Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Top 5s

We're just in time to jump on the inevitable end of year best of list bandwagon. Top 5 Irish and International tracks, it's been a decent year for music especially Irish music.

It is crazy to try and encapsulate a year of music in 5 songs but did it anyway.

John Neary

International

Sylvan Esso -Coffee
Real Estate - Crime
The War On Drugs - Under The Pressure
Josef Salvat - Open Season
Luluc - Small Window

Irish

Rocstrong - Go Head
SOAK - Blud
Daithi - Dream State
Hozier - Angel of Death and the Codeine Scene
Floor Staff - The Guest

Paul Mernock

International

War On Drugs - Red Eyes
Hundred Waters - Murmurs
Future Islands - Seasons
Keisza - Hideaway
Caribou - Can't Do Without You

Irish

Kormac - Another Screen
Viking Project - Constance Keane
Cignol - Sys486
Cronin - See This Man

John McEvoy

International

Perfumed Genius - Queen
Shamir - I Know It's A Good Thing
Wye Oak - The Tower
St Vincent - Birth In Reverse
Owen Pallet - Infernal Fantasy

Irish

Elastic Sleep - Leave You
Dimman - Tiny Tokyo
Sleep Thieves - Sparks
White Collar Boy - Look To The Moon
MKAI - Loop

Playlist for Tuesday 23/12/14

4-5
Alt-J - Hunger of the Pines
Ella Fitzgerald - Let it snow
Damien Rice - My favourite Faded Fantasy
Josef Salvat - Open Season
Chris De Burgh - A spaceman came travelling
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Chris Staples - Dark Side of the moon
Robert Plant - Rainbow
John Lennon - Happy Christmas

5-6
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream
Run DMC - Christmas Is
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
Van Morrison - Moondance
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Shearwater - You as you were
Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
U2 - Christmas (Baby Please come home)
Jessica Pratt - Back Baby
C2C - Down the Road

6-7
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Muse - Uprising
Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
Adrian Crowley - Some Blue Morning
Royksopp - Sordid Affair
Hozier - Take me to church
Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Shamir - I know it's a good thing
Mariah Carey - All I want for christmas is you
Judy Garland - Have yourself a merry little christmas
The Cinematic Orchestra - To build a home

Monday, December 22, 2014

Playlist for Monday 22.12.14

4-5
Adrian Crownley - Some Blue Morning
The Preatures - Is this how you feel
John Lennon - Happy Christmas
Future Islands - Seasons
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
TV on the radio - Quartz
Weezer - Back to the Shack
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby

5-6
Kormac - Another Screen
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Jungle - The Heat
Hozier - From Eden
Alvvays - Next of Kin
Will Ferrell & John C Reilly - Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy
The War on Drugs - Under the pressure
Low - Just Like Christmas

6-7
Benjamin Booker - Violent Shiver
Funzo - This Christmas
Real Estate - Crime
Leon Bridges - What can I do
Ex Hex - Don't wanna lose
She & Him - The Christmas Waltz
Sleep Thieves Vs Elaine Mai - High
Voids - Knowing

Friday, December 19, 2014

Playlist for Friday 19.12.14

4-5
Tom Petty - American Woman
Cathy Davy - Little red
Kings of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
Iggy pop - The Passenger
TV on The Radio - Quartz
Oasis - Some Might Say
Diana Ross - Reflections
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the lonely
Pogues - Fairytale of New York

5-6
Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass
Vampire Weekend - M79
Pulp - Disco 2000
Low - Just like Christmas
Funzo - This Christmas
Blue Oyster Cult - The Reaper
Adrian Crowley - Some Blue Morning
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby

6-7
C2C - Down the road
Future Islands - Seasons
Wham - Last Christmas
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Lonelady - Groove it out
Josh Ritter - Hello Starling (Snow is gone)
Smiths - This Charming Man
Alvvays - Next of Kin
Hozier - Like real people do
Blur - Song 2
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Playlist for Thursday 18.12.14

4-5
Handsome Handsome - SO I can remember
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Hozier - From Eden
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
Oasis - She's Electric
Royal Blood - Little Monsters
Jonsi - Boy Lilkoi
Ex-Hex - Don't Wanna Lose

5-6
The Doors - Break on Through
Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas
Modest Mouse - Lampshades on Fire
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
The Hot Sprockets - Oh Lord
George Michael - Last Christmas
Foo Fighters - Best of you
Kavinsky - Nightcall

