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Nialler9 — 265 episodes
Phoebe Bridgers, Pulp and 300 Dilla beats: the best music of the month with Vanessa Roulston Mooney
The many musical sides of Dolly Parton
The best music of the month & All Together Now with Mags The Frog Report
Revisiting Fleet Foxes' sparkling landmark folk debut album with Aoife Barry
Why are gig tickets getting more expensive? Toutless on fees, fraud and Ticketmaster (
For Those I Love on building his own worlds for All Together Now
SOAK on finding joy, collaborating with friends and Fred Again..
The religious and romantic rapture of Rosalía's Lux
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children - A deep dive
Why DJ Shadow's Endtroducing is a crate-digging cinematic masterpiece
Lauren Kennedy on NYC gigs, Irish music, going viral and moving back to Ireland for the summer (Podcast)
Kate Nash on Sinead O'Connor, Irish heritage & kicking against the pricks of the music industry
Deb Grant on the best music of March
How Massive Attack's classic album Mezzanine nearly broke the band
Bloc Party's Silent Alarm: Revisiting a spiky 2005 indie classic (Live Podcast)
The best music of February with Mia Tobin Power
Izakaya, The Hoxton and Dublin's cultural spaces with Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
The best music of January with Vanessa Roulston Mooney
Denise Chaila on new routes and journeys
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (Live Podcast)
Lily Allen, Florence and the best albums of the month with Louise Bruton
Jeff Buckley's Grace - an astonishing classic 90s singer-songwriter album (Live Podcast)
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless: A classic album revisit
Andrea's last episode: Taylor's Showgirl, CMAT's Euro-Country, the rise of Geese
Yeah Yeah Yeahs' It's Blitz marked the end of an indie era (Live Podcast)
How to build independent music communities in Dublin (Live Podcast)
A history of Trance
The best music of July 2025 with Ailbhe Reddy
The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation (Listen Closely live with Mango)
DJ Shampain is a Galway connector, cutting hair and creating his own music story
God Knows on his debut album, family, friends and connecting with new audiences
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (Listen Closely live with Kelly-Anne Byrne and Eoghan O'Sullivan)
The best music of June with Eoin Murray
A deep dive into Yacht Rock
The best music of May with Bekah Molony
Palestine, Kneecap and why artists are boycotting music festivals
Revisiting: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Going to the Island with Open Ear Festival
Our best of April's albums and songs
Róisín El Cherif is singing for Palestine and Ireland
Why J Dilla was such an influential producer
Our music picks of March [Subscriber Podcast preview]
Moving Still's Irish-Arab electronic bangers are having a moment 🔥
I was duped by an AI musician
Mood Machine - A conversation with Liz Pelly about Spotify
Our best of February's music
Ólafur Arnalds on making a record with Talos before his passing
The new 2025 season of Music is really good so far isn’t it?
David Kitt on 14 years of his electronic project New Jackson
The best music of January [Patreon Preview]
The Nialler9 Podcast Awards of 2024
Our Favourite Albums of 2024
Our Favourite Songs of 2024
Kendrick’s GNX victory lap, Drake’s lawsuits & November favourites (Patreon Preview)
Other Voices Dingle special with Junior Brother & Silverbacks
Curtisy on prolific collaborations & making an Irish album of the year
Our favourite music of October
Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia (with Max Zanga)
Meet the new Night Mayor of Dublin
The best music of September; post-pandemic clubbing (Patreon preview)
Temple Bar Culture Night incident raises questions & actions
Niall and Andrea’s favourite music of the month (Patreon preview)
Father John Misty: I Love You, Man
Fontaines D.C. - Romance review (with Aoife Barry)
Niall and Andrea’s favourite music of July (Patreon preview)
Shiv on collaborating with James Vincent McMorrow and making big life decisions
A short history of French Touch
Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of June (Patreon Preview)
The song of the summer 2024
Charli XCX’s Brat phenomenon (with Kelly Doherty)
Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of May
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of April
Rap Beef, Taylor, Early Clubbing, Cindy Lee, Hozier #1
Cian O’Ciobhain on 25 years of doing a new music radio show
Fiona Apple - A Tidal deep dive
The ABCs of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter
Podcast: Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of March
A deep dive into Portishead – Dummy (1994)
Irish artists speak truth to power
Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of February
Which Irish album will win the Choice Prize this year?
