the sound of two elusive creatives ricocheting off each other’s oddball styles with disorienting brilliance. Niall and Andrea discuss the album's gestation, recording, leak, samples, lyrics and mythology. In January, we hosted a Listen Closely listening party in the Big Romance in Dublin with this album. Our next one will be Wednesday February 28th with Laurie Anderson's Big Science. Tickets on sale next week. Big special extra thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing the podcast. Patreon supporters get the episode ad-free on Patreon * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	16 Feb 2024	Listen Closely: Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)	01:09:44
The hosts of the Nialler9 Podcast (Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary) in conjunction with The Big Romance present the Listen Closely series of listening parties, a night featuring a focus album from an artist we love on the last Wednesday of the month. To accompany the monthly listening party on Wednesday February 28th – 7.30pm @ The Big Romance, we present a Nialler9 Podcast episode all about this month's chosen album.... This month: Laurie Anderson – Big Science (1982) “This is the time/and this is the record of the time.” An album that was ahead of its time upon release, Big Science draws from Anderson’s multi-media performance art piece United States I-IV, and presents an experimental avant-garde electronics , art-rock and spoken word prophetic dissection of 80s America that spawned a surprising pop hit with the towering O Superman. Andrea takes the lead on why this album is noteworthy and important. Listen Closely is a chance for the music heads, to appreciate a modern classic album on the Big Romance’s warm Toby Hatchett soundsystem with a chat about the record on the night. More info. Big special extra thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing the podcast. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Laurie Anderson plays music for dogs Marcello Giordani - O Superman (Disco Spacer Mix) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	26 Feb 2024	Which Irish album will win the Choice Prize this year?	01:39:30
On this near-annual episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer and journalist Sophia McDonald to discuss the 10 nominated albums in this year’s Choice Music Prize Irish album of the year 2023 category, as chosen by 11 judges. The albums are: Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly (Partisan Records) The debut album from the Fontaines DC frontman. CMAT – Crazymad, For Me (CMATBABY/AWAL) The second album from Ireland’s global country pop superstar. John Francis Flynn – Look Over The Wall, See The Sky (River Lea Recordings) The second album from the Dublin folkie turns with a contemporary twist. Kojaque – Phantom Of The Afters (Soft Boy Records) he second full-length album (not counting previously nominated mixtape Deli Daydreams) from the London-based Dublin rapper. Lankum – False Lankum (Rough Trade Records) The fourth album from Ireland’s leading doom folk trad band. Rachael Lavelle – Big Dreams (Rest Energy) The Irish songwriter and avant-pop practitioner’s debut album. Soda Blonde – Dream Big (Overbite Records) The second album from Dublin alt-pop band. The Murder Capital – Gigi’s Recovery (Human Season Records) The second album from the Dublin rock band who have softened somewhat for album two. The Scratch – Mind Yourself (Perrystown Music Limited) The second album from the Dublin trad-folk-metal band. Ezra Williams – Supernumeraries (Ezra Williams / AWAL) The debut album from the Cork singer-songwriter. – Niall, Andrea and guest Sophia discuss the albums in detail and decide which of the ten they individually think a) would like to win and b) will win the award. The actual winner of the Prize announced at the live event in Vicar Street on March 7th, and is broadcast live on RTÉ 2FM in a special four-hour extended show with Beta Da Silva from 7-11pm. A special TV show will be broadcast on Thursday 14th March at 22.30 on RTÉ2. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	08 Mar 2024	Andrea & Niall's favourite music of February	01:04:58
It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved in the last four weeks. Episode 242 is a return to the music recommends corner, featuring new album picks from Fynch, Thee U.F.O, Declan McKenna, Mohammad Syfkhan and new songs from Adrianne Lenker, Brittany Howard, Niamh Regan, Jessica Pratt, The Decemberists and Beck. Along with the What’s Consuming You corner with TV, books and films we are vibing with lately. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	14 Mar 2024	Irish artists speak truth to power	00:50:06
Today's episode is a bit of a grab bag of news items, but musicians speaking truth to power is a common theme. Niall and Andrea discuss: Lankum winning the Choice Music Prize and their speech that encouraged the boycott of Israel Kneecap's show of Solidarity with Palestine on the Late Late Show & their US TV debut All the Irish bands including Kneecap who then cancelled their SXSW Festival shows this week in protest at US Military involvement Leo Varadkar wants nothing to do with bringing in the long-proposed Irish nightlife laws any time soon James Blake weighs in on streaming being broken, in a time which increasingly feels like it’s going towards a tipping point The growing crisis in music - How the rising cost of living is affecting bands' ability to create art and make money to live. “You can get a Grammy nomination and you still can't afford to rent a one-bedroom flat in London,” says Grian Chatten of Dublin's Fontaines DC, And the minor furore over an out-of-context use of quote from The Last Dinner Party - "People don’t want to listen to post-punk and hear about the cost of living crisis any more.” * Get this podcast ad-free and with additional playlists, Discord community access, Nialler9 and Lumo event discounts on Patreon from €5 a month. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	22 Mar 2024	A deep dive into Portishead – Dummy (1994)	00:44:30
