And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs
BellX1 – Bloodless Coup
Cashier No.9 – To The Death of Fun
Lisa Hannigan – Passenger
The Japanese Popstars – Controlling Your Alliegance
Jape – Ocean Of Frequency
Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands – Golden Syrup
Pugwash – The Olympus Sound
Tieranniesaur – Tieranniesaur
We Cut Corners – Today I Realised I Could Go Home Backwards
7 of the albums are on Deezer too.
7/10 for me again. Tickets for the live and awards event in the Olympia Theatre on March 8th are €22.50 plus fees on sale this Friday. The winning act gets €10,000 after the 11 judges spend the night locked away in a room to pick a winner. Those judges are:
Brian Adams (Today FM)
John Barker (98FM)
Stuart Clark (Hot Press)
Siobhan Maguire (Sunday Times)
Naomi McArdle (Harmless Noise)
Lauren Murphy (The Irish Times)
Nadine O’Regan (RTE/Phantom FM/Sunday Business Post)
Colm O’Sullivan (Red FM)
Ed Power (Irish Independent/Irish Examiner/Metro Herald)
Rigsy (BBC 1 Northern Ireland)
Penny Rose-Hart (RTE Radio 1)
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, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
