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Our end of the month episode is all about the albums and songs we loved in the month of September. Niall and Andrea go one for one with albums from Little Simz, Andy Shauf, Cadence Weapon and Houseplants. Plus songs from HAAi, M(h)aol, Súil Amháin, Spider, Snail Mail, Kynsy and more. Plus TV, books and films we enjoyed. Listen to the episode below or Subscribe in your favourite podcast app:Subscri...

It's a deep dive episode into an absolute legend of music this week - the one, the only Dolly Parton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you a podcast listener? Show your support on PatreonRobbie Kitt is a DJ and producer from Dublin who makes music as R.Kitt. Robbie is a passionate advocate of late night clubbing as culture and one of the main voices engaging with the government as Give Us The Night. On the day that the government announced the Night-Time Economy Taskforce report, outlining recommendations for reform and licen...

Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on PatreonYes, Donda, Kanye West's tenth studio album finally arrived but not without a lot of baggage, abhorrent endorsements, and questions about its eventual release. Both myself (Niall) and Andrea felt queasy about directly reviewing art that platforms alleged abusers, assaulters and homophobes. So while Kanye has moved from red hats to red flags, we...

Niall and Andrea are talking new albums from Billie Eilish, Lorde, Villagers, John Francis Flynn, Chromatics (RIP), new songs from Big Thief, Self Esteem, Olivia Rodrigo, Overmono x For Those I Love, a sudden love of Paul McCartney's Wings, and Sally Rooney's bucket hat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on PatreonIt's been over 500 days since the live events industry has been able to function fully over 500 days without proper gigs, clubs, art, theatre, comedy and EVENTS.As we reach over 83% vaccinated, despite a sustained campaign for clarity, the live events industry is no closer to knowing a plan for the sector. Yesterday, the government's Minister f...

Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on PatreonOn Episode 143, we are joined by the Limerick rap don God Knows and his actual little brother, producer Godwin. The siblings recently released a song called 'Glory' which features vocals from Senita Appiakorang (ex Shookrah), drums from Micheál Quinn (Meltybrains? / Dermot Kennedy), , production by Ian Ring (Boku) and engineering by David Anth...

Like the podcast? Show support for Nialler9 on PatreonOn episode 141 of the Nialler9 Podcast, a very hot Niall and Andrea chose 5 albums each from this year (there is 1 album shared) and talk about why we love them. Simple. Listen to the episode here or subscribe in your favourite podcast app:The albums are:Madlib - Sound AncestorsDry Cleaning - New Long LegEmma Houton - The BathNick Cave and Warr...

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...