This month's deep dive Listen Closely album is: Portishead - Dummy (1994) The debut album from the Bristol trio of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, and Adrian Utley was released during the summer of Blur’s Parklife and Oasis’s Definitely Maybe. Dummy was a darker, stranger record that would become a trip-hop classic that paired hip-hop, jazz, and electronic textures with Beth Gibbons spine-tingling voice and twangy tremolo guitars that belong in spy movies. The winner of the 1995 Mercury Music Prize, Dummy features the singles ‘Sour Times’, ‘Glory Box’, and ‘Numb’, and is notable for it soulful turntable-sampling, melancholic film noir atmosphere. A modern classic indeed. We delve deep into how the band met, what trip-hop and the Bristol sound was, how the band got their name, how Dummy became hugely popular and a bit of a dinner-party LP ripe for sexy background music in film and more. The hosts of the Nialler9 Podcast (Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary) present the Listen Closely series of listening parties on the Big Romance’s warm Toby Hatchett soundsystem, featuring a focus modern classic album and a chat around it on the last Wednesday of the month. The Portishead - Dummy Listening Party happens Wednesday March 27th at The Big Romance. Thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing the podcast. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist KEXP 25 year anniversary interview in 2019 Dummy Samples Pitchfork’s review by By Philip Sherburne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	29 Mar 2024	Podcast: Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of March	01:21:06
It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved this month. Episode 245 is a ping-pong new disco recommends, with music discussed from Waxahatchee, Adrianne Lenker, New Jackson, Tatyana, Travis & Elzzz, Glass Beams, Charli XCX, Havvk, Group Listening, Two Shell / FKA Twigs and Mildlife (I guess)... Along with the What’s Consuming You corner with a sci-fi TV show we both loved this month. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	05 Apr 2024	The ABCs of Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter	01:11:30
Niall and Andrea are talking about the A B, and Cs of Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s eighth studio album on Episode 246. A for America B For Beyonce C for Country (and D for Discourse) This 80 minutes and 27 track album, serving as Act 2 in the Renaissance trilogy, was purported to be Beyoncé's country album. That's not what has bolted from the stables. Cowboy Carter is not a country album, but it does feature a lot of country music sounds, references and personnel. it’s Beyonce kicking through the saloon doors of country and inviting whoever or whatever sound she wants alongside her. It’s more of a cultural reclamation of black AMERICAN music, with the origin story being that night in 2016 when Beyoncé performed Daddy Issues at the Country Music Awards in 2016, and made the traditionalists mad. Cowboy Carter is an odyssey through American music of black origin, black country heritage, with Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, opera, bluegrass, Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, Westerns, "real instruments", Rodeo, Chuck Berry, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Jon Batiste, Rhiannon Giddens outlaws, shotguns and giddy ups and shotgun riders. Join us for an very interesting chat about it. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	12 Apr 2024	Fiona Apple - A Tidal deep dive	01:20:52
Episode 247 is a deep dive into a seminal '90s debut album from Fiona Apple. Fiona Apple – Tidal (1996) The debut album from the then 18 year-old American singer-songwriter established the artist’s unique raw songcraft that blends pop, rock, and jazz. Featuring the songs ‘Criminal’, ‘Shadowboxer’, ‘Sleep to Dream’, and ‘The First Taste’, Tidal is a fully-formed classic of the mid-90s written from the hardened perspective of a young woman surviving the world. We discuss the album, how Fiona Apple got her record deal, how the media at the time largely focused on Apple's looks in the context of album reviews , how this "sullen girl" / strong-willed opinionated young woman was treated by the music industry, and how the album stacks up nearly 30 years later. This week's episode is a companion podcast to our Listening Party of the album in the Big Romance on Wednesday April 24th. Buy a ticket here to join us. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Spotify Playlist - Songs played on the Podcast Fiona Apple & the Sexist Critics in the 90s Idiotalk Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	19 Apr 2024	Cian O'Ciobhain on 25 years of doing a new music radio show	01:24:53
