Any thoughts on the best most rocking IRISH single of 2003? I think the crayonZ "Bringing the Conversation Down" is superb along with "the Dillon Family Dancers" by the Redneck Manifesto (but I don't know if they released that) there are lots more but I'm a bit hungover this morning,,,

So hungover you don't know what year it is.

you walked into that one femme!haha here's to 2004...

And you were going on about s**te, Johnnie?? Ya devil!!

Babelfish - 'Sometimes' gets my vote ... beautiful single ... :o)

I really don't like Babelfish. Nothing HAPPENS in their music

Hi.Rise - 'One Man's Poison' for sure!

i really enjoy babelfish but would not give it the nod as the single of the year for me it has to be the 66 electric's 'brown bear' i thought that was class

dunno about singles but the album has to be skylarkin by mic christopher

The Walls - - To the bright and shining sun what a tune did yis hear they are rereleasing paradise in the picturehouse - the stunning should be cool

Yeah nothing happens in Babelfish land,,, i like the crayonZ, deadly name...

the b-side of the infamous listo single pass the highs....."i hate", in my opinion is as good as anything ive seen come out of ireland in a long time....we all have mates in bands who release singles...and i know the black fella out of listo almost intimately..but that doesnt cloud my judgement......

nothing happens in babelfish land? 'tis worth another listen, they're a real interesting band .. as chance would have it (relating to a previous post) saw them play with the crayonz in whelans recently.. the crayonz were a couple of orders of magnitude of quality below them (b'fish) IMO; pretty uninspired stuff.

I'd have to agree with damo. Skylarking has been the best album of the year ... by far

Irish single of the Year The Walls - To the Bright and Shining Sun (2002) The Walls - Hi-Wire (2003)

cannonball - damien & lisa (2002???) hoops & the mafia - little ghetto boys july - mundy (if even for the sheer opportunism!) brown bear - 66 electric (any disillusioned radiohead fans should tap into this...)

I never liked Mundy until I heard Mayday and even then I was a bit half-arsed about his music - one good song does not a star make - or something like that (lol)....but I heard July one night camping in Glenmalure in the Wicklow Mountains in the middle of a forest. We were all sat around a big fire and it was blaring all over the forest - it was quite beautiful! and his voice is amazing on it - fair dues.

Stoat: Oh Happy Day Imagine if Pavement came from Wexford...

July was the song of the summer for me, fair play like. Heard the rest of that album lately and on the whole its very impressive.

"Don't Go Out" by Tenspeedracer rocked my world.