Listen Closely: Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
Madvillainy turns 20
Pitchfork, Music Journalism, Choice Prize & Eurovision Boycott
The Nialler9 Podcast Awards 2023
Our favourite albums of 2023
Our favourite songs of 2023
The mystery & grand intimacy of Sufjan Stevens
What we learned from the Britney book
Andrea & Niall’s favourite music of October
The bother of the Bandcamp sale
The fandom and community of Swiftogedden
Four Tet - the story of a master electronic musician
Andrea and Niall’s favourite music of the month - September
Latin Freestyle 80s Electro with Bob Stanley
The KLF - the music, money & mayhem of pop’s rebel millionaires
Our favourite music of August
The music of Aphex Twin
All Together Now Festival review
Our favourite music of July
Sinead O’Connor was wronged - the Nothing Compares documentary
An introduction to Italo Disco
What is Balearic? The story of Ibiza, MDMA, Alfredo & a genre
Indie Sleaze with Louise McSharry
An Oral history of UK Pop - 1996 to 2006 with Michael Cragg
Our favourite music of June
Beyond The Pale + Body & Soul Festival reviews
The Andrea goes to Slane episode
Our favourite music of May
”Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore” - The Legacy of Cass Elliot
Nealo on the inspiring songs of his life
Celaviedmai on 6 key songs that influenced her
Our favourite music of April
Frank Ocean & Jai Paul - Coachella & two sides of the enigmatic artist coin
Louise Bruton on live venue accessibility in Dublin
boygenius & the sad girl trope
The best music of March: Lankum, Lana, JPEGMafia & Danny Brown, Yves Tumor...
MayKay on Fight Like Apes & Palestine
Meet Me In The Bathroom with Dave Hanratty
David Holmes on making his 1997 classic Let’s Get Killed
Our music highlights of February
Who will win the Choice Music Prize?
Our favourite samples in music
200th Episode Q&A special
B-sides, box sets & the vinyl revival
The 1975 live, our music favourites from January
The Nialler9 Podcast Awards 2022
The best albums of 2022
The best songs of 2022
Cadence Weapon on live touring issues & artist merch
Kendrick & Pavement gigs, secondary ticketing & the Grammys
Jape on electronic music for graveyards & walks
Our music highlights of October
Sorcha Richardson - the songs that inspired Smiling Like An Idiot
Our music highlights of September
Clubbing & The Night-Time Economy Discussion (Culture Night)
A birthday quiz, the new Bowie film Moonage Daydream
Songs we HATE
Our music highlights of August
A deep dive into Chemical Brothers’ Dig Your Own Hole
Beyoncé’s Renaissance samples black culture and dance music
Our favourite music of July
The songs of the summer
A deep dive into the life and music of George Michael
Our favourite music of June
Primavera Sound, Body & Soul Festival & the resurgence of Kate Bush’s ’Running Up That Hill’
Our favourite albums & songs of May
Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers in review
Paul Simon - Andrea’s fav weird little guy
Our favourite music of April
Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia review
Indie Sleaze with Louise McSharry
Joni Mitchell - a deep dive
Our favourite music of March
Why are music festivals still booking male-heavy headliners?
Podcast: Our best new music picks of February
Why do we love Steely Dan?
Big Thief, Beach House and the artistic intention of long albums
A visit to Black Gate in Galway
Is it time to quit Spotify?
The music that got us through January
How we change Ireland’s licensing laws today with Give Us The Night
The Nialler9 Podcast Awards 2021
The best songs of 2021
The best albums of 2021
Adele has some big feelings on 30
Nialler9 Podcast: Taylor Swift, Red and Pop Culture Feminism
A Voyage back to ABBA
Our favourite music of October
Horror film scores with Matthew Nolan | Púca Festival
Utopia - reimagining a new future after reopening with Una Mullally
PinkPantheress, James Blake & the ”new nostalgic”
Spice Girls, Girl Power and 90s Ladettes with Jenn Gannon
Our favourite music of September
Robbie Kitt on clubbing as culture & the politics of the everyday
Kanye & the problematic dichotomy of Donda
The music we loved, and didn’t, this August
Podcast: Why have gigs not come back to Ireland yet?