6-7
Bob Dylan - Must be Santa
Josef Salvat - Open Season
Daughter - Youth
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Luluc - Small Window
The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
Travis Oaks - Last Love Song
The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Playlist for Wednesday 17.12.14

4-5
Edwarde Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
St Vincent - Birth in Reverse
Stunning - Brewing up a storm
Modest Mouse - Lampshades on fire
The Cars - What I needed
Alt-J - Left Hand Free
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Foo Fighters - The Feast and the famine
The Jam - Thats's Entertainment
Adrian Crowley - Some Blue Morning

5-6
Travis Oaks - Last Love Song
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Josef Salvat - Open Season
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
The War on Drugs - Red Eyes
Kings of Leon - California Waiting
Luluc - Small Window
Hozier - Jackie & Wilson

6-7
James Brown - Santa Claus go straight to the ghetto
The National - Conversation 16
The Cardigans - Lovefool
Damien Jurado - Silver Timothy
Queen - Somebody to love
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Morrissey - Suedehead
Rocstrong - Go Head

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Playlist for Tuesday 16.12.14

4-5
Villagers - Nothing Arrived
Josh Ritter - Hello Starling
Leon Bridges - What can I do
Delta Spirit - Bushwick Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll stop the rain
School of Seven Bells - ILU
Travis Oaks - Last Love Song
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
The Kickdrums - Breathe Again
James Vincent McMorrow - Breaking Hearts
David Benoit - Carol of the bells

5-6
Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
Vampire Weekend - Diane Young
Hvmmingbyrd - The One I love
Janelle Monae - Tightrope
Alvvays - Next of Kin
Pogues - Fairytale of New York
First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining

6-7
Benjamin Booker - Viloent Shiver
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Luluc - Small Windows
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Jagaara - Faultline
Feist - My Moon My Man
Damien Rice - My favourite faded fantasy
Van Morrison - Domino
Loah - Cortege

Monday, December 15, 2014

Playlist for Monday 15.12.14

4-5
Robert Plant - Rainbow
Loah - Cortege
Future Islands - Seasons
The National - Start a War
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
Death from Above 1979 - Trainwreck 1979
Badly Drawn Boy - Once around the block
The Cinematic Orchestra - To build a home
Josef Salvat - Open Season
Adrian Crowley - Some Blue Morning
Zutons - Valerie
Jessica Pratt - Back, Baby

5-6
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
Hozier - From Eden
Rubblebucket - Carousel Ride
Paul Simon - Kodachrome
Luluc - Small Window
TV on the Radio - Quartz
Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas
The Riptide Movement - Thieves in the Gallery
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
James Vincent McMorrow - Higher Love

6-7
Talking Heads - This must be the place
Real Estate - Crime
The Hot Sprockets - Shake Me Off
M83 - Midnight City
Alvvays - Next of Kin
Royal Blood - Little Monster
The Kickdrums - Breathe Again
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Travis Oaks - Last Love Song
Bob Dylan - Shelter from the storm

Friday, December 12, 2014

Playlist for Friday 12.12.14

4-5
Two Door Cinema Club - Sun
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
Arcade Fire - Rebellion
Booker T & The MG's - Green Onions
Miike Snow - Animals
The Whitest Boy Alive - 1517
The Divine Comedy - National Express
ACDC - Thunderstruck


5-6
Vampire Weekend - Run
Hozier - Jackie & Wilson
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Josef Salvat - open Season
Bobby Womack - California Dreaming
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
The 4 of Us - Mary
Martha Reeves - Nowhere to Run


6-7
New Radicals - You get what you give
Ex-Hex - Don't wanna lose
Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower
Lonelady - Groove it out
Mott the Hoople - All the young dudes
Marvin Gaye - What's going on
Little dragon - Ritual Union
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Playlist for Thursday 11.12.14

4-5
Pulp - Common People
Alt-J - Breezeblocks
Bob Marley - Could you be loved
Southern - Just think about it
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
The Black Keys - Howlin for you
Elaine Mai - Known / Unknown
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the corner
Ex-Hex - Don't wanna Lose
Jamie Woon - Night Air

