All Aboard the Stankonia Express! As we celebrate a landmark rap record on its 25th birthday this week.
Join Nialler9 and a guest for this month’s Listen Closely album listening party in The Big Romance on Wednesday November 26th.
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.
Outkast – Stankonia (2001)
All Aboard the Stankonia Express! As we celebrate a landmark rap record on its 25th birthday today, the trippy visionary fourth album from Andre 3000 and Big Boi is stuffed to the gills with psychedelia, rock, funk, gospel and R&B shot through with a Dirty South hip-hop lens.
Featuring the crossover hits ‘So Fresh So Clean’, Miss Jackson’ and Bombs Over Baghdad’, Stankonia is considered one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop albums of all time. It’s also one of the funniest with interludes that actually enhance the listening experience. Join us to hear this classic in full with a chat about its brilliance.
One of our favourites, God Knows, joins us on the night to talk about the album.
Become a paid member of the Nialler9 Patreon to get half priced tickets.
Join Nialler9 with a guest for a discussion about this modern classic, and a playback of the album on vinyl through 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.
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 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:
- 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)
- Four Tet – Rounds (2003)
- Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
Date and time
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:00 – 22:00 GMT
Location
The Big Romance98 Parnell Street, D01 T2T3 Dublin 1Hide map
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.
