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IRISH09 It’s been another great year for Irish music in my estimation. Releases from ASIWYFA, David Kitt, BATS, Julie Feeney, Prince Kong, Valerie Francis, SEBP, Twinkranes, Patrick Kelleher, The Holy Roman Army, Channel One, Mail Order Messiahs, Hunter-Gatherer, Legion Of Two and Adrian Crowley have all been keeping my stereo warm. What about you though?

For the 4th year in a row, the Nialler9 Irish album poll is back. As with last year I’m also asking for your favourite songs. Get some inspiration. There will be prizes this year, chosen at random for people who enter their choices which include a) Two packs of Irish albums released this year thanks to Lakota, b) a signed Marina and the Diamonds Mowgli’s Road 7″ and c) An Osaka records swag pack.

Here’s how the poll works:


  1. You can pick up to 10 Irish albums and songs released in 2009.
  2. At least three Irish albums and songs are required in your vote to count to stop people from asking their mates to vote for them.
  3. Poll closes on Wednesday 16th of December at noon.
  4. 3 ways to vote
    1. Leave your votes in the comments in public for all to see.
    2. Use the Google form here.
    3. Send an email to [email protected] with your choices.

So what’s it gonna be?

2006: Album: Si Schroeder – Coping Mechanisms
2007: Album: Super Extra Bonus Party – Super Extra Bonus Party LP
2008: Album: Jape – Ritual / Songs
2009: ????



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      1. the songs then also 😉

        patrick kelleher – coat to wear

        david turpin – pudding head (hidden track on haunted album)

        adrian crowley – wishing seat

  1. 1. Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer
    2. Adrian Crowley – Season Of The Sparks
    3. David Turpin – Haunted!
    4. David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    5. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold

    1. Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery Friend
    2. David Kitt – Alone Like That
    3. Patrick Kelleher – Coat To Wear
    4. David Turpin – The Bone Dance
    5. Laura Sheeran – It’s Been A Long Day

  2. albums:
    1)director: ill wait for sound
    2)delorentos: you can make sound
    3)bell x1-blue lights on the runway
    4)codes-trees dream in algebra
    5)lisa hannigan-sea sew

    Songs:
    1)delorentos-secret
    2)director-moment to moment
    3)heritage centre-throw stones;its easy
    4)disconnect 4-modern love
    5)emperor-PO
    6)yes cadets-charm offensive

    😀

  3. Albums

    1) And So I Watch You From Afar – Self Titled
    2) Super Extra Bonus Party – Night Horses
    3) David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    4) Legion of Two – Riffs
    5) Twinkranes – Spektrum Theatre Snakes

    Songs (not that many greats off the top of my head)

    1) SEBP + Heathers – Comets
    2) ASIWYFA – Set Guitars to Kill
    3) Julie Feeney – Impossibly Beautiful
    4) SEBP – A Midsummer Night Cricket’s Disco
    5) David Kitt – Move it On

    Havn’t heard Hunter Gatherer at all, I must track them down…

  4. Albums:

    Channel One – Sound To Light
    ASIWYFA – Self Titled
    David Kitt – Nightsaver

    Songs:

    Channel One – Roads
    ASIWYFA – Set Guitars to Kill
    David Kitt – Learning how to say Goodbye

  5. I’m just gonna try to even the balance here 🙂

    Altar Of Plagues – White Tomb
    Whirling Hall Of Knives – Electric Lava
    Boxcutter – Glyphic
    Naphta – Democracy Now

    No songs.

  6. albums;
    ASIWYFA –
    Channel One – Sound to Light
    Boxcutter – Arecibo Message

    Songs;
    ASIWYFA – Set Guitars to Kill
    Bats – Shadow Fucking
    Channel One – Soubresaut

  7. ALBUMS

    202s – 202s

    patrick kelleher – you look cold

    david turpin – haunted

    SONGS

    patrick kelleher – wonder

    202s – ease my mind

    david turpin – bone dance

  8. Albums
    Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks
    202s – 202s
    Subplots – Nightcycles

    Songs
    202s – Ease My Mind
    Ambience Affair – Vacant Hearts
    Villagers – Meaning of the Ritual

  9. Albums

    1. David Kitt – Nightsaver
    2. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    3. Valerie Francis – Slow Dynamo

    Singles (songs)

    1. David Kitt – Move It On
    2. Valerie Francis – Punch
    3. SEBP Featuring Heathers – Comet

  10. Albums

    (1) Dark Room Notes “We Love You Dark Matter”
    (2) Hunter-Gatherer “I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail of A Murderer”
    (3) Adrian Crowley “Season of the Sparks”
    (4) Jimmy Behan “The Echo Garden”
    (5) Twinkranes “Twinkranes”
    (6) Legion Of Two “Riffs”
    (7) Valerie Francis “Slow Dynamo”
    (8) Laura Izibor “Let The Truth Be Told”
    (9) Pearse McGloughlin “Busy Whisper”
    (10) And So I Watch You From Afar “And So I Watch You From Afar”

    Songs

    (1) Not Squares “Asylum”
    (2) Two Door Cinema Club “Something Good Can Work”
    (3) Sleep Thieves “City Lights”
    (4) Villagers “Meaning of the Ritual”
    (5) Tidal District “Don’t Turn Your Back On The Bear”
    (6) Mike Slott “Knock Knock”
    (7) O Emperor “Po”
    (8) Cities “Satellites”
    (9) Julie Feeney – Impossibly Beautiful
    (10) We Cut Corners “Toll Free”

  11. Albums

    1.Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    2. Director – I’ll Wait For Sound
    3. Adrian Crowley – Season Of The Sparks

    Singles (songs)

    1.Patrick Kelleher – Coat To Wear
    2. Valerie Francis – Punch
    3. Yes Cadets – Charm Offensive

  12. No David Geraghty love so far? Tut tut tut.

    Off the top of my head:

    Albums
    1. David Geraghty – The Victory Dance
    2. The Holy Roman Army – How The Light Gets In
    3. 202s – 202s
    4. CODES – Trees Dream in Algebra
    5. Duckworth Lewis Method – DLM
    6. Herm – Monsters
    7. Pearse McLoughlin – Busy Whisper
    8. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    9. David Turpin – Haunted
    10. ASIWYFA – ASIWYFA

    Songs
    1. The Holy Roman Army – Stagger Gently Home
    2. David Geraghty – Tuesday’s Feet
    3. 202s – Ease My Mind
    4. Duckworth Lewis Method – Jiggery Pokery
    5. The Holy Roman Army – Elegy
    6. CODES – This is Goodbye
    7. David Geraghty – Watch Her Win
    8. Super Extra Bonus Party – Comets
    9. The Chapters – Videotapes
    10. I am Not Lefthanded – Everybody Sleeps

    Why I did that for here before doing it for myself is beyond me. 😀 I’ll post up a link to vote in a little while Niall.

  13. Albums:
    Channel One – Sound to Light
    Bats – Red in Tooth and Claw
    ASIWYFA – Self Titled
    David Kitt – The Night Saver
    Legion of Two – Riffs

    Songs:
    David Kitt – Learning to Say Goodbye
    Adebisi Shank – Oyasumi
    Villagers – Home
    Bats – Gamma Ray Burst:Second Date (hope I got the title right!)
    ASIWYFA – Set Guitars to Kill
    Band on an Island – Back Disco

  14. Albums:

    Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks
    Valerie Francis – Slow Dynamo
    St. Catherine’s Home for Lazy Infants- Old Ghosts
    David Turpin – Haunted
    Jimmy Behan – The Echo Garden
    Julie Feeney – pages
    ASIWYFA – ASIWYFA
    Duckworth Lewis Method – DWM
    Hunter Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail of A Murderer
    Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold

    Songs:

    Valerie Francis – Cannonball
    Adrian Crowley – The Wishing Seat
    St. Catherine’s Home for Lazy Infants – Tangled Hair
    Villagers – Down Under the Sea
    David Turpin – Dorothy Gale
    Patrick Kelleher – Wonder
    Julie Feeney – Nothing to Declare
    DLM – Mason on the Boundary

    The science bit (DOI): My other half produced the albums by David Turpin and Adrian Crowley. He also plays in Adrian’s band.

  15. Albums( although there’s few above I need to check out)

    1) And So I Watch You From Afar -“and so I watch you from afar”

    2) Channel One- “Sound to light”

    3) Super Extra Bonus Party – “Night Horses”

    4) Twinkranes “Spektrum Theatre Snakes”

    Songs

    1) Super Extra Bonus Party – “Night Horses”

    2) And So I Watch You From Afar -“Set Guitars”

    3) C!ties- “Dive Dive Dive”

    4) Channel One- ” Stars”

    5) le Galaxie ‘Victory

  16. Albums:

    David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    Twinkranes – Spectrumtheatresnakes
    Hunter Gatherer – I dreamed I was a footstep in the trail of a murderer

    Songs:

    David Kitt – Learning how to say goodbye
    Patrick Kelleher – The devils of Loudun
    Villagers – Meaning of the ritual

