Best of 2014 : Albums | Songs | Readers Irish Albums | Readers Irish songs | Remixes | Videos
Artwork by Stephen Maurice Graham.
Here are the final Readers Poll results for this year. Thanks for all your votes.
Readers’ favourite Irish gigs
- Arcade Fire @ Marlay Park, Dublin
- Future Islands @ Vicar Street, Dublin
- Adebisi Shank @ Whelan’s, Dublin
- Caribou @ Vicar Street, Dublin
- BadBadNotGood @ Dolans, Limerick
- Caribou @ Body & Soul, Meath
- Chic @ Electric Picnic, Laois
- Flight Facilities @ Vicar Street, Dublin
- Snarky Puppy @ The Sugar Club, Dublin
- St. Vincent @ Electric Picnic, Laois
Readers’ favourite club night / promoter
- Somewhere? – The Workmans Club, Dublin
- Mother – Copper Alley, Dublin
- Hidden Agenda – The Button Factory, Dublin
- Strange Brew – Roisin Dubh, Galway
- Choice Cuts @ The Sugar Club, Dublin
Readers’ favourite Irish videos of 2014
- Squarehead – ‘2025’ (Director: Domhnall Gleeson)
- Hozier – ‘From Eden‘ (Director: Henry & SSong)
- Jape – ‘The Heart’s Desire’ (Director: Conor Finnegan)
- little xs for eyes – ‘Love Gets Lost’ (Director: Alan Butler)
- Talos – ‘Tethered Bones’ (Director: Feel Good Lost)
- So Cow – ‘Sugar Factory’ (Director: Rory Walsh)
- We Cut Corners – ‘Blue’ (Director: Antoni Sendra Barrachina)
- The Riptide Movement – ‘All Works Out’ (Director: Thomas Hefferon and Johnny Han)
- Talos – ‘Bloom’ (Director: Feel Good Lost)
- Clu – ‘Mirrors’ (Director: Kevin Freeney)

Readers’ favourite remixes of 2014
- Lorde – ‘Tennis Court’ (Flume Remix)
- Caribou – ‘Can’t Do Without You’ (Mano le Tough & Tale of Us Remix)
- Ellie Goulding – ‘How Long Will I Love You’ (Embrz Remix)
- Hozier – ‘From Eden’ (Jack Steadman Remix)
- Kanye West – ‘Bound 2’ (Sigma Remix)
Readers’ favourite international albums
- Alt J – This Is All Yours
- Future Islands – Singles
- Jungle – Jungle
- Caribou – Our Love
- St. Vincent – St. Vincent
- Ben Howard – I Forgot Where We Were
- Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2
- The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
- Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
- Sun Kil Moon – Benji

Readers’ favourite international songs
- Caribou – ‘Can’t Do Without You’
- Future Islands – ‘Seasons’
- Jungle – ‘Busy Earnin’
- Caribou – ‘Our Love’
- FKA Twigs – ‘Two Weeks’
- Girl Band – ‘Lawman’
- Hozier – ‘Take Me To Church’
- The War On Drugs – ‘Red Eye’
- Alt-J – ‘Every Other Freckle’
- St. Vincent – ‘Digital Witness’
