Our final podcast of the year is the fun rapid-fire Podcast Awards!
In a year where AI, touring became more difficult for musicians, and Spotify squeezed the emerging artists, Niall and Andrea’s annual podcast awards are given out to the best and worst in music, with awards for:
- Best live gig
- Best live performance
- Villain of the year
- Thing we’d like to go away
- Best opening song lyric
- Best bagpipes solo
- The Alan Maguire horny for photoshoots award
- Best rap guest verse(s) aka The Andre 3000 award
- Rap beat of the year
- Best new bands
- Surprising sample of the year
- best pop song
- worst song of the year
- worst guest verse of the year
- biggest letdown of the year
- Comeback of the year
- Most pointless release of the year
- Wonky beat of the year
- Best discovery from end of year lists
- Best Italo song of the year
- Favourite song to DJ this year
- Best ambient / chilled release of the year
- Best album about a bus Route in Galway
- Thing nobody wanted, aka the Harry Award
- Music documentary
Plus, our favourite TV shows, podcasts, film, needledrops and books.
Special thanks to Georgia Hallion for editing this podcast episode.
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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, 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.
