• Grand Theft Auo V (Rockstar Games, PC/PS4/Xbox 360)

    December 13, 2014 - By 

    Attributing the title of “Greatest Videogame Of All Time” is, of course, a purely subjective pursuit. Does the addendum “of all time” include all the games that shall ever be released in the future? Is it etched in stone, never to be challenged or usurped? Choosing which release deserves this award is entirely fruitless because such hyperbole is most often greeted with at best scepticism and at worst scorn. It is, however, an accolade that has been buzzing around GTA V since its initial release late last year, and while its levels of violence, bad language and generally salacious tone will certainly…

  • Tokyo Godfathers: A Hunky Dory Christmas

    December 22, 2014 - By 

    Christmas films are a tough nut to crack, if you’ll pardon the pun. They require an almost faultless balance of pathos and sentimentality, lest we forget that “It’s a Wonderful Life” is about the failure of common man and suicide as well as angels attaining wings. If you go too far in one direction, you can end with a film which seems insincere, idiotic and full of saccharine trust. The inverse of that is you end up with a nasty, hateful film which just sneers at the audience. Every now and then, a film gets the balance just right; Satoshi…

  • Merry Christmas from The Thin Air!

    December 22, 2014 - By 

    We are officially taking our Christmas holidays and we will return fully on 12th January 2015. We’d like to say a big thank you to all our dear readers and most importantly our fantastic contributors who have made the website and our print magazine what it is today. We also welcome new members to join our team in shaping what The Thin Air will be in the future. So from three Nordies, a Dub, one Cark bai and ein Berliner… MERRY CHRISTMAS! Illustration by Digital Beast Top row: Brian Coney (Editor), Andrew Lemon (Reviews Editor), Stuart Bell (Art Director) Bottom row: Stevie…

  • Run the Jewels @ Opium Rooms, Dublin

    December 22, 2014 - By 

    Possibly the most anticipated gig all year, Run the Jewels aka Killer Mike and El-P lived up to the hype and put on a killer performance in the Opium Rooms last night, with support from GodKnows + mynameisjOhn. You can read our full review of the show in our January issue of The Thin Air magazine. Photos by Colm Moore.

  • Front of House: Conor Friel

    December 22, 2014 - By 

    We’re pleased to present a new regular feature, Front of House, in which we will be chatting with the people behind the scenes who bring live music to life. Sound engineers, lighting technicians, roadies, tour managers to name a few will all be delving into what goes into their job and the bands they work with. First up is Conor Friel, a sound engineer working primarily in the Button Factory in Dublin. Photos by Shaun Neary. Hi Conor! Can you tell us about yourself? My name is Conor Friel, I am a Front Of House Audio Engineer. I am completely freelance so I…

  • TTA Session #005: Jape

    December 22, 2014 - By 

    In the first of a short series of videos, our latest live session features Jape AKA Richie Egan performing his latest single, ‘The Heart’s Desire’, in Malmö, Sweden. ‘The Heart’s Desire’ is the first single to be taken from Egan’s forthcoming fifth album, The Chemical Sea. