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Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on PatreonWith five fine singles of countrified pop songs (and a bonus Christmas single), the artist CMAT has proven she has chops in the songwriting department. In the week that the artist has dropped a new music video for '2 Wrecked To Care', who better than to ask to enthuse about her favourite songs in terms of songwriting than Ciara Mary-Alice Thomp...

On the making of Town’s Dead, Dublin as a liveable city andstaying independent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on PatreonWe're delighted to be joined by Saint Sister, Morgana MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty as they are about to release their second album Where I Should End this Friday, June 25th. Niall and Andrea talked to Morgan and Gemma about moving on from their atmosfolk tag, stepping front and centre in a visual world, the use of local place names in songs, mov...

Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on PatreonOn last week's podcast, Niall recounted his experiences at the trial live music event in the Iveagh Gardens where James Vincent McMorrow and Sorcha Richardson played outdoors for 500 people with social distancing and safety measures in place, without any advance PCR or Antigen testing (as we've heard this week, NPHET's Tony Holohan does not rec...

Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on PatreonNiall attended the first gig back last night at the Iveagh Gardens where James Vincent McMorrow and Sorcha Richardson played outdoors for 500 people and about 25 media, with social distancing and pods. It was the first of the touted pilot events in Ireland happening in the coming months before the return of live music. What was the experience l...

Black Midi, Arooj Aftab, Torres, Sharon Van Etten & Burial included. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the week of her 60th birthday… it’s time to talk about one of Ireland’s most successful musicians... Enya. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like the podcast? Support Nialler9 on PatreonThe sixth album from Annie Clark aka St. Vincent is inspired by music made in sepia-toned downtown New York from 1971 to 1975.The title Daddy’s Home refers to her father’s release from prison in 2019 after doing 10-years stretch for manipulation of the stock  market with a scheme that defrauded 17,000 investors out of $43m. After his release, Clark delv...

Like the podcast? Support Nialler9 on PatreonAt the end of the month on the site, I share my favourite songs of the previous month as you can see for April here. As we don't cover new music every week on the podcast (anymore), this week's episode delves into the albums and songs that got Andrea and myself through April. Albums from Dry Cleaning, Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders along with son...

Support Nialler9 on PatreonThe lack of income in the last year for musicians during a pandemic highlighted just how little streaming pays out in terms of an artist's overall revenue. The most streamed artist in the world in 2019 was Drake who only made 30% of his money from streaming. Something is broken. The #BrokenRecord campaign started by Tom Gray in the UK has been mounting pressure on music...

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.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will we actually get to go to gigs this year? Niall looks at what could actually happen this summer, while Andrea casts her critical eye over Lana Del Rey's seventh album Chemtrails Over The Country Club in her typical considered fashion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A podcast special interview with David Balfe about his crushing album about love, loss and impermanence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Support Nialler9 on PatreonArtists such as Aphex Twin, Grimes, Kings Of Leon 3LAU, Jacques Greene, Disclosure and Azealia Banks have jumped on the NFT trend that sees digital art being sold at exorbitant prices on cryptocurrency auction sites. We explain what non-fungible tokens (NFTs)  are exactly, why people are buying them, why musicians are selling them, whether they have real-word value, why...

Support Nialler9 on PatreonIt's Grammys week and Niall and Andrea are asking the big question - so how do you actually win a Grammy Award? We look at the submission process, how not all of the 13,000 plus Recording Academy members are elligible to vote. We look at what the demographic of the voters and how the selection committees that decide the shortlists have lead to artists like Zayn Malik, Th...

Support Nialler9 on PatreonWe're talking to two people on this episode who we know well here at Nialler9. One who will represent the city, and one who will represent the country. Two people who have output and work that responds to the environment around them, the community that holds them and the landscape that inspires them. Both R&B artist Gemma Dunleavy and gig and festival promoter Emmet...

Support Nialler9 on PatreonIt's Choice Music Prize week. On Thursday 11 judges will gather together virtually and crown the best Irish album of the year 2020. In the absence of a night out for Irish music lovers, we decided to mark the occasion by gathering 5 previous judges of the prize together over Zoom to discuss each of the 10 albums on the list and ultimately, pick a winner from the 10 betwe...

Support Nialler9 on PatreonOn the week, when it emerged that Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter would no longer make music together as Daft Punk after 28 years, we look at the French dance's duo influence on the world of music, our own music tastes and discovery, go through their discography and talk about the outsiders on the inside whose true musical story was the stuff of a larger...

Support Nialler9 on PatreonWyvern Lingo are in the virtual studio with Niall and Andrea to discuss the last 18 months of the band's activities which leads up to the release of their second album Awake You Lie on February 26th on Rubyworks. Karen Cowley, Saoirse Duane and Caoimhe Barry moved to Berlin and made a new life for themselves as they recorded their second album. Then COVID happened and th...

In the last few years, you’ve probably seen the #freebritney hashtag or heard the word "conservatorship" mentioned when the career and life of the 39-year-old pop star Britney Spears is talked about. You may be aware that the issue around Britney involves the control of her career, her person, her mental fitness and her father Jamie. Well, a new documentary aired as part of The New York Times seri...

On this week's podcast, Niall and Andrea, we are looking at the biggest stories in music this January. We'll be talking about two trends are about the immediacy of current pop songs - the emergence of sea shanties and the most viral song in many years in Olivia Rodrigo's 'Driver's License'. With Trump finally gone, we'll be talking about how political rallies and music do and do not mix making not...

In the absence of DJing in real life right now, here's the first of a series of episodes of tunes I'm loving presented in a 2-hour radio show format. Listen on Soundcloud or Mixcloud.https://soundcloud.com/nialler9/nialler9-radio-show-january-2021Support Nialler9 on Patreon. Tracklist:Fontaines DC - A Hero's Death (Soulwax Remix)Yaeji - Money Can't Buy (ft. Nappy Nina)Che Lingo - My BlockChannel T...

On this week's podcast, Niall and Andrea are joined by writer Dean Van Nguye,Lex Records and Choice Cuts for a deep dive into the life and work of the supervillain rapper MF DOOM. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the closing of the trilogy of the best of 2020 podcasts, Niall and Andrea fill in the blanks of the year by awarding winners in increasingly esoteric categories like:Who had 2020 biggest vibes? Best songwriting? Best live streamed shows? Best musician protest of 2020? Rap beat of the year? Cheesiest song ? Best lyrics, Best song born out of a viral video? Best song to dance in the kitchen to?...

For the second of three parts of our end of year coverage, Niall and Andrea discuss the best albums of 2020 on Episode 116 of the Nialler9 podcast. I won't be sharing the list just yet in the notes, you'll just have to listen to the pod:Support Nialler9 on Patreon because we're doing a Christmas advent playlist up until ChristmasAndrea has a Substack newletter you can subscribe toSubscribe to the...