  17. Songs:
    Villagers – Pieces
    Cathy Davey – Little Red
    O Emperor – Po
    SEBP + Heathers – Comets
    HRA – Stagger Gently Home
    Sleep Thieves – City Lights
    The Ambience Affair – Fragile Things
    BellaJane – Marionette
    Adrian Crowley – The Wishing Seat
    David Turpin – Bone Dance

    Albums:
    Holy Roman Army – How The Light Gets In
    Dark Room Notes “We Love You Dark Matter”
    SEBP – Night Horses
    Hunter-Gatherer “I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail of A Murderer”

  18. songs:
    Villagers :Pieces
    Two Door Cinema Club : I Can Talk
    O Emperor: Po

    Albums:
    Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    St. Catherine’s Home for Lazy Infants- Old Ghosts
    Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks

  19. Albums:
    1. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    2. Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep…
    3. BATS – Red In Tooth and Claw
    4. David Turpin – Haunted!
    5. SEBP – Night Horses

    Songs:
    Hipster Youth – Super Fun Hipster Suicide Party
    Angkorwat – kidgloves
    Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery Friend
    Hunter-Gatherer – Left For Dead
    Patrick Kelleher – Blue Eyes
    Not Squares – Asylum
    Funeral Suits – Acid Happy
    Dublin Duck Dispensary – Toy Factory
    Super Extra Bonus Party & Cadence Weapon – Radar
    So Cow – Girl Racer

  20. Albums:
    Subplots – Nightcycles
    Patrick Kelleher – You look cold
    SEBP – Nighthorses

    Songs:
    Subplots – Anchors & Kites
    Ambience Affair – Vacant Heart
    Villagers – Pieces
    SEBP – Comets
    Halves – Blood branches

  21. Albums:

    ASIWYFA: ASIWYFA
    BATS: Red In Tooth & Claw
    Dark Room Notes: We Love You Dark Matter
    Drunken Boat: Plumb The Depths
    Groom: At The Natural History Museum
    Hunter-Gatherer: I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer
    Legion of Two: Riffs
    Patrick Kelleher: You Look Cold
    Twin Kranes: SpectrumTheatreSnakes

    Songs:

    Star Wormwood: BATS
    Eat The City, Eat It Whole: ASIWYFA
    Oyasumi: Adebisi Shank
    C!ties: Satellites
    Cloud: Hunter-Gatherer
    Finds You: Patrick Kelleher
    Being Here: Drunken Boat
    It Really Does Take Time: Legion of Two
    All You Know And Love Will Die: A Plastic Rose
    Osumi: Sleep Thieves
    This Hot Heat: Dark Room Notes
    Radar: SEBP ft Cadence Weapon
    Feed Me Seedless: Enemies
    Not Simple: Jogging
    Aye Yo Pa: Not Squares
    Iodine: Logikparty
    Punches: Valerie Francis
    On A Sunlit Stage: Villagers
    Start of the End: Funeral Suits
    Megaphone Bow-tie: Green Lights
    Haunted: David Turpin
    Open Up: Tenaka
    raymondscott: Junior85
    16:9 : Subplots
    Golden One: Goodtime John
    I Will Protect You – Heritage Centre
    White Feathers – This Is How It Ends
    Vacant Hearts: The Ambience Affair

    Okay I better stop but with a last mention for honorary Irish band Marvins Revolt with Taking One For The Nation.

  22. Songs

    1.New Amusement ”Jamboree”
    2.Bella Jane ”Marionette”
    3.202’s ”Shoot you down”
    4.Sleep Thieves “City Lights”
    5.Heritage centre ”throw stones;its easy”

    Albums
    1.202s ”202s”
    2.Dark Room Notes “We Love You Dark Matter”
    3.lisa hannigan ”sea sew”

  23. Super Extra Bonus Party – Night Horses – “Radar”

    Dark Room Notes – We love You Dark Matter – “Lets Light Fires”

    Channel One – Sound To Light – “Soubresaut”

    Duckworth Lewis Method – DLM – “Meeting Mr. Miandad” / “Age of Revolution”

    Band On An Island – The Sound Sweep – “After The Storm” / “Back Disco”

    David Kitt – The Nightsaver – “Learning How To Say Goodbye”

  24. Albums

    1 Hunter-Gatherer : I Dreamed I Was a Footstep in the Trail of a murderer
    2 Groom : The Natural History Museum
    3 Holy Roman Army : How the Light gets in
    4 Patrick kelleher : You Look Cold
    5 David Kitt : Nightsaver

