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Angel Olsen & the government make a whole new mess again

It's Episode 103 of the Nialler9 Podcast and we’ve got more tunes to discuss than Phil Hogan has contradictory statements.On this week's episode, Niall and Andrea review the new album from Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess.There's breaking news about Phil Hogan's resignation while we are live, and we run through exactly what the flip the Irish government are doing and not doing regarding live music and entertainment and restrictions around live events. Plus the usual songs of the week, what's consuming you and reasons to be cheerful.Join us on Patreon if you're a podcast subscriber!Discussed:News:We went on staycationsMore confusion on live event capacities as restrictions on indoor events stay at 50 & outdoor now at 15Van Morrison urges music industry to “fight the pseudo-science”Reasons To Be Cheerful God Knows gets Mango, Nealo, Skripteh & Rebel Phoenix on the East Coast All-Stars ‘Who’s Asking’ remix; Watch the Dave Tynan videoJedward vs Jim CorrAlbum of the weekAngel Olsen - Whole New WorldThe promised solo album drawn from the same songs and well as last year’s 2019 album All Mirrors.Whole New Mess was recorded in The Unknown, an isolated old church that was converted into a studio by Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum and producer Nicholas Wilbur in the small town of Anacortes in Washington.It shares some of the same ideas and lyrics (nine of the 11 songs crossover), though reworked in and titled in different ways and with an alternative tracklist.It’s not merely the solo demos that Olsen promised last year but something else that’s drawn from the same book of songs. Producer Michael Harris recorded the album with Olsen in The Unknown and it’s mostly just Olsen and her guitar.We. discussSongs of the weekWyvern Lingo - Brutal LotteryFather John Misty - To SMarie Davidson & L’Oeil Nu – Renegade BreakdownJames Vincent McMorrow - I Should GoAny Other Business?Watching:Selling SunsetInstellarReading: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Listening:Michael Kiwanuka - KiwanukaLauryn Hill - The Miseducation of...Closing track:Lucy McWilliams - RunawayJoin 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.

A conversation with Denise Chaila, MuRli and God Knows

Episode 102 of the Nialler9 Podcast and it's one we've been trying to make happen for quite a while.On this week's episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by three very special guests.Earlier this year, we had the Shannon rap legend God Knows on the podcast finally, but we always intended to gather together the crew and close cohorts around him, the rappers, producers and friends from the East Coast of Ireland.What began publicly at least, with the emergence of God Knows and Murli became known along with MynameisJohn as Rusangano Family, the Choice Prize Winning Limerick-based rap trio whose work is some of the most exciting rap to come out of Ireland this century. While the original group has been on hiatus, God Knows and Murli have been expending their creativity on music of their own and with close collaborators drawn from across Ireland and beyond.2020 has been the year of the collaboration with God Knows bringing the South West All Stars and Murli building on his Intangibles mixtape from last year with 'Til The Wheels Off' and 'The Culture', all the while getting back behind the producing boards of others.Most notably, Denise Chaila, who after a spoken word appearance on the most 2016 Rusangano Family record Let The Dead Bury The Dead, and a debut single 'Copper Bullet / Duel Citizenship' in 2019, has bloomed into a force, capital F, in 2020. With her 2020 single 'Chaila', impacting Irish radio and playlists in a big way and with one hugely memorable and much-lauded online streamed show for Other Voices at the National Gallery of Ireland earlier this year, Denise has been growing in stature as an artist and as a public figure, and as our interview will make clear, she’s only getting started.Myself - Niall - and Andrea sat down with these three inspirational music makers and peers for a near-two-hour chat in a Dublin hotel room recently that takes in a lot of topics including Dungeons and Dragons, Zoom Fatigue, Social media habits, crying at movies, The expectation of black artists to represent the black experience and much much more.We hope you enjoy our chat as much as we did:If you do, and want to support us, our patreon page is Patreon.com/nialler9 - from €6 a month you can help us keep making some money in this pandemic time where we can’t put on gigs, events and  do what we normally do. It’s no exaggeration to say that Nialler9 would not be active now were it now for the financial support of our patrons so do consider joining 156 people on Patreon if you like what we do.Here’s our chat with God Knows, Denise Chaila and Murli:Support 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.

