September, 2024
David O'Byrne: International Desk
David O'Byrne is a former fanzine writer and indie band manager, turned full time freelance journalist, travel writer and occasional fiction author based in Istanbul.
His journalism has been published in or by newspapers, magazines, agencies and web sites all over the English speaking world. He has reported live for a host of English language broadcasters including BBC, RTE, CBC and France 24, and wrote and researched a large part of the Time Out guide to Istanbul.
On the rare occasions he isn't working he listens to a diverse range of inspiring music by the likes of Hermeto Pascoal, Fela Kuti, Newen Afrobeat, Blurt and John Coltrane and the mighty Fall and watches movies by directors such as Juzo Itami, Satyajit Ray and Jafer Panahi.
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Steve Diggle talks to LamontPaul and Alan Rider about what made the Buzzcocks so unique - Sunday Night Sleuths
Martin Devenney ends the weekend with Murder and Chill? - Rikki Stein's Global Island Discs
Rikki Stein's playlist to accompany his memoir, Moving Music - Outsideleft Week in Music... Green Shots
We're hearing from... God Speed You Black Emperor, Robyn Hitchcock, Dot Dash, the The, Chance The Rapper, Hinds, The Okmoniks, Joe Geni, Amadou & Miriam, J C Miller, Safe Mind, Phoebe Rings, Gazelle Twin, White Denim, PYPY, MJ Lenderman, Carnage Asada, Haujobb, Hello Mary and The Stooges - Whatever Happened to Matt Johnson?
Tim London suggests we speculate while parsing through Ensoulment, the The's first LP in an age - It's Fire Engines Week in Outsideleft!
It's Fire Engines Week All Week - Exploring The Book of Forgotten Witches
Our newest writer, esoteric correspondent Kleo Kay, meets the beings and spirits that inhabit magical realms close to our own - Hello Mary – Teetering on the edge of brilliance
Alan Rider blasts the wax out of his ears with Hello Mary’s latest album ‘Emita Ox’ - Past Lives
David O'Byrne on Robyn Hitchcock's '1967 - Vacations in the Past' LP, a companion to his memoir published in June - Zinédine Zidane joins Wolves
Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno's 'Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait' at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery until October 20th
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