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Playlist 554 - Best of 2024: Part 1
1. Echolalia – Odd energy (bandcamp)
2. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records)
3. Homer feat. girl named GOLDEN – Wishing well (Big Crown Records)
4. Organi – Babylonia (Alien Transistor)
5. Tarwater – USA (Morr Music)
6. The Attendant – eden rock (faux lux)
7. Trust Fund – Leaving the party early (Tapete Records)
8. claire rousay – head (Thrill Jockey)
9. Daisy Rickman – Signpost to the stars (bandcamp)
10. Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Never work (BB*Island)
11. John Hynes – In over my head (bandcamp)
12. Aislinn Logan – Stolen days (self release)
13. Camille Baziadoly – Skin on fire (bandcamp)
14. Amy Rigby – Bricks (Tapete Records)
15. Penny Arcade – Jona (Tapete Records)
16. The Gentle Spring – Sugartown (Skep Wax)
17. SUN – Missing (Alien Transistor)
18. Pupkulies & Rebecca + Tibau Tavares – Nha badjam (Normoton)
19. Will Gregory Moog Ensemble – Young Archimedes (Mute)
20. Marina Allen – Red cloud (Fire Records)

 

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Playlist 555 - Best of 2024: Part 2
1. Minwhi Lee – Mirror therapy for phantom pain (Alien Transistor)
2. Ella Raphael – Tangled love (Fire Records)
3. Yosa Peit – Shelly (Fire Records)
4. Naima Bock – Takes one (Sub Pop Records/Memorials of Distinction)
5. Bobby Oroza – Goddess (Big Crown Records)
6. David Murphy – An Draigheann (Rollercoaster Records)
7. Hiro Ama feat. Keeley Forsyth – Billowing (PRAH Recordings)
8. Golden Bug feat. The Liminanas & Vega Voga – Hi No Tori (La Belle)
9. Jessica Pratt – Life is (City Slang)
10. Matthew Bourne – The mirror and its fragments (The Leaf Label)
11. Róis – Caoine (bandcamp)
12. William D Drake – The flickering shade (Zebedog Records)
13. Myriam Gendron – Long way home (Thrill Jockey & Feeding Tube)
14. Oisin Leech – Colour of the rain (Outside Music/Tremone Records)
15. Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements – Nest of earrings (Thrill Jockey)
16. Astrid Sonne – Staying here (Escho)
17. Niall Colfer – Now you know (bandcamp)
18. Adrian Crowley – Tangled (Valley of Eyes Records)
19. The Darkling Air – Pandemonium (bandcamp)
20. Les Imprimés – With you (Big Crown Records)
21. Thee Marloes – I know (Big Crown Records)
22. Richard Hawley – Prism in jeans (BMG)

 

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Playlist 556 - Best of 2024: Part 3
1. Bananagun – Free energy (Full Time Hobby)
2. Chalk – Tell me (Nice Swan)
3. Sprints – Up and comer (City Slang)
4. Rats on Rafts – Japanese medicine (Fire Records)
5. Memorials – Acceptable experience (Fire Records)
6. Silverbacks – Selling shovels (bandcamp)
7. The Last Sound – Sting Possible Combinations (Cruel Nature Records)
8. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi)
9. Marcel Wave – Something looming (Upset The Rhythm)
10. Field Music – The waitress of St Louis (Memphis Industries)
11. The Silver Abduction – Remember my heart (Lightwell Recordings)
12. Katrina Ford – Dundalk dungeon (Violin Films)
13. Oslo Twins – Sally (Half Normal Records)
14. Hilary Bow – Fall fall (bandcamp)
15. Kugelschreiber – (me x u) ? (u x me) (Wamho Records)
16. muckno – manboy (bandcamp)
17. Throwing Muses – Drigstore drastic (Fire Records)
18. SAICOBAB – Nyrtaman (Thrill Jockey)
19. Fixity – Why wait (bandcamp)
20. Ty Segall – The dance (Drag City)
21. Laetitia Sadier – Panser L’inacceptable (Duophonic Super 45s)
22. Ana Palindrome – Sorry a million (bandcamp)

 