    Songs

    1 Hunter-Gatherer : Recovery friend
    2 Hunter-Gatherer : I Dreamed I Was a footstep…
    3 David Kitt : Move it On
    4 Angkorwat : Gatecrasher
    5 Tenaka : Open up

  25. albums

    David Kitt – Nightsaver
    Patrick Kelleher – you look cold
    at last an atlas/ paul o rielly – ships leaving
    herv – not figuratively but literally in love with music
    hunter-gatherer – i dreamed i was a footstep in the trail of a murderer

    songs

    angkorwat – daughter of
    david kitt – move it on
    patrick kelleher – multipass
    ambience affair -fragile things
    hunter-gatherer – recovery friend
    holy roman army – how the light gets in
    spilly walker – you’ll never meet a guy like me again
    declan q kelly – i dont know what else to do

  26. Top 10 albums of 2009

    1. Declan DeBarra – A Fire To Scare The Sun
    2. Lisa O’Neil – Has An Album
    3. Martin Finke – Make Daylight
    4. Miss Paula Flynn – Self-titled
    5. Pearse McGloughlin – Busy Whispers
    6. Alphastates – Human Nature
    7. Iain Archer – To The Pine Roots
    8. The Chapters – Perfect Stranger
    9. SEBP – Night Horses
    10. You Kiss By The Book – Bear Leader

    Top 10 songs of 2009

    1. Daybreak Somewhere by David Hope
    2. Frozen Lake by Iain Archer
    3. Bobby D by Lisa O’Neill
    4. Passion Song by Pearse McGloughlin
    5. I Will Protect You by Heritage Centre
    6. Cossfire by Bill Coleman
    7. Running out of Time by Henrietta Game
    8. I’m Not Afraid by Sean Needham
    9. Peace in my Mind by Wayne Brennan
    10. Death of a Songwriter by Groom

  27. Songs
    The Last Tycoons – The Dry Law
    Super Extra Bonus Party – Thin Air
    The Rags – A mirror to a woman (s a bullet in a gun)
    The Swell Season – Feeling the Pull
    The Mighty Stef – Russian Roulette
    David Kitt – Alone like that (Song of the year)*
    The Whiteliars – Waitin in line

    Rekkids
    The Mighty Stef – 100 Midnights
    The Whiteliars – The Whiteliars
    SEBP – Nighthorses
    David Kitt – The Nightsaver

  28. Albums

    Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was a Footstep in the Trail of a Murderer
    David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    Boys of Summer – Pharoah

    Songs

    David Kitt – Alone Like That
    School Tour – Cat Purr
    Declan Q Kelly – Simulacrum (this song can be found on last.fm under his former name, ‘TwistedString’)
    Angkorwat – My Three Beautiful Children
    Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery Friend

  29. Albums

    Mail Order Messiahs – Plain
    Duckworth Lewis Method – DLM
    Groom – At the natural history museum
    David Kitt – The Nightsaver

    songs….there can be only one

    Jiggery Pokery – DLM

  30. Codes – Trees Dream In Algebra

    Really well put together album, I found it was the one I listened to the most. Shouldn’t be overlooked 🙂

    J.

  31. I would be keen to see any of Patrick Kelleher’s music given due credit. I have seen him, and his band, play a couple of times this years and his music is peculiar and original. Really refreshing stuff.

    Sven

  32. Albums:
    1. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    2. Lisa Hannigan – Sea Sew
    3. David Kitt 0 Nightsaver

    Songs:
    Patrick Kelleher – Blue Eyes
    Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery Friend
    David Kitt – Alone Like That

  33. Albums:
    1. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    2. David Turpin – The Bone Dance
    3. David Kitt – Nightsaver

    Songs:
    1:David Kitt – Alone Like That
    2:Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery Friend
    3:Patrick Kelleher – Wonder

  34. Albums:

    Codes – Trees Dream In Algebra
    Super Extra Bonus Party – Night Horses
    BATS – Red In Tooth & Claw
    ASIWYFA – ASIWYFA

    Songs:

    Comets – Super Extra Bonus Party
    Gamma Ray Burst: Second Date – BATS
    Night Horses – Super Extra Bonus Party
    Starry Eyed – Codes
    Down Under The Sea – Villagers
    Magnetic North – Codes
    Credulous, Credulous – BATS
    Set Guitars To Kill – ASIWYFA
    Don’t Waste Time Doing Things You Hate – ASIWYFA
    You Feel The Fire – Le Galaxie

