December my be upon up but Irish artists are still churning out tunes. This week’s round-up features new tunes from cover stars Belters Only who have reworked their hit single ‘AwStopBro’ with a little help from UK rap royalty Dizzie Rascal, while Maverick Sabre jumps on ‘Risk It All’ from SHY FX.

Craig Walker reworks his classic smash hit single ‘Fade Out Line’ with The Ninety2 , while there’s also fresh collaborations from Daryl Bengo and Olive Hatake (Nightcrawlin),  Pat Lagoon and F3miii (Replay) and cbakl and Solomon (Holding My Soul).

There’s dance music from Disfreq and Fin. while Annie-Dog continues to bluer the lines between dance music and indie with ‘The Feeling In My Fingertips’, and Dublin-based Vaticanjail returns with the laid back hyperpop vibes of ‘Angel’.

James Vincent McMorrow leads this week’s selection of singer-songwriter offering with ‘Rent California’ while it’s great to see The Ocelots return with the sombre, yet hopeful ‘The Good Of A Bad Year’, while ex Hot Sprockets mainman Midnight Wayne delivers another nostalgic slice of alt-pop ‘Then You’ll Arrive’ . Following recent singles ‘Rollover’ and ‘Dead Orchid’, Siúcra deliver their long awaited EP Rosetta featuring new single ‘Woman’, while it’s always a treat to bring you music from the uber talented Adrian Crowley who has shared new single ‘Measure of Joy’.

Also operating in the more experimental end of this week’s playlist is Jœd who has delivered their debut album ‘I Loved the Gauntlet and There Was No Other Way’, there’s also new tunes from the likes of Melina Malone, Lisa Murray, Bold Boy, Esmeralda Road and Video Blue delivers a lovely lofi cover of New Order’s Ceremony.

We’ve also added new tunes from Left Iris and Annika Kilkenny to out Irish Christmas playlist. To be considered for this playlist visit here.

Irish Christmas 2024