Nialler9 Music Blog

The Nialler9 Weekly Chart

Niall — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:25:00 +0000

This weekly chart consists of 10 of my favourite tunes right now including remixes by Caribou of Oh No Ono, Four Tet of Pantha Du Prince, Astronomer of Glasser and Mount Kimbie of Foals. It jsut worked out that way this week. Also, nods to the new brilliant Gorillaz album, Cults, Tanlines, The National, Solar Bears and Pilotpriest.

Foals – Spanish Sahara (Mount Kimbie remix)
Glasser – Tremel (Astronomer remix)
Oh No Ono – Eleanor Speaks (Caribou remix)
Pantha Du Prince – Stick To My Side feat. Panda Bear (Four Tet remix)
Gorillaz – Glitter Freeze (feat. Mark E Smith)

Cults – Go Outside
The National – Horrible Love (live on Fallon)
Solar Bears – The Quiet Planet
Tanlines – Real Life
Pilotpriest – Body Double

The Holy Roman Army free covers EP

Niall — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:52:51 +0000

Chris and Laura Coffey (aka doctor and psychologist, brother and sister) have released a free 5-track EP on Bandcamp. The tracks are The Holy Roman Army versions of Pixies’ ‘Wave of Mutilation‘, Rollerskate Skinny’s ‘Speed To My Side’, Bon Iver’s ‘Skinny Love’, Peter Broderick’s ‘Not At Home’ and Pavement’s ‘Home’.

Here’s their cover of ‘Skinny Love’ and the five tracks in total. Download them from here. HRA are supporting Yes Cadets alongside We Cut Corners next Friday Upstairs in Whelan’s.

MP3: The Holy Roman Army – Skinny Love (Bon Iver cover)

Tanlines – Real Life

Niall — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:47:53 +0000

Alan from State has been telling me to check out Tanlines lately and I’m glad I finally did.
The tune that got me was ‘Real Life’ – an African/samba-influenced jam with heavy percussion and reverberating bass. They are on my list for SXSW for sure.

I bought their EP, Settings from eMusic. They’ve also got a couple of sweet remixes floating about one by Memory Tapes and another of them remixing Solid Gold. Both are below. Jim Carroll’s also on the Tanlines buzz.

Tanlines – Real Life

Tanlines – Real Life (Memory Tapes remix)

This tune is from their split 7″ with SALEM for The Fader:

The National – Terrible Love (live on Fallon)

Niall — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:28:55 +0000

This is an awesome song. The National debuted the first song on Fallon (Jimmy is killing em) from their upcoming record High Violet.

Dedicated to Ciaran as its his birthday tomorrow and he’s a massive fan of the band.

Introducing: Solar Bears

Niall — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:33:25 +0000

Dublin’s Solar Bears have recently signed up to Planet Mu. Fair play to them for bypassing their locality and going straight to the source.

SB’s music is a mix of old-school electronica, cosmic flourishes, nostalgic sampling and sounds at times like a mish mash of DJ Shadow, Air, ’60s psychedelia, ’80s synths and touches on the same sound sources as the current trend for hypnagogic pop (aka chillwave aka glo-fi aka WTF are you talking about?). Look out for the Inner Sunshine EP coming soon and their debut album, provisionally titled She Was Coloured In in the summer. More tunes at Myspace and a video after the jump.

MP3: Solar Bears – The Quiet Planet

MP3: Solar Bears – Crystaline (Be Again)

Neon Indian – Sleep Paralysist

Niall — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:34 +0000

A new song from Alan Paloma’s band Neon Indian, which was produced by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear was released today. Paloma remixed the band’s ‘Cheerleader’ last year to great effect.

This new single is released through Green Label Sound and can download via the site or the widget below. Paloma wanted to do something through GLS as he’s now on phase two of Neon Indian after releasing Psychic Chasms so it afforded him the perfect opportunity to release a new single. I’m looking forward to their SXSW party.

The Beatyard this Saturday

Niall — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:56:44 +0000

Fair play to Bodytonic for putting this on. Great to see cool stuff happening in Dublin city on a Saturday afternoon. I’ve only managed to make it to one so far. This month’s Beatyard kicks off at 3pm and includes:

Live Shows and demos: Automatic Tasty, Crayonsmith, Out On A Limb (Label presentation).
Workshops: Ableton and more.
Banter talks with Richard Brophy: Headshop debate, Donnacha Costello on Irish Techno, Steve Reich, Poker Flat & his forthcoming album.
A screening of Banksy’s film: Exit through the Gift Shop at 5pm (Good interview here).
Fair: Buy records,CDs and clothing from All City, Beatfinder Records, >Circus Clothing, !Kaboogie, Kling, Littleroom, Skinny Wolves, SkunkFunk & more.
There’s 3FE on the coffee front with food on sale too.

More info with Banksy trailer after the more.

Video: Yeasayer – O.N.E.

Niall — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:08:14 +0000

Another high-quality quasi-mystical neon-clad headfuck of a video from Yeasayer for one of the best tracks on their Odd Blood album. Directed by Radical Friend. The band are playing silly-looking fake instruments too.

Paul Weller remixes by Zinc & Leo Zero

Niall — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:27:17 +0000

The concept of Paul Weller remixed sure sounds a bit odd but then again Portishead remixed ‘Wildwood’ beautifully back in the ’90s so I guess it’s no big deal.

Here, Leo Zero and DJ Zinc put their own stamps on ‘No Tears To Cry’ and ‘Wake Up The Nation’ respectively. Leo Zero’s has a light-hearted touch: all strings, a repetitive background funk lick and breezy percussion. It clocks in at 8 minutes and is a gentle celebration.

