A great time was had over the weekend in Punchestown despite the rain and mud. In brief my highlights were Pendulum, Cashier No.9, Broken Records, St. Vincent, Friendly Fires, Foals, Florence and the Machine, Nine Inch Nails and my DJ set before Fever Ray of course (Thanks to those who made it down!). You can get the longform reviews from myself and the rest of the State team here. For those who asked, here is what I played on Sunday:
- Major Lazer – Pon di Floor
- Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge
- Bat for Lashes – Daniel (Duke Dumont remix)
- La Roux – In For the Kill (Skream Let’s get Ravey remix / Last Japan edit)
- The Temper Trap – Science of Fear (Herve remix)
- Ghislain Poirier – Blazin (Modeselektor remix)
- Skream and Benga – Trapped in a Dark Bubble
- Benga & Coki – Night (Rubidan Heatwave It’s On Tonight Vocal Mix)
- Modeselektor – Black Block (Rustie remix)
- Various Production – Tricycle
- Fever Ray – Triangle Walks (Tiga’s 1-2-3-4 remix)
- Flying Lotus – Tea Leaf Dancer (Low Limit remix)
- Major Lazer – Hold the Line
- Florence and the Machine – Rabbit Heart (P.E.S.T remix)
- Clark – Growl’s Garden
- Four Tet / Burial – Moth
- Animal Collective x Frankie Knuckles – Your Love My Girls
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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 cohost 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, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.