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Best of 2014: Readers’ favourite gigs, videos, clubs, albums & songs

Best of 2014: Readers’ favourite gigs, videos, clubs, albums & songs

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

  1. Arcade Fire @ Marlay Park, Dublin
  2. Future Islands @ Vicar Street, Dublin
  3. Adebisi Shank @ Whelan’s, Dublin
  4. Caribou @ Vicar Street, Dublin
  5. BadBadNotGood @ Dolans, Limerick
  6. Caribou @ Body & Soul, Meath
  7. Chic @ Electric Picnic, Laois
  8. Flight Facilities @ Vicar Street, Dublin
  9. Snarky Puppy @ The Sugar Club, Dublin
  10. St. Vincent @ Electric Picnic, Laois

Readers’ favourite club night / promoter

  1. Somewhere? – The Workmans Club, Dublin
  2. Mother – Copper Alley, Dublin
  3. Hidden Agenda – The Button Factory, Dublin
  4. Strange Brew – Roisin Dubh, Galway
  5. Choice Cuts @ The Sugar Club, Dublin

Readers’ favourite Irish videos of 2014

  1. Squarehead – ‘2025’ (Director:  Domhnall Gleeson)
  2. Hozier – ‘From Eden‘ (Director: Henry & SSong)
  3. Jape – ‘The Heart’s Desire’ (Director: Conor Finnegan)
  4. little xs for eyes – ‘Love Gets Lost’ (Director: Alan Butler)
  5. Talos – ‘Tethered Bones’ (Director: Feel Good Lost)
  6. So Cow – ‘Sugar Factory’ (Director: Rory Walsh)
  7. We Cut Corners – ‘Blue’ (Director: Antoni Sendra Barrachina)
  8. The Riptide Movement – ‘All Works Out’ (Director: Thomas Hefferon and Johnny Han)
  9. Talos – ‘Bloom’ (Director: Feel Good Lost)
  10. Clu – ‘Mirrors’ (Director: Kevin Freeney)
Squarehead - 2025

Readers’ favourite remixes of 2014

  1. Lorde – ‘Tennis Court’ (Flume Remix) 
  2. Caribou – ‘Can’t Do Without You’ (Mano le Tough & Tale of Us Remix) 
  3. Ellie Goulding – ‘How Long Will I Love You’ (Embrz Remix) 
  4. Hozier – ‘From Eden’ (Jack Steadman Remix) 
  5. Kanye West – ‘Bound 2’ (Sigma Remix) 

Readers’ favourite international albums

  1. Alt J – This Is All Yours
  2. Future Islands – Singles
  3. Jungle – Jungle
  4. Caribou – Our Love
  5. St. Vincent – St. Vincent
  6. Ben Howard – I Forgot Where We Were
  7. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2
  8. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
  9. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
  10. Sun Kil Moon – Benji
Ben Howard - Conrad (Official Audio)

Readers’ favourite international songs

  1. Caribou – ‘Can’t Do Without You’
  2. Future Islands – ‘Seasons’
  3. Jungle – ‘Busy Earnin’
  4. Caribou – ‘Our Love’
  5. FKA Twigs – ‘Two Weeks’
  6. Girl Band – ‘Lawman’
  7. Hozier – ‘Take Me To Church’
  8. The War On Drugs – ‘Red Eye’
  9. Alt-J – ‘Every Other Freckle’
  10. St. Vincent – ‘Digital Witness’
The War on Drugs - "Red Eyes" (Official Video)