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Our favourite songs of 2020

It's Listmas!On Episode 115 of the podcast, Niall and Andrea present the first of our end of year list podcasts.First up, it's the turn of songs. We share 10 of our favourite songs of the year in no particular order.Support Nialler9 on Patreon if you're one of the many listeners we have out there!Andrea has a Substack newletter you can subscribe toRunning Order:Songs of the yearDua Lipa - CoolMac Miller - Good NewsSG Lewis - Impact (feat. Channel Tres and Robyn)The Weather Station - Tried To Tell YouDenise Chaila - AnseoAdrianne Lenker - AnythingYenkee - LucyThe 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)CMAT - I Wanna Be A Cowboy, BabyThe Strokes - Bad DecisionsThe Vision - Heaven (feat. Andreya Triana)Soccer Mommy - Yellow Is The Color Of Her EyesRun The Jewels - Ju$T (feat. Pharrell and Zack De La Rocha)Sharon Von Etten - Let GoFour Tet - BabyAngel Olsen - Waving, SmilingBerwyn - Trap PhoneMuRli - Til The Wheels Fall OffGod Knows - Who’s Asking? (South West Allstars)Pillow Queens - Holy ShowSubscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. Support us on Patreon.Previous podcasts in this series are listed here.Subscribe in Apple | Android | ACAST | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2020 is somehow the year of disco

Episode 114 of the pod and Niall and Andrea are talking a lot about dancefloors and disco.That's because our album of the week is from The Vision - Ben Westbeech and Kon's guest-filled love letter to soul, disco and house. It feeds into a very good year for modern disco, when we couldn't gather together in sweaty rooms and fields.There are songs of the week to discuss from Biig Piig, Miley Cyrus, Sorcha Richardson and Billie Eilish.Support Nialler9 on Patreon and help us replace faulty equipmentAndrea has a Substack newletter you can subscribe toRunning Order:NewsThe Choice Music Prize has announced details for 2021Kitt Philippa wins the NI Music Prize.Taylor Swift's first six album masters have been sold by Scooter BraunThere's more grim numbers and facts on Irish radio gender imbalance.Reasons to be cheerfulDolly Parton helps fund a COVID-19 VaccineRoisin Murphy’s live streamed showAlbum of the weekThe Vision - The VisionBen Westbeech and Kon's guest-filled love letter to soul, disco and house.Songs of the weekSorcha Richardson - Starlite LoungeBillie Eilish - Therefore I AmMiley Cyrus - Edge Of Midnight (Midnight Sky remix)Biig Piig - Feels RightSubscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. Support us on Patreon.Previous podcasts in this series are listed here.Subscribe in Apple | Android | ACAST | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We review 12 songs sent to us by Irish artists

Firstly, an apology for the terrible sound on my side of the conversation this week - my audio interface went kaputt before recording so I had no choice but to use the Zoom recording of the audio. However, thanks to our Patreon members, a replacement is already on the way.Episode 113 of the Nialler9 Podcast is a simple idea - Niall and Andrea did a demo dip of sorts. We picked out 12 songs from Irish artists who have submitted music to us recently and reviewed it. Simples.Support Nialler9 on Patreon and help us replace faulty equipmentAndrea has a Substack newletter you can subscribe toRunning Order:Songs playedConor Thornton - Meta No. 4Carrie Baxter - My FutureMonjola - Know YouMagazines - Happy AloneNixer - True RomanceShane Devine - Late NightBlondmodel - Let Me Keep You Warm (Thankful)Pop Wallace - Me + UStarlings - ShipsJimbo Jones - Who Is Dubh Linn For?BEA - GhostKayleigh Noble - Ride On My OwnSubscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. Support us on Patreon.Previous podcasts in this series are listed here.Subscribe in Apple | Android | ACAST | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The devil in music, a short history of horror soundtracks & spooky tunes

