Ah, 2020 eh? Unless you were living off the grid in a self-made banana bread house whilst rocking yourself gently to various iterations of ‘Happy Birthday’ as you washed your hands, then you will know that despite collectively living through the pandemic there were plenty of Irish songs to get excited about. 100 to be precise. We’ve listened to them on repeat since we couldn’t attend gigs, raves, or house parties so we’re certain we’ve selected the finest this little locked down island has to offer. It’s safe to say this year epitomised the true meaning of community in this country and some of these songs are the remnants of the last great sense of togetherness ahead of an unknown landscape for the music industry in 2021.
#50-1 comes tomorrow.
100. nimf – Cloudy Dreams
99. A.S Fanning – All Time
98. Banríon – Ouchie
97. Robbie Stickland – Suffocated
96. Ciaran Lavery – Can I Begin Again
95. Flowers at Night – Gathering
94. Gnarkats – Dreamers
93. Sunken Foal – Barley Stick
92. Elaine Malone – You (1000 Beasts Remix)
91. Magazines – Pink & Blue
90. Leo Drezden – Neo Tolkien
89. Bedrooms – Bus Lanes
88. Buí – A Conversation About Punk
87. Joshua Burnside – Whiskey Whiskey
86. Feather Beds – Fragile
85. Perlee – Slow Creature
84. Field Trip – Weatherman
83. Comrade Hat – Summer of Glove
82. Mark Loughrey – The Snake With A Tale For A Mouth
81. Swimmers Jackson – So Tired
80. Tuath & Lunch Machine – Mountains and Grooves
79. Brave Young Soldier – I Live Here
78. Sal Dulu – B feat. Koncept Jack$on
77. Skelocrats – Princeps
76. Dani Larkin – Samson & Goliath
75. Strange Boy – The Pope
74. JyellowL – Tunnel Vision
73. Sorcha Richardson – The Starlight Lounge
72. Joel Harkin – Vada
71. Gadget and the Cloud – Ten Past Three
70. Problem Patterns – Gal Pals
69. Seamus Fogarty – Jimmy Stewart
68. Æ MAK feat. Seba Safe – i dance in the kitchen
67. Kojaque – Coming Up
66. Fontaines D.C. – I Don’t Belong
65. Our Krypton Son – Bloodletting
64. Messyng x Post Punk Podge – Still At The Music
63. Voix Celeste – B(i)
62. Trá Pháidín – n’fheadar tbh
61. Hilary Woods – Orange Tree
60. Shifting – The Bland Leading the Bland
59. Kneecap x Dyrt – Mam
58. Jackie Beverly – Sea Glass
57. Fixity – Still Still (feat. Muireann Levis)
56. LAOISE – Movies
55. Breezy iDeyGoke – Black Dubh
54. All Times Now Nothing – Dream
53. Katie Kim – Charles / Picking Picking
52. Kean Kavanagh – Roll Over
51. Shammen Delly – I Knew She Would Sparkle
