Whether it was a full-length release or a taster from an EP, there was plenty to be excited bout this year. Close to home, RSAG’s ‘Leave A Light On’ caught my attention. Meanwhile Day Wave proved that he can only get better with each release. It was difficult to narrow the list to fifty tracks, but a justified number no less.
For a compact list like this, the reliable source was the repeat button over the past few weeks to narrow down the finest in a list of a large scale.
From the exhilarating ride of ‘Magic Mountain’ to the mellow ‘La Lune’, there are a good mix of international and Irish acts contained within. Also check out the Spotify playlist below for a listen to the tracks.
- RSAG – ‘Leave A Light On’
- Local Natives – ‘Dark Days’
- All Tvvins – ‘Thank You’
- HONNE – ‘Someone That Loves You’
- Blossoms – ‘Honey Sweet’
- Lewis Del Mar – ‘Painting (Masterpiece)’
- J.Views feat Milosh – ‘Don’t Pull Away’
- Roosevelt – ‘Fever’
- The Night Cafe – ‘Time’
- Declan McKenna – ‘Isombard’
- The xx – ‘On Hold’
- The 1975 – ‘Somebody Else’
- AURORA – ‘Conqueror’
- Frightened Rabbit – ‘Get Out’
- Otherkin – ‘Yeah, I Know’
- Anna of the North – ‘The Dreamer’
- Sample Answer – ‘Collision’
- Pleasure Beach – ‘Magic Mountain’
- ANONHI – Crisis
- Foy Vance – ‘Burden’
- Wild Beasts – ‘ Big Cat’
- Whitney – ‘No Matter Where You Go’
- Bell X! – ‘The Upswing’
- Christine & The Queens – ‘Titled’
- James Vincent McMorrow – ‘Get Low
- Saint Sister – ‘Tin Man’
- The Academic – ‘Mixtape 2003’
- The Amazons – ‘Nightdriving’
- Billie Marten – ‘La Lune’
- Swords – ‘Sixty Thousand Years’
- Pumarosa – ‘Honey’
- JAWS – ‘Right In Front Of Me’
- The Japanese House – ‘Face Like Thunder’
- Chain Wallet – ‘Muted Colours’
- EDEN – ‘drugs’
- The Big Moon – ‘Formidable’
- James Darkin – ‘Cutting Room Floor’
- David Bowie – “Lazarus”
- M83 – ‘Do it, Try it.’
- Pale Honey – ‘Real Thing’
- Dan Croll – ‘Swim’
- whenyoung – ‘Actor’
- Day Wave – ‘Wasting Time’
- GANGLY – ‘Blow Out’
- Rusangano Family – ‘Lights On’
- Heroes In Hiding – ‘Hospital’
- Talos – ‘Your Love is An Island’
- Hooton Tennis Club – ‘Katy Anne Bellis’
- LANY – ‘yea, babe, no way.’
- Metronomy – ‘Old Skool’
RobMoro 
Whether it was a full-length release or a taster from an EP, there was plenty to be excited bout this year. Close to home, RSAG’s ‘Leave A Light On’ caught my attention. Meanwhile Day Wave proved that he can only get better with each release. It was difficult to narrow the list to fifty tracks, but a justified number no less.
For a compact list like this, the reliable source was the repeat button over the past few weeks to narrow down the finest in a list of a large scale.
From the exhilarating ride of ‘Magic Mountain’ to the mellow ‘La Lune’, there are a good mix of international and Irish acts contained within. Also check out the Spotify playlist below for a listen to the tracks.
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