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)

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

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’

Niall Byrne

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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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