Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream, the album that nearly broke the band
A live podcast recording from The Big Romance about the Smashing Pumpkins' second album, the 1993 record that was made in hard mode. Nialler...
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Revisiting The Chemical Brothers psychedelic dance classic Dig Your Own Hole with Mango (live Podcast)
A podcast live recording from The Big Romance about the Chemical Brothers second album, - a 1997 dance record classic with guest Mango. When...
Phoebe Bridgers, Pulp and 300 Dilla beats: the best music of the month with Vanessa Roulston Mooney
This month's guest returns after her January visit — it's music writer Vanessa Roulston Mooney, fresh from Jack White, Primavera and Féile n...
The many musical sides of Dolly Parton
It’s a deep dive episode into an absolute legend of music this week - the one, the only Dolly Parton.
The best music of the month & All Together Now with Mags The Frog Report
Mags Mullaney is the Instagram and Tik Tok music influencer known as Totally Frogaret or now called The Frog Report. Mags joins us this week...
Revisiting Fleet Foxes' sparkling landmark folk debut album with Aoife Barry
A live recording from The Big Romance about a 2008 Sub Pop-released classic album of the 2000s. Listen on Apple | Android | Patreon | Pocket...
Why are gig tickets getting more expensive? Toutless on fees, fraud and Ticketmaster (
Fees, touts and a monopoly: the state of Irish gig ticketing in 2026.
For Those I Love on building his own worlds for All Together Now
Today’s podcast guest For Those I Love has just been announced for The Circle by Jameson Music stage at this weekend’s All Together Now Fest...
SOAK on finding joy, collaborating with friends and Fred Again..
On this week’s episode my guest is SOAK. Bridie Monds-Watson has been making music since they were a teenager in Derry, releasing their Merc...
The religious and romantic rapture of Rosalía's Lux
A live recording of a discussion about one of the best albums of 2025 from Rosalía. Rosalía’s Lux is the kind of album that demands to be he...
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children - A deep dive
This is a repost ahead of the release of the new Boards Of Canada album Inferno this friady. The Scottish duo's 1998 debut album is the subj...
Deb Grant on the best music of March
This month's best of the month podcast guest is Manchester-based Irish BBC 6 Music presenter Deb Grant . Deb started out with Jazz FM in Dub...
How Massive Attack's classic album Mezzanine nearly broke the band
The 1998 album marked a turn for the trip-hop visionary band's to the dark side. Niall is joined by Craig Fitzpatrick discuss the record in...
Bloc Party's Silent Alarm: Revisiting a spiky 2005 indie classic (Live Podcast)
The debut album from Bloc Party remains a seminal record of a key time in UK guitar music. Niall is joined by author and writer Dean Van Ngu...
The best music of February with Mia Tobin Power
This month's best of guest is Cork pop culture writer Mia Tobin Power who joins Niall for episode #309. In the recommendations corner this m...
Izakaya, The Hoxton and Dublin's cultural spaces with Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
It's been a whirlwind of a week for Dublin nightlife enjoyers. Last Friday, it was reported that newly refurbished Dublin hotel The Hoxton (...
The best music of January with Vanessa Roulston Mooney
The Best of the Month episode is Patreon-only . This is a preview on the public feed. This month's best of the month guest is music writer V...
Denise Chaila on new routes and journeys
A catchup with the Limerick rapper, poet, thinker, writer and actor Denise Chaila. Denise Chaila has been working on her own artist developm...
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless (Live Podcast)
For our latest Live Listen Closely album listening party chat podcast, we are chiming in with My Bloody Valentine fever as the band prepare...
Lily Allen, Florence and the best albums of the month with Louise Bruton
The Best of the Month episode is normally Patreon-only . We are making this one fully public. This month's best of the month guest is Nialle...