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Playlist 557 - Best of 2024: Part 4
1. Marie Klock – Se goinfrer de rage (Pingipung)
2. Thee Heart Tones – Forever and ever (Big Crown Records)
3. Lake of Puppies – Si c’est fidelité (Wamho Records)
4. Supersempfft – Roboterwerke (bureau b)
5. Graham Reynolds – Mountain Part 1 (Fire Records)
6. Dave Guy – Diamond encore (Big Crown Records)
7. Magic Tuber Stringband – A dance on a Saturday night (Thrill Jockey)
8. Elephant – For a friend (Excelsior Recordings)
9. Cormac O Caoimh – My harbour (bandcamp)
10. Jeremy Warmsley – Dancing on the moon (bandcamp)
11. Anadol & Marie Klock – Sonate au jambon (Pingipung)
12. Brainstory – Hanging on (Big Crown Records)
13. Stuart Moxham – Suburban Monochrome (Tiny Global Productions)
14. William Doyle – Now in motion (Tough Love)
15. Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden – Postcard greetings (Thrill Jockey)
16. Mikado Koko – Piano in a cage No. 2 (Caliban Sounds)
17. Henrik Lindstrand – Hvid (remodelled by Alva Noto) (One Little Independent)
18. Hochzeitskapelle – Silver rider (Alien Transistor)
19. Jerskin Fendrix – Finale and end credits (Milan Records, from the soundtrack of the film Poor things)
20. Maya Shenfeld – Analemma (Thrill Jockey)
21. Manu Delago feat Mad About Lemon – Paintings on the wall (One Little Independent)
22. English Teacher – R&B (Island Records)
23. Chappell Roan – Good luck, babe (Island)

 

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Playlist 558 - Jan 2025: spirit of flux
1. Ex-Void – Down the drain (Tapete Records)
2. Saeko Killy – Dream in dream (bureau b)
3. Clever Bunny – Rolling in the hay (Slowfoot Records)
4. youbet – Deny (Hardly Art Records)
5. SPINNEN – Geister (Alien Transistor)
6. Chalk – Afraid (Nice Swan) (playing Ulster Sports, Belfast, Apr 10)
7. Propaganda – World out of joint (bureau b)
8. Tarwater – Spirit of flux (Morr Music)
9. Adrian Crowley – Brother was a runaway (Valley of Eyes Records)
10. Albertine Sarges – Girl missing (Moshi Moshi)
11. The Burning Hell – Bottle of Chianti, cheese and charcuterie board (BB*Island)
12. Cloth – Polaroid (Rock Action)
13. Deradoorian – Digital gravestone (Fire Records)
14. Echolalia – Blood moon (Full Time Hobby)
15. Elephant – 20k (Excelsior Recordings)
16. Hiro Ama – Everything is going to make sense in the end (Daniel Brandt Remix) (PRAH Recordings)
17. House of All – The good Englishman (Tiny Global Recordings) (playing Deaf Institute, Manchester, Mar 21)
18. Mekons – Mudcrawlers (Fire Records) (playing Quasimodo, Berlin, May 20)
19. Midori Hirano & Breuder Selke – Scale A (Thrill Jockey)
20. Minor Conflict – Parallels II (PRAH Recordings)
21. Monde UFO – 119 (Fire Records)
22. Rats on Rafts – All these things (Fire Records) (playing Belllo Bar, Dublin, Feb 16)
23. Rattle – Rituals (Upset the Rhythm)
24. The Chills – If this world was made for me (Fire Records)
25. The Gentle Spring – Looking back at the workd (Skepwax) (playing Skepwax Weekender, Lexington, London, Jul 18-20)
26. Helen McCookery Book – Three Cheers for Toytown (Tiny Global Productions)
27. The Go! Team – Panther Dash (Andre Wasylyk Rework) (Memphis Industries)
28. The Music of Sound – Cold weather man (Monochrome Motif Records)
29. Throwing Muses – Summer of love (Fire Records) (playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, May 21)

 

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Playlist 559 - Mar 2025: burning with desire
1. Robert Forster – Strawberries (Tapete Records) (playing National Concert Hall, Dublin, Oct 15)

2. Louis Philippe & The Night Mail – Pictures of Anna (Tapete Records)

3. The Saxophones – Burning with desire (Full Time Hobby)

4. Cormac O Caoimh – The little things (bandcamp) (playing Coughlans, Cork, Aug 24)

5. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records) (playing The Workman’s Cellar, May 10)

