THE LISTS OF THE BEST CELTIC PUNK-ROCK EPS AND SINGLES - 2014

This year I’ve decided to split the short recordings list into two lists:

a) A list of EPs and mini-albums. Recordings between 4 and 8 songs

b) A list of (digital) singles. Only 1 or 2 tracks that have been released as digital singles or videos, but they cannot be found for the moment on a full album.

I guess that this approach is better than that of the previous years.

Further comments:

1) As usual, this post is titled as “the best of”. However,  this is not  a competition, but a sort of a game. I’d say that, IMHO,  this is the list of the most enjoyable EPs/mini-albums and singles of 2014.

2) Important: Please remember that it’s a list of EPs/mini-albums and singles, not a list of bands.

4) Only the EPs/mini-albums and singles that have been received for review/airplay purposes and/or that have been shared for free by the bands have been rated. Other recordings were released in 2014, but unfortunately no copy was submitted.

5) As you can see, some recordings were released in 2012 or 2013. I’ve decided to rate them on the 2014 list ONLY after having checked that they were not reviewed on any other Celtic punk/rock e-zine in 2012 or 2013. I’ve got them in 2014 and I feel that a lot of fans didn’t notice that they were released before having read my posts about them. Then, I’ve considered them as 2014 releases.

6) No Live/radio sessions EPs have been taken into account.

7) A lot of these songs have been added to the streaming radio along the year and they are regularly played.

http://www.radionomy.com/es/radio/celtic-folk-punk/index

http://celtic-folk-punk.playtheradio.com

8) To the fans: feel free to share your comments below.

9) To the bands: it’s extremely difficult to rank every recording and I guess that some people won’t be happy. However, I really appreciate and respect the hard work by every single band. The quality of all of the recordings has been very high.

10) I’m looking forward to listening to the debut albums by most of these new bands!!!

So, these are the final lists:

EPs and Mini-albums

23 EPs/mini-albums from all over the world

13 from Europe (3 from Germany, 2 from the UK, 2 from France,1 from Austria, 1 from Hungary, 1 from Italy, 1 from Russia, 1 from Sweden, 1 from The Netherlands)

5 from North America (3 from the USA and 2 from Canada) 

1 from South America (Brazil)

2 from Asia (Indonesia, Japan)

1 from Australasia (Australia)

1 from Africa (South Africa)

01 - Black Water County "The Fellowship of the Craic"  (6 tracks) Review

02 - Captain Jack's Army "Royal Arms" (5 tracks) Review
03 - Dirty Glass "Drunken Summer Night" (5 tracks) Review
04 - Robbing Vikes "We Are Pirates" (5 tracks) Review
05 - The South Shore Ramblers "Bare Knuckle Blackout" (6 tracks) Free Download
06 - The Moorings "Nicky's Detox" (5 tracks) Review
07 - Katies Randy Cat "For the Green" (4 tracks) Review
08 - Sisters of Murphy "Holy Show (remastered 2014)" (6 tracks) Band of the Month
09 - Six Pints Left "Rebellious Radio" (6 tracks) Review
10 - Blunderbuster "s/t" (5 tracks) Free Download
11 - The McNaughstys "s/t" (4 tracks) Review
12 - Lennon Kelly "Lennon Kelly" (7 tracks) Review
13 - Shambolics "Pogue Mahone" (6 tracks) Review
14 - The Fourth Well "EP" (4 tracks) Review
15 - Middle Class Bastards "Rebel to the Core" (5 tracks) Free Download
16 - The Irish McDrinkers "Welcome to Whiskeytown" (6 tracks) Review
17 - RATS "EP" (8 tracks) YouTube videos
18 - Jolly Jackers "Call the Captain" (5 tracks) Free Download
19 - LQR "A Taste of Liquor" (5 tracks) Free Download
20 - Muirsheen Durkin and Friends  "Drink with the Irish" (5 tracks) Review
21 – (Michael & The) Wolfhounds "Wolfhounds" (5 tracks) Free Download
22 - Restless Feet "Almost Irish" (6 tracks) Review
23 - Seagulls Are Drunk "Next Round is on Us" (5 tracks) Review

(Digital) Singles

12 singles from all over the world

8 from Europe (2 from France, 2 from Hungary, 1 from the Czech Republic, 1 from Germany, 1 from Italy and  1 from Romania)

2 from North America (2 from the USA)

1 from Asia (Indonesia)

1 from Australasia (Australia)

01 - The Rumjacks "Blows & Unkind Words / Plenty" (2 tracks) Songs on Streaming

02 - Transpher "In the Night" (1 track) Video
03 - Cheers! "Drink'n'Fight" (2 tracks) Free Download
04 - Selfish Murphy "Drinking Song" (1 track) Video
05 - The Scarlet "Phoenix" (1 track) Video
06 - Toxic Frogs "Toxic Frog / Rock the Stage"    (2 tracks) Video
07 - Belly Bluster "Bucaneers" (1 track) Video
08 - LochNesz "The Cape of the Good Hope" (1 track) Video
09 - The Pubcrawlers "Kalimotxo" (1 track) Video
10 - The Ceili Family "Keep Calm and Have a Ball with The Ceili Family" (2 tracks) Videos
11 - The Waxies "Down with the Ship 2 track Sampler" (2 tracks) Free Download

12 - Black Rawk Dog "Shine & Fun" (1 track) Free Download

Thanks to all the bands for sending their music to Celtic Folk Punk and More. Special thanks to Dirty Glass for mentioning my name on the “thanks section” of their CD!!!

Enjoy!