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January 2, 2010 / hugger / eclectic

Hjaltalin – Traffic Music

Oh HjaltalÃn, where have you been all my life or at least since 2007 when…

January 1, 2010 / hugger / indie rock

Avi Buffalo – What's In It For?

Little known, low aged and currently signed to that beacon of cool Sub Pop it…

December 30, 2009 / hugger / indie rock

Huts on Stilts – Kopraonu

Earlier this year I professed my love for this collective from Carlow and quite unbeknownst…

December 29, 2009 / hugger / indie pop

Patrick Watson – Big Bird In A Small Cage

This is so beautiful, something to keep you warm as the arctic gradually spreads its…

December 28, 2009 / hugger / chamber pop

The Arcade Fire – Haiti

Last night it was our favourite Irish album of the decade, tonight we look further…

December 27, 2009 / hugger / acoustic pop

David Kitt – Song from Hope St. [Brooklyn NY]

I was humming and hawing (mostly humming it must be said) about whether to do…

December 26, 2009 / hugger / psychedelic rock

Verve – Feel

In the early days they made bass sounds like no other group (hats off you…

December 24, 2009 / hugger / christmas

Candy Claws – Christmas Love

It’s the best day of the year no contest, no other time can inspire such…

December 23, 2009 / hugger / christmas

The Sky Drops – Christmas Feels Like Halloween

I feel a cramp in the pit of my stomach because I haven’t been able…

December 21, 2009 / hugger / top 42

Top 42 Songs of 2009

With a record label, baby and new house fighting for my free time attention the…

December 17, 2009 / hugger / christmas

Frightened Rabbit – It's Christmas So We'll Stop (Choir Version)

“What’s Christmassy about tha?” were the scolding utterances that ended my contribution to the annual…

December 15, 2009 / hugger / electronica

The Candy Claws Tour Bus Rolls Into Town

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8145642&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Feel kinda overjoyed that the album that has touched me the most in 2009…