5-6
Hozier - From Eden
LoneLady - Groove it out
Lloyd Cole - Lost Weekend
America - Horse with no name
Modest Mouse - Float On
Adrian Crowley - Some Blue Morning
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Hail the ghost - Headstoned

6-7
Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan
Leon Bridges - What can I do
Jessica Pratt - Back Baby
Blind Melon - No Rain
Van Morrison - Domino
Led Zeppelin - Going to California
Sea Pinks - Following Wind
Stereophonics - Just Looking

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Playlist for Wednesday 10.12.14


1-2

John Lennon - Power To The People
We Cut Corners - Stop The Cavalry
Noah And The Whate - 5 Years Time
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
U2 - Mysterious Ways
Conor Oberst - I Don't Wanna Die (In A Hospital
Dear Desert - Give It Up
The Specials - Rudi, A Message To You

2-3

The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Blind Yackety - Morphine
Shearwater - You As You Were
David Bowie - Sound And Vision
Bob Dylan - Subterrnanean Homesick Blues
Madness - House Of Fun
Little Green Cars - Harper Lee
Modest Mouse - Float On

3-4
Belle & Sebastian - The Party Line
Moby - Run On
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
The Beatles - Come Together
Cure - Boys don't cry
Elbow - One day like this
Edwarde Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream
Badly Drawn Boy - Once around the block
Alvvays - Next of Kin

4-5
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Zutons - Valerie
The Decemberists - Crane Wife 3
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
Florence & The Machine - Dog days are over
The Smiths - This CHarming Man
Nancy Sinatra - Boots are made for walking
Dear Desert - Give it up

5-6
Josef Salvat - Open Season
U2 - Pride
Peter Gabriel - Don't give up
Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose
Coldplay - Clocks
Cat Stevens - I love my dog
 Hail the ghost - Headstoned
Van Morrison - baby please don't go

 6-7

Doors - Love me two times
The Lumineers - Hey Ho
Alt- J - Tesselate
Therapy - Nowhere
Stevie Wonder - For once in my life
Spoon - The way we get by
Tieranniesaur - Candy
Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock

7-8
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Feeder - Buck Rodgers
Jagaara - Faultline
Hozier - From Eden

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Playlist for Tuesday 9.12.14

4-5
The Minutes - Fleetwood
Jack White - Sixteen Saltines
Broken Bells - The High Road
Jessica Pratt - Back Baby
Blur - There's no other way
Hozier - Jackie & Wilson
Adrian Crowley - Some Blue Morning
Foo Fighters - Feist and the famine
Feist - Mushaboom
Paul Simon - Slip Slidin Away

5-6
Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Crosby Still nash and young - Ohio
Hail the ghost - Headstoned
Ocean Colour Scene - Riverboat song
The Kickdrums - Breathe Again
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Belle & Sebastian - The Party Line

6-7
SOAK - Blud
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Cathy Davy - Come Over
Lake Street Dive - Bad Self Portraits
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Luluc - Small Window
Leon Bridges - What can I do
Dear Desert - Give it up

Monday, December 8, 2014

Playlist for Monday 8.12.14

4-5
Adrian Crowley - Some Blue Morning
Luluc - Small Window
Solar Bears - Our future is underground
Ex Hex - Don't wanna lose
Hail the ghost - Headstones
The Kickdrums - Breathe Again
Happyness - Montreal Rock Band Somewhere
Benjamin Booker - Violent Shiver
Broods - Mother & Father
Weezer - Back to the shack
Angus & Julia Stone - A Heartbreak

5-6
Robert Plant - Rainbow
Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy
TuneYards - Hey Life
St Vincents - Birth in Reverse
St Paul & The Broken Bones - Call Me
Beck - Blue Moon
Hozier - Angel of small death & the codeine scene
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
Josef Salvat - Open Season
Kormac - Another Screen

6-7
Jessica Pratt - Back Baby
TV on the radio - Quartz
Fryars - On your own
The War on Drugs - Under the pressure
Dear Desert - Give It up
Sinkane - How we be
Floor Staff - The guest
Belle & Sebastian - The Party Line
Alvvays - Next of Kin
Gemma Hayes - Making my way back

Friday, December 5, 2014

Playlist Friday 5.12.2014

4 - 5

Stephen Young And The Union - Coke And Rum
Nirvana - In Bloom
Gemma Hayes - Making My Way Back
James Vincent McMorrow - Cavaleier (1975 Remix)
R.E.M - What's The Frequency Kenneth
PJ Harvey - Down By The River
Supertramp - Logical Song