MP3: Paul Weller – No Tears To Cry (Leo Zero remix)

Zinc’s remix has a harder edge to match Weller’s angry sounding vocal delivery. It’s electro beats, house percussion, big bass and synth breakdowns. Not a million miles from his La Roux remix last year.

MP3: Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation (Zinc remix)

Weller’s new album also called, Wake Up The Nation is out on April 19th on Island Records. Kevin Shields appears on the record too.

Aforementioned Portishead remix after the jump.

MP3: Paul Weller – Wildwood (Portishead remix)

New MGMT – Flash Delirium

Niall — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:27:36 +0000

A new song from Congratulations, ‘Flash Delirium’ available now from WhoisMGMT.com or via this link.

It’s got a flute solo, a psychedelic soul and I’ve a feeling it won’t help them win any new fans. Tickets for their Academy show on March 20th appear to be sold out.

Video: She & Him – In The Sun

Niall — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:00 +0000

Zooey is all over this one. Clearly inspired by 500 Days Of Summer’s Bank Dance (or at least informed by Deschanel’s dancing skills on that movie), it was directed by Peyton Reed (who directed Yes Man). This is a whole lot of cute. M. Ward is in the video too of course. She & Him’s Volume Two is out here on April 2nd.

The Nialler9 weekly Dublin gig guide

Niall — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:02:58 +0000

Panda Bear

A list of recommended events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin.

Highlights this week include Panda Bear, Filthy Dukes, Local Natives (with Peggy Sue supporting), Passion Pit, The Beatyard on Saturday Afternoon and Ellie Goulding. I’ve got the last two ticket to Ellie Goulding on Sunday to giveaway. Email freebies@nialler9.com before Thursday at 6pm to win. Don’t forget you can still win a signed Ellie album here. Sample MP3s below.

Tuesday 9th March
- Trashed (Indie/Electro club) @ Andrew’s Lane Theatre (10.30pm, €5)
- C U Next Tuesday (indie/electro/pop/dance) @ Crawdaddy (11pm, €3/5)

Wednesday 10th March
- Local Natives, Peggy Sue @ The Academy 2 (€13.50)

Thursday 11th March
- Soundcheck @ Spy (7pm, Free before 11pm/€5)
- At Last An Atlas @ Tower Records (6pm)
- MUSIK @ The Button Factory (10.30pm, €6)

Friday 12th March
- Sidetracked (Indie, Dancey Disco) @ Chocolate Bar, The Pod (8pm – 11pm, Free)
- Panda Bear, Kurt Vile, Angkorwat @ Vicar St. (€24)
- Damen Dempsey @ The Good Bits (€15)
- Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby @ Andrew’s Lane (€16)
- Power Of Dreams @ Whelan’s (€20)
- MUD: Breakology Present Dreadzone // Shut Up and Dance & Gamepak @ Twisted Pepper (11pm, €15)
- Cassette @ Wax (Free before 10pm)
- Now That’s Why I Call Music @ The Academy 2 (Free until 11.30pm)
- NoDisko (Indie and electro) @ Crawdaddy (11pm, €8/€6)

Saturday 13th March
- The Beatyard @ Twisted Pepper (Free, 3pm)
- Retribution Gospel Choir @ Whelan’s (€15)
- European Week Against Racism @ Le Cirk
- Souls of Mischief @ The Good Bits (€15)
- Fionn Regan @ Vicar St. (€21)
- ~~New Young Pony Club @ Tripod (€20)~~ – postponed.
- Passion Pit, Ellie Goulding @ Olympia Theatre (€21)
- POGO: Donal Dineen live, Barry Redsetta, Discotekken & more @ Twisted Pepper (11pm, €8)
- Come as Soon as you Roulette @ Twisted Pepper (€5 before 12)
- The Avett Brothers @ Crawdaddy (Sold out)
- Transmission: Filthy Dukes @ The Button Factory (€10)

Sunday 14th March
- M.A.S.S. at Hogans
- Power Of Dreams @ Whelan’s (€20)
- Ellie Goulding @ The Academy (Sold out but win tickets: email freebies@nialler9.com)

Monday 8th March
- Hefty Monday: John Blek and The Rats @ Whelan’s (Free, 11pm)

MP3: Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed Remix (featuring Penguin Prison and Theophilus London)

MP3: Ellie Goulding – Under the Sheets (She is Danger remix)

MP3: Filthy Dukes – Nonsense in the Dark C90s remix

MP3: Kurt Vile – Beach on the Moon

Introducing: Cults

Niall — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:14:43 +0000

Appearing out of nowhere last week and straight onto loads of music blogs, Cults are a boy-girl duo from New York whose sweet happy, sunny indie-pop songs have been impressing people at a great rate.

You can add me to that list too. Here’s ‘Go Outside’ – a great intro to their sound.

MP3: Cults – Go Outside

Download their three track digital 7″ at Bandcamp.

MP3: Supergroup Apparatik’s Antlers

Niall — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:01:02 +0000

Made up of members of Coldplay, A-ha and Mew, Apparatjik have quietly released themselves into the music world of late. It sounds like a mix which shouldn’t work so well but the songs and Bauhaus and quantum-theorist-inspired live shows are the mark of musicians checking out of their day job for a while and collaborating on some cool multimedia stuff in the process.

Taken from their independently released album We Are Here, ‘Antlers’ is another fine slice of Scandavian-centric electro-fuelled swirling pop.

MP3: Apparatjik – Antlers

We Are Here is available now from the band’s website.

Stussy’s J Dilla documentary

Niall — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:03 +0000

Three part documentary focusing on J Dilla’s time in LA with B+, Egon, Peanut Butter Wolf, J.Rocc and associates of the legendary producer.

Part One:

Part Two:

Part Three: