Join Nialler9 and Aoife Barry for this month’s Listen Closely album parties in The Big Romance.
Listen Closely is a chance to appreciate a modern classic album on the Big Romance’s warm Toby Hatchett soundsystem with a chat about the record on the night, whether you know it and love it, or if it’s brand new to you. We play the album and provide some background context and chat about it too.
This month’s album:
Tuesday August 26th at The Big Romance.
Wednesday August 27th at The Big Romance. (SOLD OUT)
Jeff Buckley – Grace [1994]
One of the ’90s most revered albums, Grace is an astonishing debut LP from the American singer-songwriter. Sadly, it was to be his only album as he tragically died three years later but the album is considered a classic for its wide-ranging, reaching vocals (Buckley’s voice spanned four octaves), its resonant melding of rock, folk, soul and jazz and songs of intensity, beauty and grandeur including of course, the definitive cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, along with songs like ‘Lover, You Should’ve Come Over’, ‘Mojo Pin’, and ‘Grace’.
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Join Niall with guest Aoife Barry for a discussion about the record, and a playback of the album on vinyl, on The Big Romance’s wonderfully plush and clear Toby Hatchett soundsystem. We will chat about the record’s context, craft, production, lyrics and importance of this modern classic for a live Nialler9 Podcast episode.
Tickets are limited to 45 for this intimate event.
Doors: 7:00pm. Arrive early for seats.
Album playback and chat from 7.45pm.
Listen Closely events are announced monthly.
Previous albums at Listen Closely parties:
- The Prodigy – Music For The Jilted Generation (1994)
- LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (2007)
- Kendrick Lamar – good kid M.a.a.d. city (2012)
- J DIlla – Donuts (2006)
- Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of (1998)
- The Avalanches – Since I Left You (2001)
- Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever ago (2007)
- The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
- Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (2022)
- Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children (1998)
- Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
- Beastie Boys – Ill Communication (1994)
- Fiona Apple – Tidal (1996)
- Portishead – Dummy (1994)
- Laurie Anderson – Big Science (1982)
- Madvillain – Madvillainy (2004)
- Four Tet – Rounds (2003)
- Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