Fontaines D.C.’s A Hero’s Death - The critic round table review

On this week's episode, Niall and Andrea are joined by old pal Luke Sharkey to discuss A Hero's Death, the second album from Fontaines D.C.There's breaking news about pubs and clubs restrictions which unfold as we record the episode, discussions about bad journalism, reasons to be cheerful and 4 new songs to sink your teeth into. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taylor Swift and The National’s Aaron Dessner make folklore - a review

You can’t make a Tomlette without breaking a few Gregs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A live music industry at crisis point & the cosmic stylings of Jarv Is reviewed

Episode 99 and ahead of Songs From An Empty Room event, we're talking how the Irish live music needs to get loud to represent itself, we review Jarv Is, Jarvis Cocker's new band's album and songs from Devendra Barnhart, The Avalanches, Illuminati Hotties and Berwyn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Silverbacks wry and whimsical rock debut & the Irish Times Top 50 Irish albums

Episode 98 of the Nialler9 podcast and thanks to Patreon Members we have upgraded our equipment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast: 10 recommended albums from 2020 so far

Episode 97. Niall and Andrea pick five albums each we recommend we didn't cover on the podcast so far this year for listeners to check out. We also discuss some of those favourites towards the end along with more talk of Succession and The Last of Us Part 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast: Haim’s Women In Music Pt. III in review + How Other Voices brought Courage to the world

It's Episode 96 and we talk to Other Voices' booker Aoife Woodlock about how the Courage live series came about, we review Haim's looser, more eclectic Women In Music Pt. III, we discuss the Gender Disparity Report on Irish radio plus songs from Beyonce, SAULT, Soccer Mommy and CMAT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast: The dignified doubt of Phoebe Bridgers

Episode 95 and we review Phoebe Bridgers' Punisher, tell Andrea the news while she's been on a social media break and discuss songs from Idles, Pillow Queens, Jafaris and NewDad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here’s what the programme for government says about plans for Irish night-life

With the passing months since the election and the outcome dulled by a worldwide pandemic, it was easy to forget their are other things to think about in the world.So after the February election in which the result showed Sinn Fein in ascension but not enough to form a government, a coalition of Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and the Green Party is what we are left with a rotating Taoiseach role. Gluttons for punishment we may be, but there is some light in the programme for government this week.Direct Provision, which has become a lightning rod of an issue in the wake of BLM protests, is due change to a non-profit system  to “accommodation for asylum seekers that has the protection and promotion of human rights at its core.” About time.There's an increased emphasis on green issues including increased cycling infrastructure and reduction of emissions including a ban on the sale of new and the importation of second-hand petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and LGBT1+ policy allows adoptive leave and benefit for same- male couples.You can read an overview here or see the whole thing here.Of interest to Nialler9 as a supporter of the Give Us The Night campaign which has been working tirelessly in the last few years to address Ireland's archaic licensing laws and night-time economy issues. The text proposals about those concerns in the programme are as follows (my text in bold for emphasis):Night-Time CultureSocial distancing will have a major impact on night-time culture. We will work withstakeholders from across the night-time culture sector to develop innovative approaches to enable the sector to function and to create a vibrant, diverse and sustainable night-time economy in Ireland.We will:Establish, in the first thirty days of Government a Night-time Economy Taskforce.Conduct a full review of the regulations and policy framework governing our nighttime culture at national and local level, including the staggering of trading hours for pubs, late bars, clubs and restaurants.Modernise our licensing laws and application processes.Support the establishment of the Night-Time Culture Mayors proposed for Dublin and Cork and examine the establishment of local committees to advance and improve our night-time entertainment and creative offerings in other urban areas.Hangar 2017.Creative and Cultural InfrastructureWe will:Examine 'Agent of Change' * initiatives whereby existing cultural spaces have to be taken into account when building.Support measures to increase the provision of affordable work spaces for artists and creative practitioners.Examine ‘meanwhile use’ legislation for vacant buildings with a view to its potential application in Ireland.Ensure the timely delivery of arts and culture capital investment commitments, including our National Institutions, as outlined in Project Ireland 2040.*The Agent of Change idea is one where existing venues or spaces are recognised as essentially being there first so if a new hotel or residential development has an issue with noise etc then it's up to the developer to soundproof its new builds not put the onus on the venue to retrofit to them.That's all positive stuff that the Give Us The Night campaign has been putting across as potential measures but remember, this is a draft programme of intentions not set-in-stone policies. Programmes can quickly change or lose focus depending on what's happening with the economy and the world (hi pandemic) so now that the government is listening, it's time for Give Us The Night supporters to make sure they keep listening, especially as venues and spaces are on their knees thanks to necessary COVID-19 restrictions and will be lucky to survive.Something that isn't clear exactly is whether the government will address the abolition of the Special Exemption Order of €410 a night if any nightclub wants to open past regular closing hours though "Modernise our licensing laws and application proces... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.