Last week, The Ticket named the musicians we think are The 50 Best Irish Acts Right Now.This week, by popular demand, we give you a list of the next 50.
THE FIRST 50
1.David Holmes
2.Jape
3.Cathy Davey
4.Fight Like Apes LM1
5.Lisa Hannigan
6.Villagers
7.Roisin Murphy
8.Adrian Crowley
9.BellX1
10.Halfset
11.The Frames/The Swell
Season
12. The Divine Comedy
13.RSAG
14.Fionn Regan
15.Jinx Lennon
16.Delorentos
17.Cap Pas Cap
18.U2
19.Chequerboard
20.Oppenheimer
21.Imelda May
22.Snow Patrol
23.Messiah J The Expert
24.My Bloody Valentine
25.David Kitt
26.Katie Kim
27.Cathal Coughlan
28.Colm Mac Con Iomaire
29.Julie Feeney
30.God Is An Astronaut
31.Spook Of The 13th Lock
32.Martin Hayes & Denis Cahill
33.Si Schroeder
34.Damien Rice
35.Duke Special
36.Iarla Ó Lionáird
37.Republic of Loose
38.The Jimmy Cake
39.Ash
40.Dark Room Notes
41.The Script
42.Heathers
43.Iain Archer
44.The Blizzards
45.Evil Harrisons
46.Mick Flannery
47.Ann Scott
48.Saville
49.David Turpin
50.Michael Knight
THE NEXT 50
51.Sinéad OConnor
52.The Redneck Manifesto
53.Autamata
54.The Lowly Knights
55.Crayonsmith
56.Barry McCormick
57.3epkano
58.Simple Kid
59.Cane 141
60.Captain Moonlight
61.The Flaws
62.The 202s
63.In Case Of Fire
64.Christy Moore
65.Armoured Bear
66.Gemma Hayes
67.Halves
68.We Should Be Dead
69.Cara Dillon
70.Aphex Twin
71.One Day International
72.Marc Carroll
73.Grand Pocket Orchestra
74.Robotnik
75.Miriam Ingram
76.Two Door Cinema Club
77.The Things
78.Justin Carroll
79.Alias Empire (formerly Dry County)
80.Pony Club
81.Mumblin Deaf Ro
82.Johnny Duhan
83.Fred
84.Juno Falls
85.Dublin Guitar Quartet
86.The Answer
87.Nick Kelly
88.Ugly Megan
89.Pugwash
90.Pony Club
91.The Mighty Stef
92.Giveamanakick
93.Vyvienne Long
94.Northstation
95.General Fiasco
96.Cowboy X
97.Autumn Owls
98.Adebisi Shank
99.Mundy
100.So Cow
READER COMMENTS ...
No Gemma Hayes? – Ciaran L
I think that yourself and the team have produced a very well considered and well-argued list. – James D
How Monaghan based band The Flaws didn't make it into your Top 50 list is unbelievable. And then you see the likes of Ash and The Blizzards in there? Extremely average bands that inexplicably caught a lucky break. – Dermot Kinane
David Holmes at Number One, what an excellent outcome. Makes up for his brilliant album not getting the Choice Music Prize. As for the absent names, no Laura Izibor? Ye might regret that one in 12 months time, lads. – Smoothie
No Mumblin Deaf Ro? Come on. – Eoin
Some of the acts who made this are hugely questionable – Evil Harrisons, Saville, Michael Knight WTF? That said, the Top 10 – with the exception of the hugely over-rated and rubbish Halfset – is excellent.
Good list, would liked to have seen Giveamanakick/ Adebisi Shank/So Cow getting some love ahead of Delorentos though, the only thing exciting about them is their announcement of splitting up. – Aisling
I just don't get it. How is it that Snow Patrol are better than My Bloody Valentine? MBV are better live than most of the lis. U2 in 18th? Their album "contains some of the most mediocre music U2 have created". So basically their merit in the list is on previous work. In this case MBV should be a lot higher. Sure why not include Thin Lizzy – they're playing soon enough. Ash's debut was fantastic, Van Morrison is still knocking about ... – Stampy
I think this list is a great reminder of how much talent there is in this country. – James D
A top 10 finish for The Villagers seems generous considering they have merely one ep under their belt. – Teddy
Please stop making lists. It's reductive, and to think you have Snow Patrol coming before My Bloody Valentine makes it more so, and Fight Like Apes at number four – what a joke. – Ciaran
No Therapy?, Kila or Dudley Corporation? Gimme a break. – Niall Kitson
Excellent genre hopping list with a bit of everything, a rarity in Irish top 50 lists. – nerraw
A fantastic list. I'm looking forward to checking out the acts on it which I don't know like The Evil Harrisons, Halfset and RSAG. – Caroline
Even if I wouldn't necessarily agree with everything on the list, which is the point of these things anyway, I think it's a really positive reflection on the Irish music scene. What's really reassuring is the possibilities afforded by a good record and hard work- there's no way the likes of RSAG and Katie Kim would even have been near this list a year ago and now they're up there in the top 25. – Chris
Here's my top 10 right now: bats, the pulpit, realistic train, hoovers + sledgehammers, simon the ghost, adebisi shank, estel, lynched, janey mac, vinny club. – Liam
The fact that I can think of 20 bands off the top of my head that could easily have made that list makes me very excited about Irish music at the moment. Personally, I think it's a shame Groom or HERM didn't make it in there, and Dark Room Notes could have been higher. – Key Notes
What does anybody care about what a cabal of self-appointed egomaniacs think about anything? The only purpose of these lists is to stir a little controversy, sell a few more papers and generate some web traffic. – Jeremy
This list highlights the strength of the current Irish scene. On the other hand I'm sure that if this list is done next year then maybe 20 of those acts wouldn't make it. – Jae
As an even-handed overview of Irish music, this falls flat on its face because it completely exludes entire genres. – Jeremy
Very odd that Super Extra Bonus Party, a band that won the most prestigious music prize in the country in 2008, are now not on the list of "best Irish acts right now". Is it now generally agreed that the judges made the wrong decision? – Quint
What do they say about the prophet in his homeland? I saw Van in NYC in February doing Astral Weeks live, and with the greatest respect to all the artists featured, would wager that none would come anywhere close. – Pasch
The most fun I've had all day – yeah, more fun than watching Kilkenny wallop Cork – has been reading this thread. Well done all! – Roger
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