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We're all pretty excited about welcoming a genuine sporting superstar onto the show (for the first time?) this evening - Ireland and Ulster rugby's Andy Trimble. A fan of Northern Irish music (and a drummer who once performed alongside Niall from Panama Kings) Andy should make a superb co-presenter for our Rigsy!

But how to mark his presence, via our weekly Suggestion-aire?! Well here's what we've came up with - songs to get you hyped. What would you recommend as a great tune for Andy to turn up loud before a big game? What do you listen to ahead of a crucial event, sporting or otherwise? What gets you all riled up for that big job interview or school exam? Let us know via or or by texting 81771 during tonight's show. We'll read out as many as we can, play a few and get Andy's opinion on whether the tunes in question would work for him....

Here's team ATL's picks!!

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Rigsy (ATL presenter)Ìý

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An incredible piece of music - intense and confrontational. When I hear it, I genuinely feel a little....aggressive. We all rave about how music lifts our mood and makes us happy, but here's a track which has a slightly less desirable effect on the average listener. The controversial video (check it out at your peril) doesn't help, either. More I think about it, this probably isn't the best thing to listen to before a big meeting - you'll just end up smacking your would-be boss. But if one was a boxer....

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Paul McClean (ATL producer)Ìý

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It starts like a lamb but goes out like a lion. Elbow are the masters of the singalong but not in a boorish, blokey 'lager, lager' fashion. There is usually an element of transcendence in the ordinary. You don't have to be beautiful, cool or special to be in Elbow's gang, you just need some belief, vaguely functioning vocal chords and a little soul. Heck, the good time doesn't even need to last long, just a couple of hours a year will do. Altogether then..

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Amy McGarrigle (ATL content assistant)Ìý

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Back in the day, when I was good and cycled to work everyday, this song was always the first to soundtrack my way to work. A fairly straight (mainly) instrumental song, it starts with a couple of plucked violin notes and a simple guitar riff. Then, as if it's saying '1,2,3, GO!' the drums kick in with a fast disco shuffle type beat. It all dies down again (a wee bit of free wheeling time downhill) before it kicks off again. It builds and breaks and builds and breaks, making it the perfect motivational sound track.