The West Kerry DJ and radio presenter Cian Ó Cíobháin marks 25 years of An Taobh Tuathail, his alternative new music show which has been running for five nights a week on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta since 1999. Cian joins us to pick 6 tracks to represent his radio show over the years, and to discuss his process, DJing and how he has managed to present a world-renowned radio show for so long in a fickle media industry. Tracks selected come from To Rococo Rot, St. Germain, Dead Can Dance, Fairmont, Loner Deluxe and Mike Smalle. Cian is marking 25 years of ATT on his show from Monday 29th April to Friday 3rd May, wheree he feature all exclusive new music, previously unreleased and unheard outside of the musicians’ studios, from artists he admire from home and abroad, including Peter Gordon, Works Of Intent, Dian Cécht, Blamhaus, Elliot Adamson, The Shen, Meljoann, Man Power, Junk Drawer and Ambient Babestation Meltdown and Borai. Two Disco Dána parties in Galway (Cuba venue on Saturday 4th May) and Dublin (at Hen's Teeth - Friday 31st May.) are also lined up. ---- ATT airs every Monday from 11pm to 1am and from Tuesday to Friday from 10pm to midnight. — Show notes Spotify Playlist - Songs played on the Podcast Radio show Archive - ATT * Support Nialler9 on Patreon. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	03 May 2024	Rap Beef, Taylor, Early Clubbing, Cindy Lee, Hozier #1	01:05:17
Episode 249 of the Nialler9 Podcast and we have a grab bag free-range episode with Niall and Andrea discussing: Hozier is the first Irish artist in 34 years to get a US #1 The Kendrick, Drake, J. Cole rap beef The reaction to Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department The Electric Picnic lineup Lankum, CMAT and Jazzy nominated for Ivor Novello Awards Early club nights are a thing Song of the summer contender: Espresso Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee - the power of one review and relative release obscurity Show notes Spotify Playlist - Songs played on the Podcast Coachella Isn’t Dead—but It May Be Haunted * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	10 May 2024	Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of April	01:20:40
It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved this month. It's episode 250 (!) of the Nialler9 Podcast and we are sharing our enthusiasm for albums from Curtisy, Rachel Chinouriri, Jessica Pratt, Bálordabreen and tracks from Chappell Roan, Jamie xx, Baby Rose / BadBadNotGood, Sloucho, Taylor, CMAT , Charli XCX and a tribute to Steve Albini. Along with the What’s Consuming You corner with chat about Ripley and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and more. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Best of the Month Spotify list. Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	17 May 2024	Beastie Boys - Ill Communication	01:16:33
On Episode 251, Niall gets the chance to talk about one of his favourite all-time records from his favourite band. "Don’t try this at home on your dad’s stereo — only under strict hip-hop supervision.."] Join Niall and Andrea to hear why Beastie Boys' fourth album from 1994 Ill Communication is one of the best around - with chat about how the band recorded and made it, where the put the Beasties in the context of their discography and their career, the artwork, B-sides, Adam Yauch's spiritual enlightenment, political activism through the Milarepa Fund and Tibetan Freedom Concert and how the band addressed their previous Licensed To Ill misogyny. Ill Communication is defined by a melting pot of hip-hop, punk, jazz-fusion, flute samples, funk, rare groove records and Tibetan monk chanting. Plus, the brilliance of 'Sabotage', the Letterman performance and the best music video of all-time? And Niall reveals that his first ever website was a Beastie Boys one in 1999 that he made with his friend Ciaran. This week's episode is a companion podcast to our Listening Party of the album in the Big Romance on Wednesday May 29th. Buy a ticket here to join us. Show notes Spotify Playlist - Songs played on the Podcast Sabotage on Letterman Nialler's first website - A Beastie Boys site - Alright Hear This on the Way Back Machine. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	07 Jun 2024	Andrea & Niall's favourite music of May	01:14:12
It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea recommend albums and songs of recent weeks. Episode 252 of the Nialler9 Podcast and we are excited and enthusing about music of May. There are songs from Kynsy, His Father's Voice, PinkPantheress, Clairo, Kawaii Hoe and Charli XCX. And albums this month from Papa Romeo, Billie Eilish, Carlos Danger, Niamh Regan and yes, the Challengers score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Best of the Month Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	14 Jun 2024	Charli XCX's Brat phenomenon (with Kelly Doherty)	01:20:38
It’s a new album special as we take a deep dive into Charli XCX’s sixth album brat. On Episode 253 we are joined by Kelly Doherty (of The Vinyl Factory, Satellite Towns and formerly Nialler9) to discuss all things brat from the clubby rollout to the surprising vulnerability and insecurities on Charli’s latest record. We put in context of her career, it girls, relationships, motherhood and how big of an artist Charli XCX really is now. Plus, Kelly shares her favourite Charli songs including three under-rated favs. Listen to the episode or subscribe in your favourite podcast app: * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	21 Jun 2024	The song of the summer 2024	01:11:23
