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The Sound of Dublin Indie

"The Sound of Dublin Indie" captures the wide-angle view of the city's alternative scene, threading together fuzzy guitars, post-punk urgency, and off-kilter pop instincts. From the sharp-edged energy of THUMPER’s “The Loser” and Skinner’s “Headroom” to the layered introspection of Paddy Hanna’s “New York Sidewalk”, the playlist moves through moods with a kind of DIY charm that defines much of Dublin’s modern indie output. There's a clear throughline of authenticity and experimentation, balancing more polished anthems like Inhaler’s “My Honest Face” with rawer cuts like “Gaslight” from Bitch Falcon.

It blends in newer textures too, with the dreamy electronics of Rachael Lavelle’s “Let Me Unlock Your Full Potential” and the warped psych of Melts’ “Figment.” Legacy acts like Ham Sandwich and The Cake Sale sit comfortably beside standout entries from acts like Silverbacks, Cat Palace, and The Urges, showing the scene’s range underneath the lo-fi aesthetic. Whether it’s angsty, melodic, or just plain strange, these tracks reflect what Dublin indie’s been up to across the years — a snapshot of the city’s eclectic, consistently interesting sounds.

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Afterlife to Ashes 2 tracks
Alien Envoy 2 tracks
Alien She 2 tracks
Ape Rising 2 tracks
Apella 2 tracks
Atticus 2 tracks
Aural Air 2 tracks
BODIES 2 tracks
Bad Sea 2 tracks
Badger Hill 2 tracks
Bear Worship 2 tracks
Beef Supreme 2 tracks
Biggles Flys Again 2 tracks
Bipolar Empire 2 tracks
Bitch Falcon 2 tracks
Bouts 2 tracks
Brain Donation 2 tracks
Brass Phantoms 2 tracks
CARRON 2 tracks
Cat Palace 2 tracks
Cfit 1 track
Changing Gears 1 track
Chase Nova Band 1 track
Columbia Mills 2 tracks
Cult Called Man 2 tracks
DAVIIS 2 tracks
Death in the Sickroom 1 track
Dunluvly 2 tracks
Eddi Reader 1 track
Everything Shook 2 tracks
Ewan Cowley 1 track
Fallen Rule 1 track
Farah Elle 2 tracks
Fia Nic Riosa 1 track
Fiction Peaks 1 track
Fruitz 1 track
Galants 2 tracks
Garrett Goodman 1 track
Gary Lightbody 1 track
Ginnels 2 tracks
Gorilla Troubadour 1 track
Grand Pocket Orchestra 2 tracks
Gui Boratto 2 tracks
Hail the Ghost 2 tracks
Ham Sandwich 2 tracks
Hands up Who Wants to Die 2 tracks
Hatchlings 2 tracks
Hawklion 1 track
Hello Moon 1 track
Heroes in Hiding 2 tracks
INSIDEAWAVE 2 tracks
Indigo 1 track
Inhaler 2 tracks
Jackie Beverly 2 tracks
Jet Setter 2 tracks
Joey Gavin 2 tracks
Join Me in the Pines 2 tracks
Jooce 2 tracks
Julia Stone 1 track
KARMS 2 tracks
Kevin Nolan 1 track
LNT 2 tracks
Lie Ins 1 track
Lisa Hannigan 2 tracks
Lisa Lambe 1 track
Lű Tysky 1 track
Mark Loughrey 1 track
Me in the Park 1 track
Melts 2 tracks
Minus Ten Thousand Hours 1 track
Montauk Hotel 1 track
Mumblin' Deaf Ro 1 track
My Pilot 1 track
Native Ensemble 1 track
Nina Persson 1 track
Not Monsters 1 track
Oddsocks 2 tracks
Owensie 1 track
Paddy Hanna 2 tracks
Participant 2 tracks
Paul Noonan 2 tracks
Pearse McGloughlin 2 tracks
Pillow Queens 2 tracks
Post-Party 2 tracks
Printer Clips 2 tracks
Rachael Lavelle 2 tracks
Robert John Ardiff 2 tracks
Ruth McGill 1 track
Shaky Shack 1 track
Shrug Life 2 tracks
Silverbacks 2 tracks
Skelocrats 2 tracks
Skinner 2 tracks
Sky Atlas 2 tracks
Skyfever 1 track
Slouch 1 track
Sonif 1 track
Squarehead 2 tracks
State Lights 2 tracks
Stoat 2 tracks
Stomptown Brass 2 tracks
Sun Mahshene 2 tracks
Sweet Jane 1 track
Swimmers Jackson 2 tracks
Swords 2 tracks
THUMPER 2 tracks
TabloidTv 1 track
Tandem Felix 2 tracks
The Ambience Affair 1 track
The Bionic Rats 2 tracks
The Cake Sale 2 tracks
The Crayon Set 2 tracks
The Dinah Brand 1 track
The Elephant Room 2 tracks
The Family Knife 1 track
The Finns 1 track
The Harvest Ministers 1 track
The Klares 1 track
The Rattling Kind 2 tracks
The Star Department 1 track
The Temps 1 track
The Urges 2 tracks
Tomorrows 2 tracks
Tuath 2 tracks
Tupelo 1 track
VLLNS 1 track
Walpurgis Family 2 tracks
We Were Giants 2 tracks
Wild Rocket 1 track
Women's Christmas 1 track
Yeh Deadlies 2 tracks
Young Earth 1 track