The Underground of Happiness

marvellous tunes i hope you agree enjoy x Playlist 1. Naim Amor – Amorsonic (Fort Lowell Records) 2. Fixity – Why wait (bandcamp) ( playing The Conncert, Co Mayo, Aug 3, w/ Trá Pháidín, Junk Drawer ++ ) 3. Rachael Lavelle – Let me unlock your full potential (bandcamp) ( playing All Together Now, Aug 2-5 ) 4. Louis Carnell & Nailah Hunter – fourteen (Mute) 5. Kugelschreiber – (me x u) ≠ (u x me) (WAMHO Records) 6. William D. Drake – The flickering shade (Zebedog Records) 7. Barry McCormack – We will prevail (bandcamp) 8. Boa Morte – A cloud of stars / 2122 (reworked) (bandcamp) 9. Bobby Oroza – Goddess (Big Crown Records) 10. Brian Lopez & KT Tunstall – Road to Avalon (Vacilando ’68) 11. Camille Baziadoly – Skin on fire (bandcamp) 12. Caolán Austin feat Our Krypton Son – Walking into the furnace (Only You Recordings) 13. Crumbs – 4291 (Skep Wax) 14. Daniel Pickard – Room service (Daniel Pickard) 15. Dave Guy – 7th heaven (Big Crown Records) 16. E

spring has sprung in this neck of the woods tunes for your spring enjoy x Playlist 1. Amy Rigby – Dylan in Dubuque (Tapete Records) 2. Marewrew – Sikata kuykuy / Snow falling from a tree (Pingipung) 3. Daisy Rickman – Falling through the rising sun (Fire Records) 4. Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Never work (BB*Island) 5. Pupkulies + Rebecca & Tibau Tavares – Nha badjam (Normoton) 6. claire rousay – it could be anything (Thrill Jockey) (playing Project Arts Centre, Dublin, June 1) 7. Myriam Gendron – Long way home (Thrill Jockey) 8. Oisin Leech – Malin gales (Outside Music) (playing Another Love Story Festival, Aug 24) 9. Big Brave – canon: in canon (Thrill Jockey) (playing Portals Festival, London, May 25) 10. Bjork & Rosalía – Oral (Olof Dreijer Remix) (One Little Independent) 11. Chalk feat Fears – Bliss (Nice Swan Records) 12. English Teacher – R&B (Island Records) (playing Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, Nov 12) 13. Human Interest – S

Playlist 1. Daisy Rickman – Signpost to the stars (Fire Records) 2. Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom – Never work (BB*Island) ( playing Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, Apr 16 2024 ) 3. The Go! Team – Junior kickstart (Memphis Industries) ( playing The Button Factory, Dublin, Sept 30 2024 ) 4. Kelsey Michael – Music of the waves (Dimple Discs) 5. Ella Ronen – Truth (BB*Island) 6. Hochzeitskapelle – Silver rider (Alien Transistor) 7. Magic Tuber Stringband – Days of longing (Thrill Jockey) 8. Marie Klock – Se goinfrer de rage (Pingipung) 9. Saicobab – Nyrtaman (Thrill Jockey) 10. Martin Rev – Mari (bureau b) 11. Elsa Hewitt – Citrinitas (Tompkins Square) 12. Dumbo Tracks feat Rubee Fegan – Daughter of flood (bureau b) 13. John Hynes – In over my head (bandcamp) 14. Harry Taussig – Etude in G Major #7 (take 2) (Tompkins Square) 15. Manu Delago feat Mad About Lemon – Paintings on the wall (One Little Independent) 16. Bobby Oroza – Queen of the barrio (Big Crown Records) 1

new year new vibes ceasefire now enjoy x Playlist 1. Laetitia Sadier – Panser L’Inacceptable (Duophonic Super 45s) 2. Penny Arcade – Jona (Tapete Records) 3. Chalk – Claw (Nice Swan Records) ( playing Oslo, London, Mar 21 2024 ) 4. Graham Reynolds feat Marta del Grandi – Linger in silence (Fire Records) ( playing Earth, London, Apr 27 2024 ) 5. The Gentle Spring – Dodge the rain (Skep Wax Records) 6. William Doyle – Now in motion (Tough Love) ( playing Deaf Institute, Manchester, Mar 24 2024 ) 7. Yosa Peit – Shelly (Fire Records) 8. Richard Hawley – Two for his heels (BMG) ( playing Olympia Theatre, Dublin, May 24+25 2024 ) 9. The Pheromoans – Downtown (Upset The Rhythm) 10. Crumbs – You’re just jealous (Skep Wax Records) ( playing Wharf Chambers, Leeds, May 31 2024 ) 11. Mikado Koko – Piano in a cage No. 2 (Caliban Sounds) 12. Astrid Sonne – Staying here (Escho) 13. Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden – Postcard greetings (Thrill Jockey) 14. Avice Caro – At

And finally...my last word on the music that floated my boat in 2023. May the year rise with you. x Playlist 1. Saeko Killy – Sun shower (Tapete Records/bureau b) 2. Hiro Ama – Ultramarine (Silent Way) 3. Robert Forster – It’s only poison (Tapete Records) 4. The Bonk – The stars look great (bandcamp) 5. Nation of Language – Sole obsession (Play It Again Sam) 6. Decisive Pink – Destiny (Fire Records) 7. Sprints – Up and comer (City Slang) 8. POZI – Pest control (PRAH Recordings) 9. Chalk – Asking (Dutch Tilt) 10. m(h)aol – Nice guys (Tulle) 11. Martin Rev – Dreams (bureau b) 12. The Umlauts – Dance and go (PRAH Recordings) 13. Ghost Woman – Yoko (Full Time Hobby) 14. Christian Cohle – Another life (bandcamp) 15. Special Friend – Bete (Skep Wax Records) 16. Surprise Chef – Rosemary Hemphill (Big Crown Records) 17. Sally Anne Morgan – The center (Thrill Jockey) 18. Cormac O Caoimh – A good place for you (bandcamp) 19. Craig Fortnam – Ruins in time (Believer

More tunes from 2023. 20 more of the best. Enjoy. x Playlist 1. The Toads – Nationalsville (Upset The Rhythm) 2. Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X (Fire Records) 3. Me Lost Me – Eye Witness (Upset The Rhythm) 4. I Dreamed I Dream – The Bass (bandcamp) 5. Tandem Felix – There’s a new sheriff in town (bandcamp) 6. Terry – Gold duck (Upset The Rhythm) 7. Immaterial Possession – To the fete (Fire Records) 8. Lael Neale – I am the river (Sub Pop) 9. Death and Vanilla – Looking glass (Fire Records) 10. Trá Pháidín – m’anam go b’ea (bandcamp) 11. Nagasaki Swim – Sleep (Excelsior Recordings) 12. Nighttime – Veil (Ba Da Bing Records) 13. Symbol Soup – Overdressed (Sad Club Records) 14. The Notwist – Exit strategy to myself (Live from Alien Research Center) (Morr Music) 15. Aoife Nessa Frances – Automatic love (Partisan Records) 16. Spencer Cullum feat Erin Rae – Betwixt and between (Full Time Hobby) 17. BMX Bandits – Long forgotten summers (Tapete Records) 18. Holl