  35. Albums-
    Western Homes – Are Empty
    Patrick Kelleher – You Looks Cold
    Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer
    So Cow – So Cow

    songs-
    Dublin Duck Dispensary – Toy Factory
    Western Homes – Girl With a Glass Eye and Synthesizers
    Patrick Kelleher – Coat To Wear
    Patrick Kelleher – Wonder
    Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery Friend
    Hunter-Gatherer – Nerve-Ending Love

  36. Albums:
    1. Delorentos – You Can Make Sound
    2. Bell X1 – Blue Lights on the Runway
    3. CODES – Trees Dream in Algebra

    Singles:
    1. Delorentos – S.E.C.R.E.T.
    2. CODES – You Are Here
    3. Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes

  37. Songs:
    1-Ocean and a Rock by Lisa Hannigan
    2-Monster by Julie Feeney
    3-Nameless by Cathy Davey
    4-Slow Dynamo by Valerie Francis
    5-Electric Chemistry by Abigail Smith
    Albums:
    1-Night Time Walking by Abigail Smith
    2-Haunted by David Turpun
    3-Pages by Julie Feeney

  38. Albums:-

    Busy Whisper – Pearse McGloughlin
    Algebraic notions of Grandeur – Codes (Good album, desperate name)
    Let the Truth be Told – Laura Izibor

    Songs:-

    Ways to kill a Werewolf – Pearse McGloughlin.
    Blue lights on the Runway – Bell X1
    Promises – Superjimenez (My own song, but it’s a great tune)

  39. 1. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    2. Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer.
    3. David Kitt – The Nightsaver

    1. Patrick Kelleher – Coat To Wear
    2. Angkorwat – Gatecrasher
    3. Hunter-Gatherer – Left For Dead

  40. 1. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    2. Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer.
    3. David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    4. TwinKranes – SpectrumTheatreSnakes

    Songs
    1. Angkorwat – kid’s gloves
    2. Patrick kelleher – I Am Eustace
    3. Declan Q Kelly – I Don’t Know What Else to Do
    4. Squarehead – Fake Blood
    5. David Kitt – Move it On
    6. TwinKranes – High Tekk Train Wreck
    7 I Am The Cosmos – Remembering You
    8 Dublin Duck Dispensary – DNA
    9. 202s – ease my mind
    9 Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer.
    10. Boys of Summer – Coriolis
    11. Bats – The Barley
    12. Groom – At the Natural History Museum

  41. 1 – delorentos, you can make sound
    2 – hunter gatherer – i dreamt…

    songs
    1 secret – delorentos
    2 sebp – comets
    3 on a sunlit sage – villagers
    4age of revolution – dlm

  42. Songs
    Fran Hartnett – Alpha
    Prince Kong feat. Jah Balance – Rise Up
    Ed Devane – Predicament

    Albums
    Legion Of Two – Riffs
    And So I Watch You From Afar – And So I Watch You From Afar
    SEBP – Night Horses

  43. In retrospect I feel it’s been a very good year, my choices are…

    Albums:

    David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    SEBP – Night Horses
    Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold

    Songs:

    David Kitt – Learning How To Say Goodbye
    SEBP – Thin Air
    SEBP ft Heathers – Comets
    Patrick Kelleher – Wonder
    Delorentos – SECRET
    Villagers – Pieces
    Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
    Bipolar Empire – Feel Like You Own It
    The Mighty Stef – Downtown
    Spilly Walker – You’ll Never Meet a Guy Like Me Again

  44. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer
    david turpin – haunted

    patrick kelleher – wintertimes doll
    Son Green – The Soon Future
    Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer (the song track 4 on album)

  45. Songs:
    1. 202s – Ease My Mind
    2. Adrian Crowley – The Wishing Seat
    3. Patrick Kelleher – Wonder
    4. Villagers – Down Under the Sea

    Albums:
    1. 202s – 202s
    2. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    3. Twin Kranes – Spektrumtheatresnakes
    4. Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks
    5. Subplots – Nightcycles

  46. Albums..
    1. Legion of Two – Riffs
    2. Adrian Crowley – Season Of The Sparks
    3. Valerie Francis – Slow Dynamo

    Songs..
    Adrian Crowley – Wishing Seat
    Patrick Kelleher – Eustace St.
    David Kitt – Move It On

  47. Songs –

    Agitated Radio Pilot – The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
    202s – Ease My Mind
    Land Lovers – The Cinema Bell

    Albums –

    Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks
    202s – 202S
    Groom At The Natural History Mueum
    Legion of Two – Riffs