It's our annual look at the contenders for the song of the summer. There's no formula for writing a song of the summer, the same way that you can't guarantee a Christmas classic, but there are some ground rules that seem to apply for most of the songs in contention every year. As noted by Mark Savage's The secrets of a hit summer song piece, some key things a song has to be simple (like Whigfield's 'Saturday Night'), It should make you feel like you're on holiday ('Pon De Replay' / 'Club Tropicana'), novelty is good, whether that means meme-friendly, silly ('Macarena') or a novel mix of styles (like Old Town Road's mix of country and rap) but most importantly it should be released before the summer, ideally mid April - early May latest. We added a few more rules of our own - including mentions of food and drink are good, controversy can be helpful, titillation can work, melancholy, anticipation and the song's unquantifiable repeatable vibe that doesn't grate over months of listening via rooftops, out of cars, festivals, clubs and pubs. A catchy lyric is essential - are you ready to match our freak? But really the song of the summer is a nebulous accolade, and ultimately decided by too many factors to identity. This year's main contenders include Kabin Crew's 'The Spark', Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso', Tommy Richman's 'Million Dollar Baby', Chappell Roan's 'Good Luck Babe', Charli XCX's '360', Kendrick's 'Not Like Us' and songs from Tik-Tok memes, Billie Eilish, Jamie xx, Tinashe, Hozier, Shaboozey and more. We take them at their word and consider each for the ultimate summer medal - the song of the summer 2024. Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	12 Jul 2024	Andrea & Niall's favourite music of June (Patreon Preview)	00:21:21
From this episode going forward, the Best of the Month episode is going Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 20 minutes or so for free but to hear the whole episode you'll have to sign up to Patreon to hear all 70 minutes of the podcast. It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea recommend albums and songs of recent weeks. Episode 255 of the Nialler9 Podcast features Niall and Andrea discussing the latter's trip to see Taylor Swift in Dublin (Andrea's review is here), and Niall went to LCD Soundsystem, and, got happily divorced this month. REAL LIFE STUFF. Musically we are talking albums from Mabe Fratti and Kneecap, and songs from MJ Lenderman, Skinner, Charli XCX and Lorde, Sabrina Carpenter, Soccer Mommy, the batshit clubccordion polkapop song from Kesha and literally, music for tomato plants. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	18 Jul 2024	A short history of French Touch	01:10:26
Exploring a subset of electronic music made in France from the years 1996 to 2004. It's the latest episode in the Niall explains a dance music genre to Andrea series. What is French Touch? For some it means house music of French origin of the '90s and 2000s. For me, it's more defined. French Touch is more of a subgenre almost exclusively made by French producers - French dance music rooted in samples of old disco records where strings, bass and vocals were rerouted through a Chicago house music 4/4 beat and given a retro futuristic sheen with shiny synthesisers and a compressed cosmic atmosphere. A sense of majique can we say? It was part of a near 10 year period from the mid 90s to the early-2000s in which French dance music dominated, a time in which Parisian cool, French fashion and influence dripped out of the country’s culture, whether it was Daft Punk’s world domination, Ed Banger Records’ electro cachet on dancefloors worldwide, fashion and record label Kitsune’s coveted Maison compilations or Phillipe Zdar’s influence on music production. For our short history of French Touch, we will feature music from Alan Braxe, DJ Falcon, Thomas Bangalter, Stardust, Cassius, Together, The Paradise Étienne De Crecy and the omnipresent Daft Punk. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon to hear all full episodes, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community. Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist French Touch companion playlist Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	26 Jul 2024	Shiv on collaborating with James Vincent McMorrow and making big life decisions	00:43:24
Siobhan McClean aka shiv is an Irish-Zimbabwean producer, singer-songwriter of neo-soul, RnB and lo-fi hip-hop who has shared two songs from the forthcoming debut album the defiance of a sadgirl this September, 'Limerence' and 'Cherry Pie', the latter featuring Kojaque, and produced by Gaptoof. I spoke to Shiv about the nature of collaborating and connecting with different artists and producers for this episode of the Nialler9 podcast, ahead of Shiv’s set at All Together Now Festival this August Bank Holiday weekend, where Shiv plays on the Jameson Connects The Circle Stage at 7pm on the Friday night. Shiv will be debuting a special song and joined by her collaborator on the song James Vincent McMorrow. The forthcoming album is a reflection of the personal upheaval she experienced, including a breakup, leaving a major label, parting ways with her manager, and moving countries. Shiv talks about how studying psychology has influenced her songwriting. Shiv also talks about her influences and we focus on songs from Kanye, James Vincent McMorrow, Dijon, Ari Lennox, and Negro Impacto (see below). The Jameson Connects: The Circle stage at All Together Now features some Nialler9 favourites including Optimo, Just Mustard, The Murder Capital, qbanaa, Aby Coulibaly, Morgano, Sloucho, Rachael Lavelle and more. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon to hear all full episodes, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	08 Aug 2024	Niall and Andrea's favourite music of July (Patreon preview)	00:28:07
