Join Nialler9 for this month’s Listen Closely album parties in the Big Romance.
Wednesday June 25th and Thursday 26th at The Big Romance
This month’s album:
LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (2007)
The second album from record nerd James Murphy and company, cemented the band’s status as a defining band of an alternative generation, elevating and building on the wry wink-wink-reference debut album with a second record that felt less like Murphy play pretending his heroes but joining them with a record filled with vastly superior alternative dance and rock music that takes its influences and turns them into something greater, and more singularly LCD Soundystem with songs of the age – ‘Someone Great’, ‘Get Innocuous’, ‘All My Friends’, ‘Us vs Them’ and more.
Wednesday is sold out. Thursday on sale now.
Join Niall for a playback of the album on vinyl (Andrea is taking a break for the summer), on The Big Romance’s wonderfully plush and clear Toby Hatchett soundsystem along with a chat about the record’s context, craft, production, raps and importance of this seminal modern classic.
The host of the Nialler9 Podcast 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.
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.
Tickets are limited to 40 for this intimate event.
Doors: 7:00pm. Arrive early for seats.
Album playback and chat from 8pm
Listen Closely events are announced monthly.
Previous albums at Listen Closely parties:
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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
