Pop Music
My 50 favourite Irish albums and mixtapes of the year from Irish artists.
Featuring: Kendrick, Helena Hauff, Father John Misty, NNIC, Skinner, Transa, John Glacier, Brién, Mamalarky, Champion, Four Tet, Skrillex, Credence.
Featuring Saoirse Miller, Negro Impacto, Joshua Burnside, Hazey Haze, 40 Hurtz, Dunny, Deathbed Convert.
Featuring: Mk.Gee, Tyler, Morgana, Soda Blonde, The Horrors, Sharon Van Etten, Róis, LCD Soundystem and more ….
Featuring mokusla, Dumb Posh Hippies, Olive Hatake, Yenkee, Shiv, Problem Patterns, Beauty Sleep, Pippa Molony, Rory Sweeney, Blue Deputy, Sell Everything.
Featuring Chalk,Annika Kilkenny, F3Miii, Olive Hatake, Curtisy, Ten Hail Marys…
Irish singer-songwriter Sarah Crean’s latest continues her melodic indie song streak. ‘Nosebleeds’ is the song…
Featuring: Bon Iver, Róis, MJ Lenderman, Maria Somerville, Adore, Bricknasty, White Denim, Annie-Dog, Silverbacks, Henry Earnest, Floating Points, Nilufer Yanya, cumgirl8….
Featuring: Charli XCX, Two Shell, Sugababes, Yacht, Fontaines D.C., Yaeji, Silverbacks, Caribou, Seefeel, Kelly Lee Owens, JPEGMafia, Effy, Mall Grab…
Featuring Yaeji, Yacht, Julie Dawson, jarjarjr, Kim Deal, Orla Gartland, Declan Mckenna,Jon Hopkins, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ahmed With Love, Curtisy, ATRIP.
Featuring Adrianne Lenker, Weval, George Clanton, TV Girl, System Olympia, jarjarjr, And So I Watch You From Afar, Big Wett, CC:Disco, Thee UFO, Silverbacks, Kelly Lee Owens.
Featuring: Jamie xx, Chanel Beads, Mica Levi, Plus One, Clara La San, Fcukers, Silverbacks, Skinner, A Lazarus Soul, EFÉ, Clairo, Or:la and more.
Featuring Mica Levi, Primal Scream, Caribou, Champion, Clairo, Jamie Unknown, Fcukers, Or:La, They., His Father’s Voice, Salimata, MIKE.
Featuring: Jamie xx, Robyn, Kabin Crew, Mabe Fratti, Burial, Martha Skye Murphy, James Blake, Lil Yachty, King Krule, The PVP, His Father’s Voice, Kneecap, Heartworms, Orla Gartland, Pond, Joey Valance & Brae, Nilüfer Yanya & more
Featuring A Lazarus Soul, Palmbomben II, Mabe Fratti, James Blake, Lil Yachty, Desire, Rosie Lowe, D*mp, Decarteret, 1000 Beasts, Pearl & The Oysters.
Far from being an exhaustive, solidified list of Irish long form releases at the half way point of the year, what follows is simply 20 albums I have enjoyed from Irish artists in 2024 to date – in no particular order.
Featuring Jamie xx, Robyn, King Krule, Burial, Wallace, Pond, Tommy Richman, Susanna, Self Esteem, Moonchild Sannelly, JarJarJr, Julia Jacklin.
Featuring Enola Gay, Seamas Hyland, Pùca, Pippa Molony, Skull The Pierre, dryeyes, Jack Madden, Being Sarah, Daser, Sputnik One, Callum Wall, Fortune Igiebor.
Featuring Charli XCX, Peggy Gou, Frances Forever, Pem, Fozsa, Joey Valence & Brae, Danny Brown, Quantic, Andreya Triana, Jehnova, Caribou, Dora Jar.
Featuring Caleb Kunle, Monjola, His Father’s Voice, Morgana, Sorcha Richardson, Holly Munro, The PVP, Arms That Fit Like Legs, Roisin McKeown, Oh Boland.