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 ...
Mar 14, 2023•42 min•Season 3Ep. 204
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. I...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 203
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 Lon...
Mar 01, 2023•2 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 202
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 L...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 201
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 wee...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 200
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 th...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 199
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 belo...
Feb 02, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 198
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. © 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 ma...
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 197
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. © 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 t...
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 55 min•Season 2Ep. 196
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. © 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 the...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 195
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. © 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey This week's podcast episode, #194, is about the issues around live touring for small to medium artists in a post-...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 194
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. © 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey This week's podcast episode, #193, is mostly about the world of live music Firstly, Niall attended the Sunday of ...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 193
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. © 2022 Slane Irish Whiskey It's been over four years since we had Richie Egan aka Jape on the Nialler9 Podcast, pre-Andrea when Ellen Fitzpa...
Nov 10, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 192
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 | Stit...
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 191
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 da...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 190
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 ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 189
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.. Ca...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 187
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 t...
Sep 29, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 186
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 . Listen on Apple | Android | ACAST | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 185
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...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 184
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 D...
Aug 18, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 183
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, culture and ballroom (as well as her late cousin Uncle Johnny, a man she credits in the liner notes of the album for introducing her to sounds and subcultures). On this episode, we delve into the samples of house and bounce music on the record, deep cuts from American dance h...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 182
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 play...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 181
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 need...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 180
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, play...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 179
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 Suppor...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 178
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 - '...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 177
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 Suppo...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 176
It's a big episode. As it always is when it comes to an artist like Kendrick Lamar.Mr Morale & The Big Steppers, Lamar's fifth album, the Compton rapper's first album in five years, is out almost a week now and Niall and Andrea spend an hour and 40 minutes discussing this cerebral, personal, conceptual album in depth.The album is a therapy session and a morality play, seeking breakthroughs, with Kendrick sharing confessions while also speaking on the culture wars, his saviour complex and his...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 2Ep. 175
This week's podcast is all about Andrea's favourite weird little guy and second favourite Paul - Paul Simon!Andrea takes us through her love of the songwriter's music, voice and guitar-playing, from Simon & Garfunkel to his big hit album Graceland, and the criticism, cultural boycott and art as politics argument. We focus on a handful of songs including 'The Sound Of Silence', 'Graceland', 'The Obvious Child', 'America' and 'Diamonds On The Soul Of Her Shoes'.Listen to the episode below or s...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 174
