A special afternoon slump-fighting Spotify playlist for the Irish Independent’s Insider Magazine and you right now. This appears in today’s newspaper.
Future Islands
Spirit
The Baltimore synth-poppers preach positivity.
Caribou
Can’t Do Without You
My song of the year brings guaranteed good vibes.
Say Lou Lou
Games For Girls
What disco sounds like in 2014.
AlunaGeorge
Supernatural
The bassline is fuel for the creative brain.
Le Galaxie
Humanise
Do it now, discover how, do it now.
The 2 Bears
Work
One of Hot Chip and his mate puts across a compelling case to work your ass off.
Jape
The Heart’s Desire
The brand new single from the Dubliner wants to do well today.
Ryn Weaver
Octahate
A future pop star in waiting gets all those negative feelings out.
Ships
Space Inside
There’s nothing like a good beat to get your feet going, courtesy of Dublin duo Simon Cullen and Sorcha McGrath.
Hubbabubbaklubb
Mopedbart
Super cool Norwegian electronic pop.
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.
