The Irish album public poll is back for the third year in a row and what a year it has been for Irish music. Probably the best year in the last ten years for me. The diversity and freshness of some of the music released from these shores has been phenomenal. So to celebrate that and to highlight the best of the best, I am hereby opening the vote.
This year instead of EPs, I’m asking you to also submit your favourite Irish songs of 2008, the results of which will be tallied up and released as a special Christmas podcast.
Here are the simple rules to vote:
- You can pick up to 5 Irish albums and songs released in 2008.
- At least 3 Irish albums and songs are required in your submission for your vote to count to stop people from asking their mates to vote for them.
- 3 ways to vote
- Leave your votes in the comments in public for all to see.
- Use the vote page.
- Send an email to [email protected] with your
choices.
So what’s it gonna be?
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2007: Super Extra Bonus Party
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.
1. RSAG – Organic Sampler
2. The Jimmy Cake – Spectre and Crown (Was this 2008?)
3. Jape – Ritual
4. Fight Like Apes – And the Mystery of the Golden Medallion
5. Ham Sandwich – Carry the Meek (Think this was released in 07 but was in state’s top 50 of 2008 so im presuming it counts?)
1. Jape – Ritual
2. R.S.A.G. – Organic Sampler
3. Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
4. Ham Sandwich – Carry the Meek
Oh and for Songs
If im not to include any from my top 5 albums above…
1. Grand Pocket Orchestra – Odd Socks
2. Halves – May your enemies never find Happiness
3. Vinny Club – Its not you its OF
3. Music for Dead Birds – The Sex
4. One Day International – Sleeping on Trains
1. The Guggenheim Grotto – Happy the Man
2. Fight Like Apes – And the Mystery…
3. RSAG – Organic Sampler
4. Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
5. Colm Mac Con Iomaire – The Hare’s Corner
Albums:
1 Damien Dempsey – The Rocky Road
2 Bell X1 – Flock (re-released in the U.S.)
3 Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
Songs:
1 Bell X1 – “Flame”
2 Damien Dempsey – “The Foggy Dew”
3 Lisa Hannigan – “Lille”
1. Ham Sandwich – Carry the Meek
2. Fight Like Apes – and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion
3. Chequerboard – Penny Black
4. So Cow – I’m Siding With My Captors
5. Bats – Cruel Sea Scientist
1. Ham Sandwich – ‘Click Click Boom’
2. Fight Like Apes – ‘Something Global’
3. So Cow – ‘Commuting’
4. Jape – ‘I Was a Man’
5. The Jimmy Cake – ‘Jetta’s Palace’
Probably forgetting someone..
1. Jape – Ritual
2. Chequerboard – Penny Black
3. R.S.A.G – Organic Sampler
4. Vinny Club – Rocky IV Reckyrd
5. Robotnik – Pleasant Square
1. Hunter Gatherer – ‘Left for Dead’
2. Jape – ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’
3. Katie Kim – ‘Radio’
4. Lisa Hannigan – ‘Lille’
5. Chequerboard – ‘Toy Winds’
Albums:
1. One Day International- Blackbird
2. Jape- Ritual
3 Katie Kim-Twelve
4 RSAG- Organic Sampler
5 Lisa Hannigan- Sea Sew
Songs:
1. Villagers- Meaning of the Ritual
2. Jape-Phil Lynott
3. Katie Kim- Crocodile
4. One Day International- Black is the Bird
5. One Day International- Miss your mouth
Albums.
Fight Like Apes- Mystery of the Golden Medallion
The Vinny Club- Rocky IV Reckyd
So Cow- I’m siding with my captors
Adebisi Shank- This is the album . . .
Songs.