  48. ALBUMS:

    SEBP – Night Horses
    ASIWYFA – s/t
    Rory Grubb – Sketches From The Big Sleep
    Holy Roman Army – How The Light Gets In
    Lisa O’Neill – Has An Album
    Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks
    David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    Julie Feeney – Pages
    Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    David Geraghty – The VIctory Dance

    SONGS:

    SEBP feat Heathers – Comets
    Julie Feeney – Love Is A Tricky Thing
    Villagers – The Meaning of the Ritual
    Rory Grubb – Take Your Own Advice
    Lisa O’Neill – Anonlikely Scale
    SEBP feat. Cadence Weapon – Radar

    I’m not as good with songs…
    I don’t think it’s been an exceptional year for Irish albums, but I think next year should see another strong crop. Fingers crossed.

  49. albums-
    legion of two-riffs
    twinkranes-spectrumtheatresnake
    patrick kelleher -you look cold
    asiwyfa-asiwyfa

    songs-
    wonder-patrick kelleher
    clench fists ,grit teeth ,go!-asiwyfa
    fizznofeedback-twinkranes
    ritual-villagers

  50. Albums:

    8 Ball – With All Your Friends
    Twinkranes – Spektrumtheatresnakes
    The Duckworth Lewis Method – The Duckworth Lewis Method
    Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    Subplots – Nightcycles
    Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks
    Dark Room Notes – We Love You Dark Matter
    Julie Feeney – Pages
    202s – 202s
    David Geraghty – The Victory Dance

    Songs:

    Villagers – The Meaning of the Ritual
    Dark Room Notes – Let’s Light Fires
    8 Ball – Trust Me
    Villagers – Pieces
    Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
    Patrick Kelleher – Wonder
    The Duckworth Lewis Method – The Age of Revolution
    ASIWYFA – A Little Bit of Solidarity…
    Twinkranes – High Tekk Train Wreck

  51. Albums:
    1. Adrian Crowley – Season Of The Sparks
    2. David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    3. Superextrabonusparty – Night Horses
    4. Delorentos – You Can Make Sound

    Songs:
    1. Adrian Crowley – Summer Haze Parade
    2. Adrian Crowley – Wishing Seat
    3. Adrian Crowley – Squeeze Bees
    4. Adrian Crowley – Horses Like to Dream at Night
    5. David Kitt – No Truth In Your Eyes
    6. Delorentos – You Can Make Sound

  52. And So I Watch You From Afar
    BATS – Red In Tooth & Claw
    Adrian Crowley – Season Of The Sparks
    The Mighty Stef – 100 Midnights
    The Laundry Shop – Grandstanding

    Delorentos – ‘Sanctuary’
    BATS – ‘Credulous! Credulous!’
    Bell X1 – ‘Blue Lights On The Runway’
    The Mighty Stef – ‘Downtown’
    Laura Izibor – ‘Shine’

  53. ALBUMS.

    1. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    2. David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    3. The Holy Roman Army – How The Light Gets In
    4. David Turpin – Haunted!
    5. Boys Of Summer – Pharaoh
    6. Herv – Not Figuratively…
    7. Adrian Crowley – Season Of The Sparks
    8. Legion Of Two – Riffs
    9. Lisa O’Neill – Has An Album
    10. And So I Watch You From Afar – And So I Watch You From Afar

    SONGS.

    1. David Kitt – Alone Like That
    2. Patrick Kelleher – Blue Eyes
    3. Spilly Walker – You’ll Never Meet A Guy Like Me Again
    4. Children Under Hoof – A Collar Can Become A Noose
    5. Catscars – Anabasis
    6. Angkorwat – Big/Little Edie
    7. School Tour – Skating With Another
    8. Tenaka – Open Up
    9. Lisa O’Neill – Bobby D
    10. David Turpin – The Bone Dance

  54. albums

    1. patrick kelleher– You Look Cold
    2. hunter-gatherer – I Dreamed I Was A Footstep In The Trail Of A Murderer.

    songs

    1.patrick kelleher – you look cold
    2. hunter-gatherer – Left For Dead
    3. angkorwat – kid gloves

  55. Albums:

    1. Super Extra Bonus Party – Night Horses
    2. Band on an Island – The Sound Sweep
    3. Julie Feeney – Pages
    4. Adrian Crowley – Season of the Sparks

    Songs:

    1. SEBP feat. Heather’s – Comets
    2. SEBP feat. Cadence Weapon – Radar
    3. Band on an Island – Back Disco/Last Man Standing
    4. Julie Feeney – Impossibly Beautiful