From now on, the Best of the Month episode is going Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 20 minutes or so. Patreon members get to hear the whole episode on their member feeds or on Patreon direct. It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea recommend albums and songs of recent weeks. Episode 258 of the Nialler9 Podcast features Niall and Andrea discussing the Olympics, a brief review of All Together Now, Optimo at Hang Dai and more. Up for discussion on the music tips are: albums from Clairo, Remi Wolf, Clara La San; tunes from A Lazarus Soul, Charli XCX, Kynsy, Merce Lemon, Devon Again, Chanel Beads, Fcukers and Father John Misty. Plus an unreleased gem from Phil Lynott? * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	05 Sep 2024	Father John Misty: I Love You, Man	01:57:27
Episode #260 of the Nialler9 Podcast is a long overdue Andrea deep dive into the life and times and music of Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty - Andrea's Cool Big Guy. Over nearly TWO HOURS, Andrea takes us through the highlights of his albums: Fear Fun, I Love You, Honeybear; Pure Comedy, God's Favourite Customer and Chloë and the Next 20th Century, his run of albums from 2012 to 2022. Our chat takes in topics of masculinity, lyrical explorations, cynicism, playing with character and performer roles, entertainment, ecology, doom-laden rants, societal schisms, online living, political nightmares and psychedelic experiences. You know... the small stuff. The Nialler9 Podcast presents a Listening Party for Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015) at The Big Romance in Dublin on Wednesday September 25th at 7pm. Join Niall and Andrea for a playback of a compelling grandstanding album all about love, romance tempered by the cyncism and internal struggle of a man and songwriter who can't quite put faith in the idea that love might be the answer. Buy tickets here. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon to hear all full episodes, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	29 Aug 2024	Fontaines D.C. - Romance review (with Aoife Barry)	01:03:56
Niall is joined by journalist and arts writer Aoife Barry to review the fourth album from the Fontaines - new chapter, new label, new look, new sound for the band? Romance signifies some change from the Fontaines, their first on new label XL Recordings, they have graduated from the indie producer du jour Dan Carey with James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Depeche Mode, Florence and the Machine, Gorillaz ) at the controls, a producer used to big music stage sounds. Romance brings a mix of guitar rock genres - shoegaze, 80s Irish and UK indie, ‘90s alt-rock, grunge, into their fold, while retaining their core Fontaines sound. Yet, the songs are among the brightest they've done. Grian Chatten's lyrics have transcended their Dublin roots and embraced a universality. The preoccupation with a city of origin is replaced by Romance as a concept. His vocals have grown on this record, more soaring, more melodic, brighter, less gutteral, more commanding and varied. But is it any good? Dive into Romance with us. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon to hear all full episodes, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community. Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	13 Sep 2024	Niall and Andrea's favourite music of the month (Patreon preview)	00:23:10
From now on, the Best of the Month episode is Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 25 minutes or so. Patreon members get to hear the whole episode on their member feeds or on Patreon direct. It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea recommend albums and songs of recent weeks. Episode 261 of the Nialler9 Podcast features albums from MJ Lenderman and Sabrina Carpenter, along with songs from Moin, Adore, RÓIS, and a song discovery from Another Love Story festival. We also pay tribute to Eoin French, of the Cork project Talos who sadly passed away last month. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Show notes Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Follow Nialler9 on Insta \| Twitter \| Youtube \| Spotify Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	25 Sep 2024	Temple Bar Culture Night incident raises questions & actions	00:43:39
Last Friday, Culture Night in Dublin, the Tola Vintage shop in Temple Bar's annual block party was shut down by the Gardaí, and three people were arrested. The police actions were met with criticism for the use of excessive force and suggestions of an underlying racial motivation. The Gardaí's statement about the matter cited "public safety concerns" but that doesn't explain how an innocuous gathering of people inside and outside a vintage shop escalated into baton-charging, threats of pepper-spray and a disproportionate number of guards clearing the busy Temple Bar area with an unwarranted heavy-handiness. The incident happened, in an increasingly hostile environment for minority communities in Ireland. Why was a block party in Temple Bar, that was giving no immediate pressing trouble, met with violence, while violence at far right protests and the burning of buildings earmarked for asylum seekers goes unpunished? Ireland is seeing an increasing number of anti-immigrant accounts online, and the verbal abuse of people of colour has increased, while just this week, the government’s Justice Minister Helen McEntee has dropped the incitement or hate speech sections of the Criminal Justice Bill. On this week's podcast, we talk to Silent Jee, a DJ on the night about what went down from his perspective, and how the guards showing up at the block party is nothing new. We explore how these kinds of actions are familiar to black and POC in Ireland's creative community. We talk to Mo Cultivation's Bekah Molony about what allies and peers can do and how nothing has changed since the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Things have arguably gone the other way. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	02 Oct 2024	The best music of September; post-pandemic clubbing (Patreon preview)	00:34:04