Episode 112 is a spooky music special:This week, Dre deep dives into the mysterious ‘diabolus in musica’ tritone and dispels a spooky rumour you might have heard about it. Also in this segment, a brief history of musicians who have made deals with the devil, one who won a golden fiddle. Niall gives a short history of some of his favourite horror soundtracks like Psycho, John Carpenter, The Exorcist, Italian Horror soundtracks and segue into modern horror-inspired music from Clipping. Finally, we discuss genuinely spooky songs from Scott Walker's 2006 album The Drift and The Caretaker.Happy Halloween!Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our inner demonic circleAndrea has a Substack newletter you can subscribe toRunning Order:The Devil In MusicDiabolus in MusicaI heard there was an evil chord, that Satan played and it spooked the lord...Musical works cited:Camille Sans-Saens  “The Dance Macabre”Frans Liszt “The Dante Sonata” Giuseppe Tartini “Violin Sonata in G, The Devil’s Trill’s Sonata”Robert Johnson “Cross Road Blues”, “ hound on my trail”, “Me and The Devil Blues”The Charlie Daniels Band ‘The Devil Went Down To Georgia”Metallica “Enter Sandman”Danny Elfman “The Simpsons -- Theme Song” “They Sold Their Solds For Rock and Roll” -- Christian Documentary on Rock Music and the DevilA short history of horror soundtracksDies Irae - Day of Wrath - 4 descending minor notes in a chant used in The Shining theme and many other horror scores.The Mummy (1932) opening sequence - used Tchaikovsky’s Swan LakePsycho (1961) - Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece with Bernard Hermann’s score was an early example of jump scare music.The Exorcist (1973) - the use of Mike Oldfield's Tubular BellsHalloween (1978) - John Carpenter and the proliferation of '80s synths and horrorItalian Horror - Dario Argento - Goblin for Suspiria (1977) and Tenebre (1982)Modern Horror and retromania - Stranger Things (2016) and It Follows (2014)Spooky songs playedNovelty Songs - Bobby Pickett’s Monster Mash (1962)Yvonne Gage - Doing It In A Haunted House (1984)The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (2011)Clipping - Nothing Is Safe (2019)Clipping - '96 Neve Campbell (2020)Scott Walker - The Escape (2006)Scott Walker - Jolson and Jones (2006)Closing TrackPsyche - The Saint Became A LushJoin us on Patreon!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 podcasts in this series are listed here.Subscribe in Apple | Android | ACAST | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pep Talk - 20 of our favourite artists offer positive advice for lockdown

For this Nialler9 Podcast special, we wanted to bring some good vibes and positivity as we face six weeks of lockdown here in Ireland.So we asked some of our favourite music people to offer some positive advice or affirmation for the listener heading into lockdown again. What bit of advice would they like to hear? What positive words would you like to share with others?This hour is like a pep talk with kind words from CMAT, Mary Wallopers, Soda Blonde, Murli, Sylvan Esso, Tolu Makay, Tebi Rex, Erica-Cody, Mango and more as listed in order of appearance below. The music credits are also below.We hope you find something to take with you during lockdown and beyond.Subscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. In Order of appearanceCMATMurli Shauna Watson (We've Only Just Begun)Mary WallopersAmelia Meath (Sylvan Esso)God KnowsErica-CodyMangoRachael LavelleMalakiSoda BlondeNEALORuth Medjber Micheal Quinn (Meltybrains?  / Dermot Kennedy)Paddy HannaAlex GoughCelaviedamaiDaithi O’DronaiTolu Makay Matt O (Tebi Rex)Music in order of appearanceKelly Lee Owens - OnJulianna Barwick - InspiritSAULT - Sorry Ain’t EnoughKevin Morby - Don’t Underestimate The Midwest American SunSylvan Esso - What IfNiamh Regan - Ode To YouthNovelist - Stay With MeBerwyn - GloryMansur Brown - It's My TimeArvo Party - KyotoCBAKL - Spill your TeaBaz Luhrmann - Everybody’s Free to wear SunscreenSZA - Hit DifferentTame Impala - Is It True (Four Tet remix)Bibio - Beret GirlKhruangbin - Connaissais De FaceGadget And The Cloud - It Never Felt RightDelac - Blue SkiesBrien - SundriedMelly - ShrubberyDNTEL - Carribean BluePrevious podcasts in this series are listed here.Subscribe in Apple | Android | ACAST | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS Feed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin Morby’s depiction of a Middle American twilight

It's Episode 110 of the Nialler9 Podcast with Niall and Andrea and with Lockdown 2 having begun we are taking a transportive trip to the American midwest with Kevin Morby, and focus on the good things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Loah & Bantum chat 2020 / Future Islands are in retrograde

This week's episode we chat to close collaborators Loah & Bantum about their 2020 experiences, review the sixth album from the Baltimore synth-pop band, swoon over Julia Jacklin's lyrics, Dre takes up knitting, Niall doesn't have COVID and Pepe the Frog is in the mix somehow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ailbhe Reddy’s personal debut album in review

On this week's pod we have some surprise guests from chimney sweepers who interrupt the recording process more than once. Welcome to the home office. We review Ailbhe Reddy's debut album, discuss new Bicep, Kynsy, Bon Iver guests on a track and we talk Eddie Van Halen's legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Róisín Murphy feels the machine

On this week's pod we review the new album from the queen with her disco machine Róisín Murphy, focus on reasons to be cheerful and new songs from Romy, Ultraflex, Tune-Yards and a load of Irish artists on the collab. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sufjan faces spiritual and societal struggles

Episode 106 of the Nialler9 Podcast finds us reviewing the ultra-long electronic hymnal album from Sufjan Stevens, discuss Autumn a lot and enthuse about Keanu Reeves classic film Speed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.