...with THE NIALLIST

ALBUM OF THE MONTH CLUB #4 “HOT SH!T” with special guest FI BARRETT

In the run up to this year's Sounds From The Other City festival I have asked FI BARRETT to take over Liner Notes for this special edition! My latest monthly release “HOT SH!T” is now on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/1qI3lsPo2unCxGhes4dq5T) and you can catch both me and Fi at this year’s Sounds at Partisan/Islington Mill on Sunday April 30th for Fat Out/Bollox and Off With Their Heads - tickets are available at https://soundsfromtheothercity.com

ALBUM OF THE MONTH CLUB #3 ”The Next Big Thing” Liner Notes

Episode number 3 of the Liner Notes podcast series where I talk about the social and musical influences on each monthly album release for 2023. For "The Next Big Thing" I discuss the influence of Stereolab, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, David Bowie's "Low", The Beatles' "Blue Jay Way", The Beta Band (actually I forgot to mention them but they were a big influence on this release!) and more... 

ISLINGTON MILL And... #10 : LURID ULTRA HYBRID

Can you believe that we've got to ten episodes already?! TEN! 

To mark this occasion I sat down with Nick Spalding who runs both LURID ULTRA HYBRID in Unit 2 of Regent's Estate, as well as the MIRAGE BAR (Mk 2) which can be seen on the ground floor of the main Mill building casting a lovely pink & purple glow into the dark streets outside. I wanted to get the story on both these wonderful and colourful venues, as well as the role played by the infamous Pat Butcher in establishing them. However, now Nick has gone public with this info we fear Pat may be taking a hit out on both himself and me. So tune in to get the full story before it's too late!  

ALBUM OF THE MONTH CLUB #2 ”And Out Of Nowhere--” Liner Notes

Episode #2 where I talk about my first "proper" album release "And Out Of Nowhere--", who I was & where I was at the time (an angry young man living in Glasgow) and the influence of Sonic Youth, Jesus & Mary Chain, Suicide, Peaches, Franz Ferdinand and The Chateau arts space on the making of this album. 

ALBUM OF THE MONTH CLUB #1 ”LO-FI GOLD” Liner Notes

Welcome to my new monthly podcast series ALBUM OF THE MONTH CLUB Liner Notes!

Every month in 2023 I am uploading a different album from my 20+ year back catalogue of music production as THE NIALLIST to Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music and all the major platforms via Distrokid. To accompany these album uploads I am going to record a podcast a month discussing each album in detail covering the music, the production, my influences and whatever the hell was going on in my life at the time...

First up is the album "LO-FI GOLD" which was originally released in 2009 on Little Rock Records, but which was recorded on a 4-track minidisc recorder between 1999 and 2003 (ish). Heavily influenced by Beck (and a number of other artists I discuss in the podcast) you can hear the album on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/album/5KFPl13pjNLsuIO7YnELOh

I'll be back with episode #2 nest month covering my album "AND OUT OF NOWHERE--" 

ISLINGTON MILL And... #9 : GNOD

For this episode of "Islington Mill And..." we are taking a deep dive into the history of the band GNOD, with the band's co-founder, and one time resident of the Mill's Studio 409, Paddy Shine. Also along for the ride is the Mill's founder Bill Campbell, who also lived in Studio 409 before Paddy became resident, and then there's me, The Niallist, who now produces this monthly podcast from the very same studio #409. Keeping it in the family! GNOD have been synonymous with the Mill for over a decade and their experimental, uncategorisable sound almost perfectly represents Islington Mill in audio form. It's was great fun to get this band's history down in audio form and I hope you enjoy it too.  

ISLINGTON MILL And... £8 : The PARTISAN COLLECTIVE

This episode of "ISLINGTON MILL And..." is dedicated to The PARTISAN Collective, who have recently taken over the lease of the club space at Islington Mill and will be programming events in the space throughout 2023. In keeping with the ethos of the collective, which does not seek to speak with a singular voice, this episode is made up of half a dozen different interviews with Partisan staff and board members (the most we've ever featured on this show!) For more info on the collective visit partisan collective.co.uk Happy New Year!  

ISLINGTON MILL And... #7 : UPWORDING Pt 2 w/ Charles Lauder & Rivca Rubin

For this month's Islington Mill podcast, I am joined by guests Charles Lauder and Rivca Rubin to discuss their linguistic practice known as "Upwording" and talk about its practical applications both at Islington Mill and in the wider world. 

ISLINGTON MILL And... #6 FAT OUT FEST 2022 Special

This weekend, the 28th-30th of October, will see a momentous occasion at Islington Mill: for the first time in five years the club/venue space will be open again to host live music and DJs! The amazing FAT OUT FEST returns to the Mill, and to celebrate I have put together a special edition of our monthly podcast with music selected by Fat Out's own Emma Thompson and interviews with Islington Mill's Al Wilson on the rebirth of the space and Off With Their Heads' Riv Burns on what to expect at this year's FAT OUT FEST and the state of grassroots, independent music in general in 2022.  

ISLINGTON MILL And... #5 : Art In Space with RACHEL GOODYEAR

As things begin to change around Islington Mill (again!) I speak to artist and co-director RACHEL GOODYEAR about these changes, the upcoming "Last Friday" series of events designed to involve the local community, as well as the complex relationship between an artist and their studio.