!Kaboogie – purveyors of bass-heavy sounds and the dudes who throw a whopping party. Will be showcasing artists at this weekend’s Sai Festival with sets from the inimitable DJ / Rupture and more. Plus they’re bringing over Warrior Queen in October! Nice one chaps.
Shock also have a new blog including a new podcast featuring The Whitest Boy Alive, Mystery Jets covering Bloc Party, Roisin Murphy and Freddie Mercury. They are also running Ultrashock #001 on Sunday night in the Pod and Crawdaddy with a Mystery Jets DJ Set, a Chicks On Speed DJ set, Prins Thomas (Will he play the Jape remix?) with Candy and Synth Eastwood arting the place up a bit.

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.