No really, a five-piece indie band with character in abundance, I swear. Sports Team bounced their way into my memory during a ridiculous slot at a DIY Magazine Hello 2018 gig in the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch in January last year.

Their charming brand of silly-yet-savvy indie earworms have been rattling around my head ever since, while the band have gone from strength to strength, most recently selling out the famous Electric Ballroom in Camden founded by legendary Irish venue owner Bill Fuller. They're yet to make a trip across the Irish sea, but it really shouldn't be too much longer.

Probably the best-named band on the list, I first encountered Squid in The Five Bells in New Cross supporting a little known Irish band by the name of Fontaines DC (I hear they're pretty good now?). While that show was brilliant, it was a tad haphazard, so it wasn't until I saw them again on what was supposed to be Brexit day last month until I truly saw how good they really are.

Squid are like nothing I've ever heard before, in fact I think they sound like nothing they've heard before either, describing their sound as "The Coronation Street theme tune played on flutes by angry children". Latest single Houseplants is an absolute riot, feel free to bring one to their show when they do finally play in Ireland. I'm sure they'd appreciate it.

Proving that you should always have a chat with your barber, Peckham's Talk Show were signed by The Maccabees' Felix White's label Yala Records after frontman Harrison Swann (no relation. No really, there's an extra n) told his barber to come to a show of theirs. He was so impressed that he told Swann he'd let his "mate Felix who runs a label" know about them. Best thing my barber has ever done for me is tell me I probably shouldn't have gone that short.

With little-to-no material online at the time (unless you knew where to look), I was lucky enough to catch Talk Show blast through their foot-stomping repertoire at a Yala show in Bermondsey. They finally released two tracks last month, which by all means have lived up to their pulsating live performances and it won't be long before talk of an Irish show is needed.

If Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem, isn't headlining at least The Academy in Dublin by the end of the year, I'll eat my proverbial hat. Formerly one-half of folk duo Slow Club, Taylor has transformed into an absolute pop behemoth in the last 18 months, culminating in the release of her banger-laden debut album 'Compliments Please' at the beginning of March.

Self Esteem holds the crown for the greatest on-stage outfit I've seen during my music journalism career, which is quite something considering I've seen Confidence Man eight times (sorry Janet Planet). At her rammed headline show in Shoreditch last month, Taylor arrived on stage in a dress made entirely out of Boots advantage cards. Incredible, right? The gig was even better. Joyous female empowerment pop. Go. See. Her.

If the first time you see a band has you thinking about Debbie Harry as you walk out the door afterwards, they're doing something right. Anteros have been doing that something right for a good few years now, since the release of the infectiously catchy Breakfast in 2016 and that looks set to continue in 2019, with their debut album -released at the end March - solidifying their rise to shimmering indie table-toppers.

A heap of near misses means I've only managed to catch Anteros live once, at The Great Escape in Brighton, but, as mentioned above, that performance did leave a pretty strong mark on me. Here's hoping it'll be easier to catch them when they do eventually come to Dublin.