  56. Albums:
    Patrick Kelleher-You Look Cold
    Boxcutter-Arecibo Message
    Twinkranes-Spektrumtheatresnakes
    And So I Watch You From Afar-ASIWYFA
    Abigail Smith-Night Time Walking

    Songs:
    Talulah Does The Hula-Bad Boyfriend
    Messiah J & The Expert-Turn The Magic On
    Ambience Affair-Vacant Hearts
    Two Door Cinema Club-Something Good Can Work
    Twinkranes-Fizz Nor Feedback

  57. Albums…

    1 Hunter-Gatherer
    2 Twinkranes
    3 Bats

    Songs…

    1 Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery Friend
    2 Hunter-Gatherer – Cloud
    3 Twinkranes – High Tekk Train Wreck’

  58. Short version.

    Fav tracks/singles from Norn Iron 2009:

    1. Not Squares – “Aye Yo Pa – HERV remix” (on Richter Collective)
    bonus track on the ltd. edition cdr version of the “aye yo pa/iyouusit” 7″
    available from http://www.richtercollective.com/?page_id=7&category=1&product_id=23

    2. David Baxter – “A Brujo’s Might” (final DEAF 8 2009 CD Compilation)
    free d/l available from http://deafireland.com/2009/?page_id=16
    more freebies of his can be had here -> http://davidbaxter.net/audio.html

    3. Kicks Blue – “Elephant”
    free d/l available from http://www.last.fm/music/Kicks+Blue/New+in+October+2009

    4. Cashier No. 9 – “When Jackie Shone” (7″ on Only Gone)
    http://www.deadonmusic.co.uk/onlygone/Releases.asp

    5. T-Polar – “Doah” (from album “Bow To The Butter Blaster” on thinner netlabel)
    available from http://www.thinner.cc/pages/releases/releases_detail.php?id=thn112

    6. Space Dimension Controller – “The Love Quadrant” (12″ on Kinnego Records)
    available from http://www.tiraquon6.net/

    7. Two Door Cinema Club – “Something Good Can Work” & “I Can Talk” (7″s & 12″ on Kitsuné)
    available from http://www.kitsune.fr/shop

    8. Escape Act – “God Says – EXMAGICIAN remix”
    free d/l available from http://iheartau.com/blog/download-escape-act-remix/

    9. ASIWYFA – “A Little Bit of Solidarity…” (white 7″ on STA)
    available from http://www.smalltownamerica.co.uk/discog.php/STA054/Solidarity++Set+Guitars+To+Kill

    10. Heliopause (Belfast) – “Moment of Recognition” (“Mon Peu Rimbaud/Moment Of Recognition” single on Furious Tradesmen)
    http://furioustradesmen.com/wordpress/news/mon-peu-rimbaud/

    Fav NI albums of 2009:

    1. Filaria – “Spare Part” (Acroplane)
    free d/l available from http://www.acroplane.co.uk/node/205

    2. Preak Faeans – “Wintering Out” (CF)
    available from http://cassflick.bigcartel.com/product/preak-faeans-wintering-out-cdr-download

    3. Panda Kopanda – “This Hope Will Kill Us” (Furious Tradesmen)
    available from http://furioustradesmen.bigcartel.com/product/panda-kopanda-this-hope-will-kill-us

    4. Boxcutter – “Arecibo Message” (Planet Mu)
    http://www.planet-mu.com/discography/ZIQ225

    5. Space Dimension Controller – “Unidentified Flying Oscillator” (Acroplane)
    free d/l available from http://www.acroplane.co.uk/node/208

    6. ASIWYFA – self/titled (on STA)
    available from http://www.smalltownamerica.co.uk/discog.php/STA057/And+So+I+Watch+You+From+Afar

    7. Johnny Ashe – “Eigengrau” (self-released)
    available for free download from http://jonnyashe.bandcamp.com/

    8. Cutaways – “Earth & Earthly Things” (self-released)
    available from http://www.wearecutaways.co.uk/

    With the amount of links in this I somehow think this is gonna be picked up by yer spam filter 🙁

  59. Albums

    1Patrick Kelleher – You look cold
    2SuperExtraBonusParty – Night Horses
    3Band on an Island – The Sound Sweep
    4 Julie Feeney – Pages
    5 Hunter Gatherer – I wish I was a footprint in the trail of a murderer

    Songs
    1Superextrabonusparty and Heathers – Comets
    2Julie Feeney – Impossibly Beautiful
    3Band on an Island Back -Disco
    4Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
    52. Superextrabonus party. Cadence Weapon – Radar

  60. 5 songs:

