Spanning albums, EPs, compilations, reissues, live albums and mixtapes, from every corner of the island, here’s the 75 best Irish releases of 2019. Onwards.
#75-41
75. Talos – Iridiscent
74. Danny Madigan – Teletron
73. Lonesome George – Stumble Day
72. Leo Miyagee – Ffdlc
71. Jonny Dillon – Songs For A One-String Guitar
70. Anna Mieke – Idle Mind
69. Cailín – In My Soul
68. Jafaris – Stride
67. Joshua Burnside – Live at the Elmwood Hall
66. Cruiser / Mob Wife Split
65. Saso / K. Corcoran – Thresholds
64. Fionn Regan – Cala
63. The Late David Turpin – Romances
62. Static. – Flow
61. Sons of Burlap – Dance of Pholcus
60. The Gloaming – The Gloaming (3)
59. Mantua – Mantua
58. Cbakl – Wisdom Is Misery
57. Alpha Chrome Yayo – Twirl
56. Ye Vagabonds – The Hare’s Lament
55. Shammen Delly – An Evocation to Tonduff
54. Denise Chaila – Duel Citizenship
53. Beauty Sleep – Be Kind
52. PowPig / Junior Brother Split
51. Jape – Sentinel
50. Eoin Dolan – Commander of Sapiens
49. Postcard Versions – Postcard Versions
48. Kojaque & Luka Palm – The Green Diesel Mixtape
47. Slomatics – Canyons
46. A Lazarus Soul – The D They Put Between The R and L
45. Problem Patterns – Good For You, Aren’t You Great?
44. Bitflower Bb – Mastalgia
43. SOAK – Grim Town
42. New Jackson – Romancecar (Homeway)
41. Alarmist – Sequesterer
#40-11
40. How Bazaar: An Unscene Music Compilation
39. Sorcha Richardson – First Prize Bravery
38. Davy Kehoe – The Pilot
37. Ryan Vail & Elma Orkestra – Borders
36. God Alone – God Alone
35. Larry – Larry
34. So Cow – Do Re Mi Fa So Cow
33. Mark Waldron-Hyden – Stream Segregation
32. Naive Ted – Meanwhile During The War
31. Shookrah – Shookrah
30. Jogging – Whole Heart
29. BATS – Alter Nature
28. Tandem Felix – Rom-Com
27. Countersunk – 101 Beats Per Minute II
26. Department Of Forever – Unseen Pictures
25. The Lock-In – The Lock-In EP
24. Trá Pháidín – Set a hAon
23. Touch Sensitive – Wacker That!
22. Father! – Queen of Spain
21. Mango x MathMan – Casual Work
20. Rachael Boyd – Weave
19. Fontaines DC – Dogrel
18. Kitt Philippa – Human
17. Michael O’Shea – Michael O’Shea (Reissue, 1982)
16. Ordnance Survey – Relative Phase
15. Agathe Max & Natalia Beylis – The Garden of Paradise
14. Gross Net – Gross Net Means Gross Net
13. Lighght – Gore-Tex In The Club, Balenciaga Amongst The Shrubs
12. Squarehead – High Time
11. V/A – Buntús Rince: Explorations in Irish Jazz, Fusion & Folk 1969-1981