From now on, the Best of the Month episode is Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 25 minutes or so. Patreon members get to hear the whole episode on their member feeds or on Patreon direct. Episode 263 comes at us fast with Niall Byrne and Andrea Cleary's monthly music recommendations. Chatting Indie Sleaze, a reason to be cheerful with the return of Adebisi Shank and a chat about club culture post-pandemic. Then we highlight new albums from Floating Points (this is the Jamie xx Substack post that annoyed Niall), and Henry Earnest along with songs from Bon Iver, Ahmed With Love, Maria Somerville, Freak Slug, FKA Twigs, Fionn Regan, Nilufer Yanya and a Teac Damsa Nobodaddy-inspired closing pick. Plus, TV, film and books we're enjoying in the What's Consuming You? corner. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	11 Oct 2024	Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children - A deep dive	01:09:41
The Scottish duo's 1998 debut album is the subject of this month's Listen Closely listening party and podcast. Boards Of Canada's debut album Music Has The Right To Children on Warp Records/SKAM is a modern classic, a highly evocative collection of music, operating like a fading childhood memory, a creeping nostalgic collage of analogue electronic music, samples from public service broadcasting programming, with inspirations from to hip-hop beats, ambient techno and psychedelia. Join Niall and Andrea to discuss the liminal legacy of Music Has The Right To Children, and discover how library music, Sesame Street and nature documentaries all inform the album, and we chat about the album’s childhood nostalgia, and its preoccupation with a retrofuturistic nostalgia and memory. Join us at the Big Romance on Wednesday October 30th for our Listening Party for the album. You won't want to miss the chance to hear this on vinyl as loud as possible! The Listen Closely series of listening party nights in The Big Romance, featuring a focus album from an artist we love on the last Wednesday of every month. It's a chance to appreciate a modern classic album played loud on vinyl through the bar's beautiful Toby Hatchett soundsystem with a chat about the record before and after, whether you know it and love it, or if it's brand new to you. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	17 Oct 2024	Meet the new Night Mayor of Dublin	00:44:15
Niall chats to Ray O'Donohue, the recently appointed Night-Time Economy Advisor for Dublin City. *What is a night mayor? A night czar? A night-time economy advisor?* Well, my perception of what it entails is someone who advocates and advises local city council policy and decision-making on what is required in order to make the city more liveable at night, more culturally rich, safer, and to be the glue between various communities like venue owners, promoters, night time economy workers and those who make decisions around how the city operates at night time. But we’re not going to take my word for it, we’re going to talk to Dublin's first night-time economy advisor Ray O'Donohue. O’Donoghue is known for his work in events and the Sea Sessions festival, before his appointment in April. Last week, Dublin City Council shared its Night-Time Economy Strategy – “a comprehensive plan designed to cultivate a thriving night-time culture in our city”, spearheaded by Ray O’Donoghue and supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media. So, I talked to Ray about his plans to help Dublin night-life, and what we can expect from the role for Dublin city... * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	01 Nov 2024	Tyler, The Creator's Chromakopia (with Max Zanga)	01:01:42
Tyler, The Creator dropped his seventh studio album Chromakopia on Monday morning after only announcing the album a matter of days before release. As one of the most compelling album artists in rap, and an artist who is on a great run of records including Flower Boy (2017), Igor (2019), Call Me If You Get Lost (2021), how does Chromakopia stack up? With Tyler bigger than ever and selling out two 3Arena Dublin shows this week, I take a deep dive into the record with self-confessed Tyler Stan Max Zanga aka Filmore!. While it may look like a conceptual character record on paper, we discuss Tyler's clear vulnerabilities about his place in the world as a successful 30-something materially-rich rapper (“Biggest in the city after Kenny [Kendrick Lamar], that’s a fact now”) while Tyler grapples with whether or not he's ready to become a father (2024 is truly the year pop stars started writing about whether they should have children), whether he wants or needs a long-term relationship, and there's a re-examination of Tyler's own established narrative with his own estranged father. Filmore!'s latest EP Idle Death Gamble is out now, as is Chromakopia. Finally - apologies about the audio quality this week, as host, producer and editor I messed up my audio source this week meaning we are hearing the webcam audio :( Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	07 Nov 2024	Our favourite music of October	00:22:33