Amapiano: the rise of the South African house music genre (with God Knows & Godwin)
Our favourite albums of 2021 so far
CMAT on 5 examples of great songwriting
Saint Sister on the songs and inspirations of their new album
James Vincent McMorrow talks about what needs to happen next for live music in Ireland
Niall goes to the first gig back
The music that got us through May
We need to talk about Enya
St. Vincent takes us downtown to ’70s New York
The new music that got us through April
Podcast: #BrokenRecord & the campaign to fix streaming
An introduction to Italo Disco
Lana Del Rey reviewed & looking forward after a year of no gigs
NFTs - WTF? When music, art & cryptocurrency collide
How To Win a Grammy
Gemma Dunleavy & Homebeat on community, place and transitions
A Choice Music Prize panel discussion
Daft Punk’s legacy
Wyvern Lingo on the songs that inspired their second album
#FreeBritney: The Framing Britney Spears Documentary
The phenomena of Driver’s License, Sea Shanties & music at political rallies
Nialler9 Radio Show - January 2021
The artistry and villainy of MF DOOM
The Nialler9 Music Awards 2020
Our favourite albums of 2020
Our favourite songs of 2020
2020 is somehow the year of disco
We review 12 songs sent to us by Irish artists
Pep Talk - 20 of our favourite artists offer positive advice for lockdown
Kevin Morby’s depiction of a Middle American twilight
Loah & Bantum chat 2020 / Future Islands are in retrograde
Ailbhe Reddy’s personal debut album in review
Róisín Murphy feels the machine
Sufjan faces spiritual and societal struggles
Pillow Queens’ debut album reviewed & a chat with Niamh Regan
Niamh Regan’s sublime debut album & the Irish hip-hop documentary
Angel Olsen & the government make a whole new mess again
A conversation with Denise Chaila, MuRli and God Knows
Fontaines D.C.’s A Hero’s Death - The critic round table review
Taylor Swift and The National’s Aaron Dessner make folklore - a review
A live music industry at crisis point & the cosmic stylings of Jarv Is reviewed
Silverbacks wry and whimsical rock debut & the Irish Times Top 50 Irish albums
Podcast: 10 recommended albums from 2020 so far
Podcast: Haim’s Women In Music Pt. III in review + How Other Voices brought Courage to the world
Podcast: The dignified doubt of Phoebe Bridgers
Here’s what the programme for government says about plans for Irish night-life
Run The Jewels are the soundtrack to the trash fire of the world
Nialler9 Podcast: Black Irish creatives speak up on racism & inequality in Ireland
Nialler9 Podcast: Cliff Notes On A Conditional Form & The Mary Wallopers talk livestreams
Nialler9 Podcast: Charli XCX & Perfume Genius reviewed & our Patreon supporters share their lockdown loves
Nialler9 Podcast: Electric Picnic down, Austra heals & Irish brylcreemed balladeers will box the head off ye
Nialler9 Podcast: Computer Love – celebrating the music of Kraftwerk
Worst summer ever & Fiona Apple sets herself free (Nialler9 Podcast)
“Drums please, Fab”: The Strokes’ new album in review (Nialler9 Podcast)
#COVIDartscrisis with THISISPOPBABY & National Campaign for the Arts (Nialler9 Podcast)
The immediacy of Empress Of & the TikTok cynicism of Drake (Nialler9 Podcast)
Dua Lipa’s escapist pop bangers & your questions answered (Nialler9 Podcast)
Reasons To Be Cheerful: What’s Consuming You Special (Nialler9 Podcast)
Coronavirus, Choice Music Prize, Lethal Dialect & Mount Alaska’s composer picks (Nialler9 Podcast)
God Knows talks about bringing Irish rap scenes together (Nialler9 Podcast)
Caribou brings a softer side & Kelis’ milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard (Nialler9 Podcast)
Grimes & Tame Impala in review & what makes a good Bond Theme? (Nialler9 Podcast)
*PODCAST RIVAL KLAXON* with special guests No Encore (Podcast)
Sorcha Richardson guests & Andy Shauf drowns his sorrows (Nialler9 Podcast)
Mac Miller’s last act of self-care (Nialler9 Podcast)
The present & future of Cork city’s nightlife (Live Podcast)
Our first ever live Nialler9 Podcast with guest Bantum
Angel Olsen’s expansive sonic reflections (Nialler9 Podcast)
Talking without fear about Girl Band & Dermot Kennedy’s new albums (Nialler9 Podcast)
The omnivert pop of Charli XCX (Nialler9 Podcast)
Why The Bernard Shaw closing matters to Dublin (Podcast)
Lana Del Rey’s new American Dream & Electric Picnic in review (Podcast)
Taylor Swift: Miss Americana & the earnest pop machine (Podcast)
I’m From The Murder Capital, where we review albums (Podcast)
Bon Iver’s personal breakthrough & Drake’s Beatles tattoo (Podcast)
Podcast Special: For Those I Love – Finding hope in grief & friendship
Chance The Rapper’s sappy wedding album (Podcast)
Versatile, Songs of the summer & the art of Ghostface Killah (Podcast)
The best albums of 2019 so far (Podcast)
“Sick of the slick” with guests Wyvern Lingo & King Princess (Podcast)
A week of sad bangers & baths of ecstasy (Podcast)
Two recommendations live from Stephen’s Green (Podcast)
A contender for worst song of the year & Flying Lotus has too many irons in the fire (Podcast)
How Music Works: A chat with the Forbidden Fruit Festival organisers (Podcast)
The National are binging hard on female singers (Podcast)
The Eurovision boycott & Big Thief’s Magic Hour (Podcast)