On Episode 251, Niall gets the chance to talk about one of his favourite all-time records from his favourite band.
“Don’t try this at home on your dad’s stereo — only under strict hip-hop supervision..”
Join Niall and Andrea to hear why Beastie Boys’ fourth album from 1994 Ill Communication is one of the best around – with chat about how the band recorded and made it, where the put the Beasties in the context of their discography and their career, the artwork, B-sides, Adam Yauch’s spiritual enlightenment, political activism through the Milarepa Fund and Tibetan Freedom Concert and how the band addressed their previous Licensed To Ill misogyny.
Ill Communication is defined by a melting pot of hip-hop, punk, jazz-fusion, flute samples, funk, rare groove records and Tibetan monk chanting.
Plus, the brilliance of ‘Sabotage’, the Letterman performance and the best music video of all-time? And Niall reveals that his first ever website was a Beastie Boys one in 1999 that he made with his friend Ciaran.
Show notes
- Spotify Playlist – Songs played on the Podcast
- Sabotage on Letterman
- Nialler’s first website – A Beastie Boys site – Alright Hear This on the Way Back Machine.
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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 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.