Grand Pocket Orchestra- Odd Socks
Dublin Duck Dispensary- Last bottle in the World
Fight Like Apes- Something Global
Vinny Club- Its not you its OF
Patrick Kelleher- Coat to Wear
1 Fight Like Apes- Mystery of the Golden Medallion
2 Heathers – Here, Not There
3 Jape – Ritual
4 Ham Sandwich – Carry The Meek
5 Carly Sings – The Glove Thief
Albums:
1. Queen Kong and You´re Only Massive – Dot Dash
2. David Holmes – Holy Pictues
3. Spook of the 13th Lock – Spook of the 13th Lock
Songs:
1. Vinny Club – Behave
2. Queen Kong – Lovers Do
3. Party Weirdo – Big Chin
Albums:
1. R.S.A.G. – Organic Sampler
2. Sarsparilla – Karahee
3. Jape – Ritual
Songs:
1. Hunter-Gatherer – Left For Dead
2. Patrick Kelleher – Coat To Wear
3. Chequerboard – Konichiwa
Karahee was last year and was in last year’s results but keep em coming.
Chequerboard – Penny Black
David Holmes – The Holy Pictures
Jape – Ritual
Adebisi Shank – This is…
The Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock – The Spook….
Bats – Cruel Sea Scientist
The Dudley Corporation – Year Of The Husband
Messiah J & The Expert – From The Word Go
Captain a – yellowback
Spook of the Thirteenth Lock*
Dudley corporation – Year of the Husband
Rollers/Sparkers – Hames
Michael Knight – I’m not entirely clear how I ended up like this*
*declaration of interest – mates
Katie Kim – Twelve
Ilya K – Anaesthesia Ad Infinitum
Queen Kong and You’re Only Massive – Dot Dash
Fight Like Apes – And the Mystery of the Golden Medallion
Ham Sandwich – Carry the Meek
Was Cruel Sea Scientist EP not last year A ?
Already entered this on the voting page because I’m an idiot and didn’t read the full post,… but anyway, repeated here for public consumption:
1. Jape- Ritual
2. Story of Hair- Cheap Rate
3. Fight Like Apes- Mystery of the Gold Medallion
4. Adebisi Shank- This is an album…
5. Crayonsmith – White Wonder
(i put my trust in Niall’s vigilance to ensure that this doesn’t count as two votes!)
Cruel Sea Scientist EP was released this time last year.
Rob – sorted
Ro – I appreciate the honesty. As long as you genuinely do like em and are not jsut voting for show then it’s all cool.
Cruel Sea Scientist was released again in February, I think.
1. Adebisi Shank – This Is The Album Of A Band…
2. Messiah J and the Expert – From The Word Go
3. R.S.A.G. – Organic Sampler
4. The Infomatics – Kill Or Create
5. Damien Dempsey – The Rocky Road
Songs:
1. R.S.A.G. – Counting Down
2. MJEX – Amnesia Comes Easily
3. The Mighty Stef – Death Threats
4. The Blizzards – The Reason
5. Republic Of Loose – The Ritual
1. The Japanese Popstars – We Just Are
2. Jape- Ritual
3. The Blizzards – The Reason
4. Fight Like Apes – And the Mystery…
1.JAPE
2.VINNYCLUB
3.RSAG
4.JIMMY CAKE
1. Halfset – Another Way of Being There
2. Queen Kong and You´re Only Massive – Dot Dash
3. Rollers/Sparkers – Hames
Heathers – Here, Not There
RSAG – Organic Sampler
Adebisi Shank – This is the…etc
The Vinny Club – Rocky IV Reckyrd
Halfset – Another Way of Being There
Cool… that Halfset album is stonkingly fine work agreed 🙂
Fav Tracks at the minute are probably:
Lowly Knights – You Can Tell A Man By How He Lifts His Hands
Robert Holmes – Different Dwelling
Damn, will need to have a proper think about this……
albums;
1) RSAG – Organic Sampler
2) Chequerboard – Penny Black
3) One Day International – Blackbird
songs;
1) RSAG – Counting Down
2) The Vinny CLub – Its not You its of
3) Nouveaunoise – Properller (SEBP remix)*
*do remixes count?