6. Preen – I know (Small Matter Records) (playing Jacaranda Basement, Liverpool, May 5)

7. Tropical Fuck Storm – Goon show (Fire Records) (playing Manchester Psych Festival, Aug 30)

8. The Fun Years – Auto show day of the dead (Keplar)

9. Saeko Killy – Next time (bureau b)

10. HAAi – Can’t stand to lose (Mute) (playing Primavera Sound, Ports, June 15)

11. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop) (playing Madame Claude, Berlin, Apr 11)

12. The Burning Hell – Luna FM (BB*Island) (playing De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam, Apr 29)

13. Bananagun – Day by day (Full Time Hobby) (playing The Moth Club, London, May 13)

14. Adrian Crowley – Genevieve of the mountain (Valley of Eyes Records) (playing Róisín Dubh, Galway, Apr 6)

15. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi) (playing Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Nov 7)

16. Chalk – Pool scene (Nice Swan) (playing Ulster Sports, Belfast, Apr 9-11)

17. Cloth – Polaroid (Rock Action) (playing Tunnels, Aberdeen, Mar 29)

18. Cold Specks – Lingering ghosts (Mute)

19. Deradoorian – Set me free (Fire Records)

20. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Direne direne (Big Crown Records) (playing Deaf Institute, Manchester, Mar 18)

21. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby)

22. Eddie Marcon – itsukomanikawatashitachi (Morr Music)

23. Louis Philippe – Anthony Bay (Tapete Records) (The Rubens Room - Él Records: In camera)

24. Ian Whitty & The Exchange – The mill takes (bandcamp) (playing Coughlans, Cork, Mar 14)

25. Jason O’Driscoll – Island (bandcamp)

26. Lucy Gooch – Clay (Fire Records)

27. Niall Colfer – Done and dusted (bandcamp)

28. Quinquis feat Desire Marea – Inkanuko (Mute)

29. Robin Kester – Departure (Memphis Industries)

30. Surprise Chef – Dangerous (Big Crown Records)

31. XIXA – Xoloitzcuintli (Jullian Records)

32. Throwing Muses – Libretto (Fire Records) (playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, May 21)

33. Tara Nome Doyle – Ekko (Fat Cat Records)

34. The Go! Team – Hold yr terror close (The Orielles Rework) (Memphis Industries)

35. Buffet Lunch – Perfect hit! (Upset The Rhythm)

36. The Chills – Dolphins (Fire Records)

 

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Playlist 560 - Mar 2025 Pt 2: truth
1. Yann Tiersen – Caledonian Canal (Mute) (playing Barbican, London, Apr 19)

2. Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet statique (bureau b) (Krautrock Eruption – An Introduction to German Electronic Music 1970-1980)

3. Simon Fisher Turner and Mike Smalle + Bring Your Own Hammer – Exile (Dimple Discs)

4. Peter Baumann – From a far land (bureau b)

5. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex)

6. In-Flight Movie – Passenger (bandcamp)

7. Tropical Fuck Storm – Bloodsport (Fire Records) (playing Manchester Psych Festival, Aug 30)

8. Albertine Sarges – Blue lagoon (Moshi Moshi) (playing Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Nov 7)

9. Kris Kristoffersen – Me and Bobby McGee + Dialogue (Fire Records) (from the OST of the film The Last Movie)

10. I Dreamed I Dream – Fags (bandcamp) (playing Bello Bar, Dublin, May 3, w Echo Northstar & Jean Pack)

11. Quinie – Macaphee turn the cattle (Upset The Rhythm) (playing Mono, Glasgow, May 29)

12. Death & Vanilla – Intro (Fire Records)

13. Kamasi Washington – Truth (Young Turks) (playing Cork Opera House, Apr 9)

14. uh – nostos ((PRAH Recordings)

15. Hologram Teen – Connection Transpacifique (bandcamp)

16. Stereolab – French disco (Duophonic)

17. Hannah Holland – Biker (PRAH Recordings)

18. Thool – Cwmcerwyn (PRAH Recordings)

19. Deradoorian – Any other world (Fire Records)

20. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records)

