From one of my albums of the year so far, Alt-J’s video for ‘Tessellate’ is based on Raphael’s fresco ‘The School of Athens’, but set in a modern gangster world. Directed by Alex Southam.

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.