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The Nialler9 Weekly Chart

pantha du prince 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.

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

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Win a pair of camping tickets to Oxegen 2009!

oxoegen That’s right y’all. Thanks to Bacardi who will be bringing the Bacardi B-Live Stage back to Oxegen 2009 on July 10th -12th (next weekend) we are giving away a pair of camping tickets with the added bonus of unlimited access to the Bacardi B-Live VIP arena, for when you need to find a comfy seat and a cocktail on site with DJs like Beardyman, Horse Meat Disco, Dublin Streets, Soundcheck, Filthy Dukes and A Skillz on hand if ya fancy a wee dance.

Oxegen has a completely stonking lineup this year and personally I cannot wait to see Friendly Fires, Foals, Pendulum, Hudson Mohawke, Fever Ray, Mogwai, Jamie Woon, Onra, Goldielocks, Aeroplane, Mumford & Sons, Blur, Little Boots, St. Vincent and on and on. Of course, I’m DJing on Sunday in the Dance Arena at 3.20pm before Fever Ray so look out for that obviously ;)

All you have to do answer the question below in the comments:

What has been the best live act you’ve ever seen at Oxegen and why?

The best answer wins the pair of tickets. You can include Witnness live acts as well if you want. If you’ve never been to Oxegen, tell us the best festival set and you’ve ever seen. Comment lines closed on Tuesday the 7th at noon. Get scribblin’.

You can also win tickets here and here.

The Field – The More that I do (Foals remix)

foals Fresh from the announcement that The Field will be playing Electric Picnic, this arrives. One of last year’s best bands, Foals, get their epic dance groove on with The Field’s ‘The More that I Do’ which as Darragh noted samples Cocteau Twins’ Lorelei’ and is from the Swedish producer’s new album Yesterday and Today.

There are no guitars to be heard here – the Oxford band have added some thump to the groove. Where the original was content in its epicness, this one steers closer to murky Chemical Brothers psychedelic breakdown euphoria. The single is out now on Kompakt. Compare and contrast.

The Field – The More That I Do (Foals Remix)

The Field – The More That I Do

Nialler9’s top 30 albums of 2008

Albums of 2008

Before I announce the result of the Irish vote this week, let’s have a look at the greater picture. It’s another list! Here are my top 30 albums of 2008.

  • 30. Minotaur Shock – Amateur Dramatics
  • 29. Pivot – O Soundtrack My Heart
  • 28. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrsing
  • 27. She and Him – Volume One
  • 26. White Denim – Workout Holiday
  • 25. Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual
  • 24. Jamie Lidell – Jim
  • 23. Fight Like Apes – And the Mystery of the Gold Medallion
  • 22. R.S.A.G - Organic Sampler
  • 21. Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke

  • 20. Clark – Turning Dragon

    Clark

    2008 was the year Chris Clark let rip with some real bone-crunching, distorted glitchy rave-ups. Turning Dragon was like some grimey journey through the seedist club known to man.

    Key track: New Year Storm

  • 19. The Vinny Club – Rocky IV Reckyrd

    The Vinny Club

    Vinny’s solo project away from the furious bass duties for Adebisi Shank was a 26 minute triumph of computer-generated fun. The film of the title informs each 8-bit workout with song titles, samples and theme. It’s the sound of an Atari throwing shapes on a dancefloor.

    Key track: It’s Not You It’s OF

  • 18. The Jimmy Cake – Spectre & Crown

    Jimmy Cake

    The Jimmys’ third and best album, a welcome return after five years of silence. Spectre & Crown ebbs and flows wonderfully through Herculean orchestral passages of melody and cadence, leaving an indelible chronicle of nine musicians contributing to a singular and necessary vision. The production is immaculately precise yet organic, the music epic yet controlled; brimming with piano, accordion, clarinet, trumpet, bass and saxophone.

    Key track: Jetta’s Palace

  • 17. Cadence Weapon – Afterparty Babies

    Cadence Weapon

    Rollie Pemberton’s second album took us on a journey of his hometown Edmonton, on the way he recounted tales of his friends, failed club nights, hairdressers, tattoo artists and underage youth cliques all set to bouncing dancefloor-orientated hip-hop beats.

    Key track: In Search of the Youth Crew

  • 16. Little Joy – Little Joy

    Little Joy

    Fabrizio Moretti, the drummer from the Strokes hooks up with some friends in LA to make an album of sunshine-infused folk-pop and manages to surpass all other Strokes-related material since Is This It?. Little Joy is the perfect name for these little nuggets.
    Key track: No-one’s Better Sake

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Nialler9’s Songs of 2008

Songs of 2008

Go forth to discover and listen to Nialler9’s 50 best tunes of the year..

Foals – Red Socks Pugie remixes

I forget about these quality Foals remixes but the Ambo gig last night and the Various Productions mashup during the week reminded me how good they are. Two really good examples of remixes that use elements of the songs to paint a different vibe the first techno/house, the second electronic/dubstep.

Foals – Red Socks Pugie (Henrik Schwarz remix)

Foals – Red Socks Pugie (Various Productions remix)

Photo by Claire Weir from last night’s gig. Read Alan Reilly’s review and see more photos from Claire.

What your favourite artists are listening to…

I love reading those pieces in magazines where artists are asked what’s on their stereo / iPod etc. I remember Buck 65 recommending John Fahey for example. So with that in mind, here’s a list of recommendations from artists I’ve interviewed lately. Hope you find something of interest. I’m digging Holy Fuck-recommended The Oscillations.

Cadence Weapon

Clipse/ Re-Up Gang – We Got It For Cheap Mixtape Vol. 3
Trim – Soul Food Vol. 2– (Grime rapper from London)

Foals – Edwin

“There’s a guy from Bristol called Peverelist who makes the most amazing rhythmically complex music that has a dancefloor edge but just blows my head off. There’s a new Charlottefield record out and another band called Dananananaykroyd. A weird name, a fucking weird name [Note: it took me a long long time to Google those fuckers]. It’s kind of like Fugazi and Minutemen.”
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nialler9 Podcast #12: February 08

Podcast Feb

Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit vinyl artwork

It took us a while to get around to this one with everything going on but the tunes below are representative of what I’ve been listening to for the last month. Most importantly, they are still getting played. Think of it as a snapshot of February. Thanks to Aoife for presenting.

Podcast #12 – February 08

  1. Snake & Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band – X-Ray [X-Ray Spirit]
  2. Amplive feat. Del The Funkee Homosapien – Videotapez [Rainydayz Remixes]
  3. Cadence Weapon – Gettin’ Dumb [Afterparty Babies]
  4. Neon Neon – I Lust You [Stainless Style]
  5. Foals – Olympic Airwaves [Antidotes]
  6. Waiting Room – Denis [Roughage: Road Relish Compilation]
  7. The Jimmy Cake -Jetta’s Palace [Spectre & Crown ]
  8. Clark – New Year Storm [Turning Dragon]
  9. Freestylers – Ruffneck [An England Story: the Culture of the MC in the UK 1983-2008]
  10. Storkboy Choons – Rockfield Symphony [Supporting Casiotone for the Painfully Alone] in Whelans March 9th]
  11. Vampire Weekend – A-Punk [Vampire Weekend]

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Video: Foals – Cassius

Foals are one of those bands that only make complete sense to me in an album format. That’s because their album Antidotes is greater than the sum of its parts. Check out the Foals Interview on state.ie, what I did.

Here’s the video for the new single “Cassius”, which is about a Roman general and conspirator against Julius Caesar, sort-of.

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