Episode 267 with Andrea and Niall sharing their favourite music of the month. [Patreon Preview] In this episode, Nialler and Andrea kick off the chat with Halloween experiences, Andrea stays up for the Trump show, and advocates for leaving Twitter you guys. Then we highlight our favourite tracks and albums from October, including new albums from Irish artists like Fionn Regan (O Avalanche), Silverbacks (Easy Being A Winner), Deathbed Convert (Inverse Field Vol. 1) and Olive Hatake (Boys Need Love) along with international choices from Laura Marling (Patterns In Repeat) and Mount Eerie (Night Palace). There are song picks from Father John Misty, Morgana, Waxahatchee and MK.gee too. Plus, TV and films we're enjoying in the What's Consuming You? corner. * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed \| Pod.Link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	13 Nov 2024	Curtisy on prolific collaborations & making an Irish album of the year	00:50:26
Earlier this year, the Tallaght rapper Curtisy released the debut album What Was The Question? one of the finest Irish rap albums, nay, Irish albums of the year. With a Deluxe version of the album out now, I spoke to Gavin Curtis aka Curtisy about starting out rapping in 2021 and meeting Ahmed, With Love and making their first song 'Men On A Mission' in 2022 with Rory Sweeney. Curtisy has a prolific output, and we discuss his many collaborators (Ahmed, With Love makes a brief appearance too), valuing vulnerability and authenticity in your music and discuss the Irish music he loves including music from Sloucho, Lil Skag, EFÉ, Bricknasty, Rory Sweeney / Carlos Danger and of course, Ahmed, With Love; plus what comes next in 2025. Curtisy Tour dates: Saturday 16th November – The Black Box, Belfast Wednesday 20th November – The Workman’s Club, Dublin * Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Show notes: Curtisy on the Jobstown spots that influenced his new album What Was The Question Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed \| Podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	21 Nov 2024	Other Voices Dingle special with Junior Brother & Silverbacks	01:13:32
Podcast 269 is all about the 23rd edition of Other Voices in Dingle and some of the acts playing the Jameson Music Trail from November 29th to December 1st. The Jameson Music Trail will present 100 live sets from dozens of Irish artists we love, with many acts playing twice in the town’s 16 venues, including a Jameson Connects stage at The Dingle Bridge House for the first time. For this episode, I spoke to Kerry musician and OV regular Junior Brother about playing in Dingle, recording his soon-to-be-released third album with John "Spud" Murphy, and playing with The Pogues. Then we chat to Juno King, events producer with the OV family, literally in that her dad Philip started the show 23 years go and Juno along with triplet sisters Molly and Ellen grew up in and around the show. Juno talks to us about the limitations and magic of putting on the festival every year and what's exciting her this year on the lineup. Then, we beam in Dan and Paul from Silverbacks, the indie-rock band who have just released their third album Easy Being A Winner, and we discuss making the album with GIlla Band's Dan Fox, what success looks like for the band and what they're looking forward at Other Voices this year. Show notes: Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist Other Voices Jameson Music Trail Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed \| Podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	29 Nov 2024	Kendrick's GNX victory lap, Drake's lawsuits & November favourites (Patreon Preview)	00:27:34
The Best of the Month episode is now Patreon-only. Public subscribers get the first 25 minutes or so. Episode 270 is partly a review of our favourite music of the month, and partly a chat about what's happening with Kendrick (new album) and Drake (lawsuits lol) in November. Andrea tells us why Drake is suing UMG, the label both him and Kendrick are on, and why he is also suing the label for defamation for things said in a rap beef with Lamar (you couldn't make it up) . Then we review Kendrick's new surprise album GNX, with its West Coast focus and hyphy vibe adding up to a victory lap for the rapper. After our recent deep dive into his seminal album, it's the return of Andrea’s Cool Big Guy Father John Misty and his new album Mahashmashana who as we found out is on the same release schedule as K.Dot. Andrea reviews the album and we talk an endorsement from Cher? Then it's recommendation corner with music from Bolis Pupul, Ahmed, With Love., Oisin Leech, single men in their twenties and the Doechii & Tyler, The Creator performance at Camp Flog Gnaw. Show notes: Nialler9 on Patreon - event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes & join our Discord Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Playlist Listen on Apple \| Android \| ACAST \| Patreon \| Pocketcasts \| CastBox \| Stitcher \| Spotify \| RSS Feed \| Podlink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It's the Nialler9 Podcast's monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved in the last four weeks.

