The Nialler9 Podcast Awards 2023

Our final podcast of the year is the fun rapid-fire Podcast Awards!

In a year where AI, touring became more difficult for musicians, and Spotify squeezed the emerging artists, Niall and Andrea’s annual podcast awards are given out to the best and worst in music, with awards for:

Best live gig
Best live performance
Villain of the year
Thing we’d like to go away
Best opening song lyric
Best bagpipes solo
The Alan Maguire horny for photoshoots award
Best rap guest verse(s) aka The Andre 3000 award
Rap beat of the year
Best new bands
Surprising sample of the year
best pop song
worst song of the year
worst guest verse of the year
biggest letdown of the year
Comeback of the year
Most pointless release of the year
Wonky beat of the year
Best discovery from end of year lists
Best Italo song of the year
Favourite song to DJ this year
Best ambient / chilled release of the year
Best album about a bus Route in Galway
Thing nobody wanted, aka the Harry Award
Music documentary

Plus, our favourite TV shows, podcasts, film, needledrops and books.

Special thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing this podcast episode.

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