2009 CD of the Year
2009 – Top 10 CDs
1.The Rumjacks – Sound as a Pound/Hung, Drawn and Portered
Hung, Drawn and Portered
Sound as a Pound
Screw the ethics, yeah I released it but it’s just sooooo good.
2. Neck – Come Out Fighting
Best to date, fantastic production, if there was more new stuff they would be number 1
3. Fiddlers Green - Sports Day at Killaloe
19 tracks and not a filler in sight
4. The Dreadnoughts - Victory Square
Head and sholders above last years release (and a 2008 top 10)
5. The Currency - The Currency
Great colonial punk debut from Down Under
6. Pipes and Pints - EP
Celtic Punk from the Czech Republic – no way! Yeah way!
7. Charm City Saints -Hooligans and Saints
Finally!! Their debut full length
8. Smokey Bastard - Propping up the Floor
9. Black Irish Texas - To Hell With The King
10. (Joint) Warblefly: Tenerife to Dover
10. (Joint) Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers – The Murderer, The Thief, The Minstrels and the Rest
Honorable Mentions
Horslips - Treasury: The Very Best of Horslips
The Langer’s Ball - Ships Are Sailing
Bang on the Ear - Green Grass and Gravel Roads
Surfin’ Turnips - Return To Turbo Island
Swaggerin’ Growlers - Keep Your Head Held High
The Town Pants - Shore Leave
The Rum Fellows: Okie Maritime Music for the Landlocked Pirate!!!
Bands to look out for in 2010:
Pipes & Pints
The Rumjacks
The Galway Hooker Band
Cruel Seamus
Bang on the ear