On this week’s podcast, episode 233, we are talking about what we learned from fairly shocking Britney Spears’ new autobiography The Woman In Me.

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Episode 235 features Nialler and Andrea Cleary highlighting some of their favourite songs of the year.

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It's the second of our end of year podcasts as Nialler and Andrea Cleary talk 12 albums they loved this year.

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Our final podcast of the year is the fun rapid-fire Podcast Awards!

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The Nialler9 Podcast returns for another season and new year.

Laurie Anderson – Big Science (1982)

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On this near-annual episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer and journalist Sophia McDonald to discuss the 10 nominated albums in this year’s Choice Music Prize Irish album of the year 2023 category, as chosen by 11 judges.

It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved in the last four weeks.

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Portishead - Dummy (1994)

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It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved this month.

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Niall and Andrea are talking about the A B, and Cs of Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s eighth studio album on Episode 246.

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Episode 247 is a deep dive into a seminal '90s debut album from Fiona Apple.

Fiona Apple – Tidal (1996)

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It’s the Nialler9 Podcast’s monthly episode where Niall and Andrea talk about the albums and songs they loved this month.

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It’s a new album special as we take a deep dive into Charli XCX’s sixth album brat.

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Exploring a subset of electronic music made in France from the years 1996 to 2004.

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Siobhan McClean aka shiv is an Irish-Zimbabwean producer, singer-songwriter of neo-soul, RnB and lo-fi hip-hop who has shared two songs from the forthcoming debut album the defiance of a sadgirl this September, 'Limerence' and 'Cherry Pie', the latter featuring Kojaque, and produced by Gaptoof.

* Support Nialler9 on Patreon to hear all full episodes, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community.

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Episode #260 of the Nialler9 Podcast is a long overdue Andrea deep dive into the life and times and music of Josh Tillman aka Father John Misty - Andrea's Cool Big Guy.

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Niall is joined by journalist and arts writer Aoife Barry to review the fourth album from the Fontaines - new chapter, new label, new look, new sound for the band?

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The Scottish duo's 1998 debut album is the subject of this month's Listen Closely listening party and podcast.

Niall chats to Ray O'Donohue, the recently appointed Night-Time Economy Advisor for Dublin City.

Tyler, The Creator dropped his seventh studio album Chromakopia on Monday morning after only announcing the album a matter of days before release.

Podcast 269 is all about the 23rd edition of Other Voices in Dingle and some of the acts playing the Jameson Music Trail from November 29th to December 1st.

**On this week’s podcast, episode 233, we are talking about what we learned from fairly shocking Britney Spears’ new autobiography The Woman In Me.**