This month: Wednesday March 25th, 7pm @ The Big Romance.
Rosalía – LUX (2025)
Rosalía’s Lux is the kind of album that demands to be heard properly and intently – a mountain-moving, orchestral operatic masterwork recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, sung in 13 different languages, and inspired from the writings of Simone Weil, Clarice Lispector and the lives of female saints. After the flamenco pop of El Mal Querer and the genre-slicing Motomami, Rosalía made something else entirely – intimate and enormous, ancient and futuristic, deeply human in every sense. The album is so ambituous and creative – it feels right to dedicate some real time to the record in a suitable environment without distractions. Come hear it loud and in full with us.
Tickets on sale Wednesday March 11th at 10am.
Reduced Presale tickets available now from Patreon.
Join Nialler9 and a guest for a discussion about this 2025 album of the year, and a playback of the album on vinyl through The Big Romance’s wonderfully plush and clear Toby Hatchett soundsystem. We also chat about the artist’s discography, the album’s context, craft, production, lyrics and why the album matters for a live Nialler9 Podcast episode.
Nialler9 in conjunction with The Big Romance present the Listen Closely series of listening parties, a night featuring a focus album from an artist we love on the last Wednesday of the month.
Tickets are limited to 45 for this intimate event.
Become a paid member of the Nialler9 Patreon to get half priced tickets.
Doors: 7:00pm. Arrive early for seats.
Album playback and chat from 7.45pm.
Previous albums at Listen Closely parties:
- DJ Shadow – Endtroducing (1996)
- Massive Attack – Mezzanine (1998)
- Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (2004)
- Outkast – Stankonia (2000)
- My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz (2009)
- Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
- 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)
- Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
- Four Tet – Rounds (2003)
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.
