Pop Music
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.
Featuring: Curtisy, Clairo, Chameleon, Billie Eilish, Villagers, Trent Reznor + Atticus Ross, Negro Impacto, Koreless, Papa Romeo, Niamh Regan, SOAK, Kawaii Hoe, Charli XCX, Porij and more.
Featuring Bog Band, Lil Skag, Orla Gartland, Evie, Stella And The Dreaming, Nixer, Brawni, D*mp, Pier, Fräulein.
Featuring Sarah Crean, Charli XCX, Villagers, John Cale, Martyn, Kawaii Hoe, Jena Keating, Koreless, Anna Prior, Sofia D’Angelo.
Featuring: Jamie xx, Caribou, Babyrose, BadBadNotGood, Curtisy, Sloucho, Fontaines D.C., UTO, Jessica Pratt, John Glacier, Kara Jackson, System Olympia and more.
Featuring Kendrick, Nilufer Yanya, Kara Jackson, Pretty Girl, IDER, The Streets, Overmono, Bullion, Charlotte Adigéry, John Glacier, Jessica Pratt, Cruza.
Featuring Balordabreen, Rory Sweeney, Toby Kaar, EMBY, Yard, Keanu The Pilot, Curtisy, Fee Gray, Dream Boy, Stomptown Brass, exmagician, Crutch, Lucy Robinson.
Featuring Jamie xx, Honey Dijon, Fontaines D.C, Debby Friday, Curtisy, Niamh Regan, Yannis & The Yaw, Martina And The Moons, Joe Goddard, Barrie, Kynsy, New Jackson.
Featuring English Teacher, Maggie Rogers, Shiv, Baby Rose, BadBadNotGood, Ambient Babestation Meltdown, Borai, Voids, X-Coast, KiLLOWEN, Brian Ring, UTO.
Featuring Sloucho, Pastiche, Evie, XXX in Stereo, DeCarteret, Zaska, jarjarjr, Chameleon, Zapho, HEADSGONE, Blimp.
Featuring Charli XCX, Khruangbin, NxWorries, Mount Kimbie, King Krule, System Olympia, Working Men’s Club, Mike Lindsay, Anna B Savage, Vegyn, John Glacier, Annie-Claude Deschênes , Porij.
Featuring Niamh Bury, Bobby Basil, Ugolino, Sharkett, Shee, 49th & Main, Lar Kaye, Maria Kelly, Really Good Time, Cable Boy, Good Company.
Featuring: Waxahatchee, New Jackson, Bolis Pupul, Glass Beams, Kim Gordon, TATYANA, Bad With Phones, Sloucho, Declan McKenna, Ezra Williams, Four Tet, Empress Of.
Featuring Fears, New Jackson, Melts, Travis, Elzzz, Sello, Kormac, MayKay, Papa Romeo, Fizzy Orange, Darcy Faith, Donkobz, Brale.
Featuring Sloucho, Rory Sweeney, Ezra Williams, Faxe On Faxe, Blimp, HY:LY, Sean Parnell, Elephant, Anamoe Drive, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Blue Whale, Man Like Strange.
Featuring Overhead The Albatross, Pillow Queens, Chalk, Fears, Shark School, Birthday Problem, Oisin Leech, Fynch, The Henry Girls.