Adebisi Shank – This is the album of a band called…
Jape – Ritual
The Vinny Club – Rocky IV
RSAG – Organic Sampler
The Jimmy Cake – Spectre and Crown
Tunes:
Graveyard – Jape
Snakehips – Adebisi Shank
Stick to your Line – RSAG
Jetta’s Palace – The Jimmy Cake
To Where it’s Alright – Nouveaunoise
1. The Jimmy Cake – Spectre and Crown (Was this 2008?)
2. RSAG – Organic Sampler
3. Jape – Ritual
Damien Dempsey – The Rocky Road
Michael Knight – I’m not entirely…………….
Mail Order Messiahs – La Maitresse
Funzo – Arrested Development
tbh they are the only ones i’ve heard in full so i’m not gonna write someone else just to make 3. need to check out the spook, rsag and jape albums
Albums
1. Fight Like Apes- … And The Mystery of the Golden Medallion
2. The Vinny Club- Rocky IV Reckyd
3. Queen Kong/Y.O.M. – Dot Dash
4. Adebisi Shank- This is the album . .
Voting for a 5th and I’d be going off rep rather than having heard the whole album, very undemocratic
(1) Lisa Hannigan “Sea-Sew”
(2) R.S.A.G. “Organic Sampler”
(3) David Holmes “The Holy Pictures”
(4) Katie Kim “Twelve”
(5) Spook of the Thirteenth Lock “Spook of the Thirteenth Lock”
Albums
1: Jape: Ritual
2: Adebisi Shank: This is the album…
3: Fight Like Apes: Golden Medallion
4: Vinny Club: Rocky IV Rekyrd
5: RSAG: Organic Sampler
Albumses:
Jape – Ritual
Adebisi Shank – This Is The Album…
Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
Vinny – Rocky IV Reckyrd
Heathers – Here, Not There
Tuneses:
Halves – Medals
Jape – Strike Me Down
Adebisi – You Me
The Vinny Club – Behave
Lisa Hannigan – Ocean & A Rock
ALBUMS:
The Jimmy Cake – ‘Spectre and Crown’
Sunken Foal – ‘Fallen Arches’
Sarsparilla – ‘Day Rider’
The Vinny Club – ‘Rocky IV Reckyrd’
Rollers/Sparkers – ‘Hames’
SONGS:
Rarely Seen Above Ground – ‘Stick To Your Line’
Hunter-Gatherer – ‘Left For Dead’
Cap Pas Cap – ‘We Are Men’
Katie Kim – ‘Radio’
Adebisi Shank – ‘You Me’
Niall – just to clarify – I’m voting based on albums I like most rather than just because they’re mates – other mates released albums that didn’t make my top 5 – if they ask me why I didn’t vote for them I’ll just say you made a mistake and posted my votes under someone else’s name – is that ok by you?
Albums:
1. The Jimmy Cake
2. David Holmes
3. Chequerboard
Songs:
1. Katie Kim – Radio
2. David Holmes: IMC Theme
3. The Jimmy Cake – Haunted Candle
4. Chequerboard – Penny Black
Sure Ro, don’t want you to fall out with your mates in any capacity. 😉
Long ones:
1) Jape – Ritual
2) David Holmes – The Holy Pictures
3) R.S.A.G. – Organic Sampler
4) Fight Like Apes – And They Mystery of The God I’m Not Bothered
5) The Jimmy Cake – Spectre & Crown
Short ones:
1) Jape – Phil Lynott
2) Grand Pocket Orchestra – Odd Socks
3) Lisa Hannigan – Lille
4) You’re Only Massive – Booty
5) The Vinny Club – It’s not you it’s OF
I’m including alot of the other albums mentioned above on a list for Santy…
Shitsticks! I forgot The Jimmy Cake! Spectre & Crown would be in my top 3, let alone my top 5.
albums:
1: RSAG – Organic Sampler
2: The Dudley Corporation – Year of the Husband
3: Autamata – Colours of Sound
4: David Holmes – Holy Ghost Pictures
5: Jape – ritual
songs:
1: Jape – Floating
2: Autamata – cloud seekers
3: David Holmes – Theme / IMC
4: RSAG – counting down
i’ve no idea about a fifth song
Phil/Iff
The Gorgeous Colours – s/t
Michael Knight – I’m Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This
The Dudley Corporation – Year of the Husband
songs:
The Gorgeous Colours – Locksmith
Michael Knight – And the Party Way My Suggestion
The Dudley Corporation – Fool
Villagers – Meaning of the Ritual
Ugh, I’m pretty sure I’m forgetting something. Oh well.