21. Stranded Horse feat. Boubacar Cissokho – The warmth you deserve (Talitres)

22. Morning Star Music Club – Spiritual guide (Disco-Ordination Records)

23. Later Youth – Nuclear love (Sideways Saloon)

24. Echolalia – Dreams of you (Full Time Hobby)

25. Brooke Sharkey – A place we go to (self-released)

26. Camille Baziadoly & The Filthy Honey – Sideways (Pindrop)

27. Music of Sound – Love me (Monochrome Motif Records)

28. Mekons – The Western Design (Fire Records) (playing 100 Club, London, May 15)

29. Ty Segall – Fantastic tomb (Drag City)

30. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Maria Tambien (Big Crown Records)

31. Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires – Alexa, what is there to know about love (Skep Wax Records)

32. Buffet Lunch – Whitsun Sound (Upset The Rhythm)

 

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Playlist 561 - May 2025: Part 1
1. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records)

2. North Sea Radio Orchestra – All Alice like (Believer’s Roast)

3. Deradoorian – Set me free (Fire Records)

4. Le Volume Courbe – Two-love (Duophonic Super 45s)

5. Robin Kester – Happy sad (It’s a party) (Memphis Industries)

6. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records)

7. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby)

8. Cormac O Caoimh – You help (bandcamp) (playing Coughlans, Cork, Aug 24)

9. Eera – Forget her (Test Card Recordings) (playing The Lexington, London, Oct 14)

10. Lucy Gooch – Clouds (Fire Records)

11. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop) (playing The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, May 31)

12. Louis Philippe & the Night Mail – The road to somewhere (Tapete)

13. Sufjan Stevens – Mystery of love (demo) (Asthmatic Kitty)

14. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner (acoustic) (BMG) (playing Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, Sept 12)

15. Junk Drawer – Nids Niteca (Pizza Pizza Records) (playing Coughlans, Cork June 1+2, w/ m(h)aol & Cola)

16. Comet Gain – Beat of the veins (Tapete)

17. Whitney K – Rosy (Fire Records) (playing The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, Sept 23)

18. Jeanines – What’s on (Skep Wax) (playing Skep Wax Weekender, London, July 17)

19. Lightheaded – Me and Amelia Fletcher (Skep Wax) (playing Skep Wax Weekender, London, July 17)

20. Cloth – Pink silence (Rock Action) (playing Green Man Festival, Aug 17)

21. Eddie Marcon – Slow na yume (Morr Music)

22. GECKOS – El techno (Vacilando 68 Recordings)

23. Buffet Lunch – Perfect hit! (Upset The Rhythm)

 

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Playlist 562 - May 2025 Pt 2: lemonade sunset
1. Sally Anne Morgan – I saw a heron (Thrill Jockey)

2. Andrew Pekler – Cumbia para los grillos (Faitiche)

3. Bella Wakame – Manga bois (Umor-Rex)

4. HAAi feat. KAM-BU – Shapeshift (Mute) (playing Primavera Sound, Porto, June 15)

5. Stereolab – Meoldie is a wound (Warp Records) (playing Paradiso, Amsterdam, May 31)

6. Astral Bakers – Dog in a manger (Sage Music)

7. Classic Trucks – Oil (Breakfast Records)

8. Guerilla Toss – Psychosis is just a number (Sub Pop)

9. Cory Hanson – Bird on a swing (Drag City)

10. Robert Forster – All of the time (Tapete) (playing National Concert Hall, Dublin, Oct 15)

11. TAMIW feat. Soaota – We are not friends (Niwer Records)

12. Surprise Chef – Consulate case (Big Crown Records)

13. Death & Vanilla – Nightmares (Fire Records)

14. Jamie Lidell – The center (Todo)

15. Elaine Howley – Hold me in a new way (Modern Love) (playing Sounds from a Safe Harbour, Cork, Sept 11-14)

16. MF Tomlinson – Blink and you’ll miss it (PRAH Recordings) (playing Rough Trade East, London, July 15)

17. Poppy Ackroyd & Norman Ackroyd – Notes on water (One Little Independent)

18. Quinquis – Dec’h (Mute)

19. Ry-Guy – Skyscraper (Ry-Guy)

20. Hilary Bow – Lonely moon (bandcamp)

21. Stranded Horse with Boubacar Cissokho – Right no wrongs with no arms (Talitres)

22. Water Machine – River (Fat Cat Records) (playing The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, June 20)

23. Half Japanese – Lemonade sunset (Fire Records)

24. Oh No Noh – Almost everywhere (Teleskop)

25. Faten Kanaan – Sidequest (Fire Records)

26. North Sea Radio Orchestra – Hearty (Believer’s Roast)