    1. Bats – Credulous! Credulous!
    2. Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery friend
    3. David Kitt – Move it on
    4. Patrick Kellegher – Finds You
    5. Hunter-Gatherer – Cloud

    5 albums:

    1. Hunter-Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was a Footstep…..
    2. Bats – Red In Tooth And Claw
    3. David Kitt – The Nightsaver
    4. Le Galaxie – You feel the Fire
    5. Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold

  61. Albums

    1. Adrian Crowley- Season Of The Sparks
    2. Mike Slott- Lucky 9teen
    3. Hunter-Gatherer- I Dreamed…

    I have a lot of Irish albums to buy this Christmas…

    Songs

    1. Adrian Crowley- The Beekeepers Wife
    2. Mike Slott- The Now
    3. 202s- Shoot You Down
    4. Tenaka- Ain’t Nobody
    5. Nakatomi Towers- Cut Me Out
    6. Kaplin- Papa Don’t Preach No More
    7. Patrick Kelleher- He Has To Sleep Sometime
    8. Sleep Thieves- City Lights

  62. albums
    Pearse McGloughlin-Busy Whisper
    Le Galaxie – You feel the Fire
    Hunter-Gatherer – Recovery friend

    songs
    ways to kill a werewolf-pearse mcgloughlin

    i have to say that Pearse mcGloughlin has created something totally unique and beautiful with this amazing album,if people haven’t heard it yet,you’ve got to look it up!

  63. yes I have to aggree with Kevin for the most part on this one,
    Pease mcGloughlin really has done an absolutely amazing job on this album,
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/busy-whisper/id337718388
    http://www.myspace.com/walkperson
    http://www.walkperson.net
    so my vote has to be

    albums
    Pearse mcloughlin-busy whisper
    SuperExtraBonusParty – Night Horses
    Band on an Island – The Sound Sweep
    Julie Feeney – Pages

    songs
    Pearse mcloughlin-long day
    Mike Slott- The Now
    Julie Feeney – Impossibly Beautiful
    Sleep Thieves- City Lights

  64. Just my two cents…most albums and tunes memorable from the release but what makes them standout is hearing them live.

    Album:
    And So I Watch You From Afar- ASIWYFA
    Bats- Red in Tooth and Claw
    Channel One- Sound to Light
    C!ties- C!ties ep
    Julie Feeney – Pages
    Twinkranes – Spektrumtheatresnakes
    Villagers- Hollow Kind ep

    Songs:

    Bats- Higgs Boson Particle
    Dark Room Notes- Lets Light Fires
    Funeral Suits- Now We’re Moving, Now We’re Free
    Julie Feeney- Grace
    Nakatomi Towers- Cut Me Out
    Super Extra Bonus Party- Comet featuring Heathers
    Villagers- Down, Under The Sea

    And one that I’m not quite sure if it has been released yet but excellent at the gigs I’ve heard it…
    And So I Watch You From Afar- D is for Django The Bastard

  65. Albums

    Martin Finke – Make Daylight
    Hunter Gatherer – I Dreamed I Was…
    Patrick Kelleher – You Look Cold
    Altar of Plagues – White Tomb
    John Daly – Sea & Sky
    Groom – At The Natural History Museum

    Songs

    Land Lovers – Cinema Bell
    Laura Sheeran – It’s Been a Long Day
    TwoDoor Cinema Club – Two Can Work
    John Daly – Lonely Beat
    Valerie Francis – Punches
    Brian Cullen’s Love Bullets- Otherwise it will be This Way Forever

  66. Albums:
    Patrick Kelleher -You Look Cold
    Groom – At the Natural History Museum
    Bats- Red in Tooth and Claw

    Songs:
    Land Lovers – Immovable Feet
    Yeh Deadlies – Mount St. Blues
    Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – Cade Calf Call
    Patrick Kelleher – Coat to Wear
    Lie Ins – We Were Born into Corduroy

  67. ALBUMS

    ASIWYFA – ASIWYFA
    Hope Is Noise – Under Friendly Fire
    Bats – Red Tooth In Claw

    SONGS

    ASIWYFA – Grit Teeth, Clench Fists, Go!
    Heathers – Waitor
    James Vincent McMorrow – Red Oak Tree

  68. yeah it’s probably too late but here’s a couple anyhoo.
    Albums:
    Hunter-Gatherer (what an amount of good vibes he’s getting eh?!), Subplots (epic and seems to have been criminally overlooked, for the most part)
    Channel One (top drawer stuff).
    Songs:
    tenaka- aint nobody,
    angkorwat – big/little edie (was that this year?)
    hunter-gatherer – left for dead

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