Albums
1. Jape – Ritual
2. Chequerboard – Penny Black
3. David Holmes “The Holy Pictures”
Songs
1. Róisín Murphy – You Know me better
2. Jape – ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’
3. David Holmes – I heard Wonders
1. Jape – Ritual
2. Robotnik – Pleasant Square
3. The Jimmy Cake – Spectre and Crown
4. Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
5. RSAG – Organic Sampler
REKKIDS
1.Mark Geary : Opium
2.Damien Dempsey : The Rocky Road
3: Colm MacConiomaire: The Hares Corner (Lovely Record)
4:The Isohels: Kooramock
5:Jape: Ritual
TUNES
1:Death Threaths: The Mighty Stef
2:Star Of David : A Lazarus Soul ( From Lia E.p )
3: Phil Lynott : Jape
4: Sleep Shake : Hot Sprockets
5: Not On Your Life : Mark Geary
6:Home: Villagers
Can i vote for myself, niall?
Diplah – No.
rats. not going to vote for MDR either. he knows why. cos his record was last year. yeah. serves him right.
Shit! I can’t believe nobody’s voted for David Turpin’s album. Even I forgot, and it’s defo meant to be in my top 5!
1) Jape – Ritual
2) Ham Sandwich – Carry The Meek
3) Messiah J & The Expert – From The Word Go
4) RSAG – Organic Sampler
5) Cheqerboard – Penny Black
1) Messiah J & The Expert – Turn The Magic On
2) New Amusement – Gone To Sea
3) Jape – Strike Me Down
4) GPO – Ballet Shoes
5)Oppenheimer – Look Up
jape – ritual
RSAG – organic sampler
The Vinny Club – Rocky IV Reckyrd
David Holmes – The Holy Pictures
Adebisi Shank- This is an album…
For obvious reasons, I won’t mention Halfset, as much as I love it!
So here goes:
1. Chequerboard – Penny Black
2. The Jimmy Cake – Sceptre & Crown
3. Jape – Ritual
4. Colm Mac an Iomaire – The Hare’s Corner
5. Toss up between David Holmes, RSAG and Katie Kim
1 Ham sandwich – Carry the Meek
2 Jape – Ritual
3 David Holmes – The Holy pictures
4 Republic of Loose album
5 Story of Hair album
1 Lisa Hannigan – Lille
2 Ham sandwich – Keepsake
3 Republic of loose – The Steady Song
1. Halfset
2. Barry Lynn
3. Sunken Foal
4. Hulk
5. RSAG or Chequerboard
Some wonderful pop choons from the likes of Ian Whitty & Autamata especially: “Watching The World Go By”, “Cloud Seekers”, “Houndstoorth Shirt” etc. Far too much down south to name individually this year.
This post also got me thinking about the albums from Belfast which I enjoyed the most. So here goes:
Fav NI track: Lowly Knights – “You Can Tell A Man”
Fav NI EP: Filaria – “Bruce Lee Perry”
Fav NI albums: undecided – either Barry Lynn, Three Tales, Burning Codes, RL/VL or David Holmes (probably in that order)..
Three Tales is ace, especially Garron Point, the final track. Some free downloads available from:
http://furioustradesmen.com/
Would also recommend “Lullaby” & “Electronic Experiment Gone Wrong” by Heliopause (Belfast). Also smashing.
Looks like it’s between Jape, RSAG and Adabisi Shank.
