Pitchfork, Music Journalism, Choice Prize & Eurovision Boycott

Summary: <h3>The Nialler9 Podcast returns for another season and new year.</h3><p><br></p><p>After taking January off, Niall and Andrea are back discussing what has been happening in music since we closed off the year with the Best of 2023 episodes including</p><p><br></p><ul> <li>Pitchfork's downsizing, the state of music journalism and the Enshittification of online music discovery and discourse, and online life in general?</li> <li><a href="https://nialler9.com/choice-music-prize-announces-live-acts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Choice Music Prize Irish albums of the year nominees</a></li> <li>The Eurovision Song Contest and <a href="https://nialler9.com/irish-eurovision-entrants-say-israel-should-not-be-allowed-compete-in-song-competition/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the growing call for the Boycott of Israel</a>. Will Ireland make a stand alongside Sweden, Finland, Iceland and more?</li> <li>What we've been consuming - music, TV, film since our break.</li> <li><br></li> </ul><p><em>Big special extra thanks to </em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgiahallion/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Georgia Hallion</em></a><em> for editing the podcast.</em></p><br><p>* <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Nialler9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Support Nialler9 on Patreon, get event discounts, playlists, ad-free episodes and join our Discord community</strong></a></p><br><p><em>Listen to the episode below or subscribe in your favourite podcast app:</em></p><p>Listen on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/nialler9-music-blog-podcast/id220030762?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple</a> | <a href="http://subscribeonandroid.com/www.nialler9.com/feed/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Android</a> | <a href="https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/628e64b34a4aec0013fb8f98" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ACAST</a> | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/nialler9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a> | <a href="https://pca.st/BWui" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pocketcasts</a> | <a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/id1516041?country=us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CastBox</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nialler9?refid=stpr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2qCyvvnd4KCyJtJNtz8ErU?si=bP_-KxlfQ7C5xVtm5evP4A" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://nialler9.com/feed/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RSS Feed</a></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>