5 - 6

Lyttet - Distance
Spook Of The Thirteenth lock - The brutal Here And Now, Pt 1
Arcade Fire - We Exist
Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan
Funzo - Stalk This Way

6 - 7

Wreckless Eric - Whooe Wide World
Joe Jackson - Is She really Going Out With Him
Leomon Heads - Into Your Arms
Jessica Pratt - Back, Baby
Tensnake & Jacques Lu Cont - Feel of Love (Feat Jamie Lidell)
Heathers - I Remember When
Halos - Dust

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Playlist for Thursday 4.12.14

4-5
Punkrocker - Teddybears
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
Ash - Burn Baby Burn
Delta Spirit - Bushwick Blues
The Clash - Train in vain
Kid Karate - Two Times
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
The Doors - Break on through

5-6
HAIM - Don't Save Me
The War on Drugs - Red Eyes
Killers - All these things that I've done
Leon Bridges - What can I do
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Johnny Marr - Easy Money
Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
Hozier - From Eden

6-7
Benjamin Booker - Violent Shiver
Byrds - Turn Turn Turn
Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose
Benny Smiles - Moonlight
Alvvays - Next of Kin
Beck - E-Pro
Dusty Springfield - Son of a preacher man
Daughter - Youth

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Playlist for Wednesday 3.12.14

4-5
Ghost Estates -
Generationals - When They Fight
Pulp - Disco 2000
Lonelady - Groove It Out
The Clash - Should I stay or should I go
Stephen Young & the union - Coke & Rum
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Alvvays - Next of kin
Arcade Fire - Intervention
Hvmmingbyrd (feat Funzo) - The One I love

5-6
Kings of Leon - Knocked Up
The Cure - In between Days
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Foo Fighters - The Feast and the famine
Adrian Crowley - Some Blue Morning
Atlas Genius - Trojans
Rodgriguez - Crucify your mind
The Hot Sprockets - Shake Me Off

6-7
Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
Jamie Berry - Delight
Laura Stevenson - L-DOPA
Pixies - Debaser
Hozier - Angel of small death and the codeine scene
Josef Salvat - Every Night
Bob Marley - Could you be loved
The Frames - Pavement Tune
Robert Plant - Rainbow
Damien Rice - My favourite Faded Fantasy

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Playlist for Tuesday 2.12.14

4-5
Simple Kids - Staring at the son
Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground
John Grant - GMF
Nina Simone - Sea Lion Woman
Destroyer - Downtown
Foo Fighters - The feast and famine
Species - Female of the species
Fleet Foxes - Blue Spotted Tail
Rage against the machine - Renegades of Funk
Gemma Hayes - Hanging Around
The Jezebels - Easy to Love

5-6
TuneYards - Water Fountain
The Delgados - Come in from the cold
Alt-J - Left Hand Free
White Lies - Death
The Pains of being pure at heart - Kelly
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Hozier - Take me to church
U2 - Desire

6-7
Royal Blood - Come On Over
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Two Door Cinema Club - Something good can work
Alabama Shakes - Hold On
Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Lyttet - Distance
Stephen Young & The union - Coke & Rum

Monday, December 1, 2014

Playlist for Monday 1.12.14

4-5
Stephen Young & The Union - Coke & Rum
Twin Shadow - To the Top
Youth Mass - Old enough to know better
London Grammar - Strong
I am Kloot - Morning Rain
Ex Hex - Don't wanna Lose
Embrace - COme back to what you know
TV on the Radio - Happy Idiot
Ciaran Gribbin - Sold Out Hallelujah
Glass Animals - Gooey

5-6
The Young Folk - Way Down South
Foo Fighters - The feast and the famine
Morrissey - Istanbul
Josef Salvat - Open Season
The War on Drugs - Under the pressure
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
Damien Rice - My Favourite faded fantasy
Lonelady - Groove it out

6-7
Damien Jurado - Silver Timothy
Jagaara - Faultine
Lyttet - Forever Those Days
Dog Trumpet - Speed of Light
Asaf Avidan - Different Pulses
Belle And Sebastian - The Party Line
Happyness - Montreal Rock Band Somewhere
James Vincent McMorrow - Breaking Hearts