ALABUMS
1. R.S.A.G – Organic Sampler
2. Jape – Ritual
3. Vinny Club – Rocky IV Reckyrd
4. Adebisi Shank – This is the album….
5. Jimmy Cake – Spectre & Crown
TUNEZ:
1. RSAG – Stick to your line
2. Lisa Hannigan – Keep It All
3. Jape – At the heart of all of this strangeness
4. Halves – Medals
5. Spook of the 13th Lock – In Country Dark
Trihornophone – Breathing Time
Hulk – Rise Of A Mystery Tide
Cian Nugent – Childhood, Christian Lies & Slaughter
The Jimmy Cake – Spectre & Crown
1. R.S.A.G. – Organic Sampler (best album in the world this year)
2. David Holmes – The Holy Pictures
3. Damien Dempsey – The Rocky Road
@ A – Reckon Jimmy Cake should be up there aswell
Sunken Foal- Fallen Arches
Halfset- Another Way Of Being There
David Holmes- The Holy Pictures
RSAG- Organic Sampler
Jape- Ritual
The Lost Brothers – Trails Of The Lonely (Parts I&III)
Jape – Ritual
MJEX – From the word go
David Holmes – The Holy Pictures
Luka Bloom – Eleven Songs
Tunes
Not Squares – Yeah!
Vinny Club- Its not you its OF
RSAG – Stick to your Line
albums
1 David Turpin – The Sweet Used-To-Be
2 Chequerboard – Penny Black
3 RSAG – Organic Sampler
4 Autamata – Colours Of Sound
5 Halfset – Another Way Of Being There
songs
1 RSAG – Stick To Your Line
2 Hunter-Gatherer – Left For Dead
3 Chequerboard – The Winter Arcade
4 Halfset – Desire Lines
5 Patrick Kelleher – Coat To Wear
ALBUMS
RSAG – Organic Sampler
The Vinny Club – Rocky IV Reckyrd
Jape – Ritual
I’ve only heard these 3… That good enough!
TUNES
1 RSAG – Moving Image
2 Jape – Graveyard
3 The Vinny Club – Duke (throw the damn towel)
4 RSAG – It Over
5 Jape – I was a Man
Adebisi Shank – This is the album …
Grand Pocket Orchestra – Ballet Shoes
The Vinny Club – Rocky IV rekord
R.S.A.G. – Organic Sampler
Ilya K – Anaesthesia Ad Infinitum
Katie Kim – Twelve
Infomatics – Kill Or Create
Jape – Ritual
Ilya K – Weird Shapes
R.S.A.G. – Stick To Your Line
Ilya K – Empire Is A Cave
Katie Kim – Radio
Grand Pocket Orchestra – Odd Socks
Albums
1. RSAG – Organic Sampler
2. Jape – Ritual
3. Fight Like Apes – Gold Medallion
4. Halfset – Another Way of Being There
5. Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
Tunes
Jape – Phil Lynott
RSAG – Moon Movin’ the Oceans
Jape – I Was a Man
Fight Like Apes – Battlestations
Grand Pocket Orchestra – Odd Socks
1. Doug Sheridan – Songs from just outside the house
2. Kill City Defectors – Mutiny Sounds
3. Fight Like Apes – They Mystery of The God……
4. Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
5. Fred – Go GOD GO
My top albums of the year:
1 Heathers
2 Sunken Foal
3 Rarely seen Above ground
4 Hulk
5 Spook of the13th lock
Top songs:
1 Heathers – Remember when
2 Grand Pocket orchestra – Odd socks
3 Hunter-Gatherer – Left for dead
4 Patrick kelleher -Coat to wear
5 Villagers – Meaning of ritual
Top 3 Albums
1. Pony Club – Post Romantic
2. One Day International – Blackbird
3. The Gorgeous Colours – Self-titled
Top 3 Tunes
1. The Guggenheim Grotto – Her Beautiful Ideas
2. Fred – Keep Me Clear
3. Jape – Phil Lynott
Poll is closed. \Will be announced this week Xmas present buying permitting..
Results are up!
Gather round dear children…
Irish albums of the Year poll results
http://www.nialler9.com/blog/2008/12/23/results-irish-albums-of-2008-poll/
Top 30 albums of 2008
http://www.nialler9.com/blog/2008/12/22/nialler9s-top-30-albums-of-2008/
Top 50 songs of 2008
http://www.nialler9.com/blog/2008/12/16/nialler9s-songs-of-2008/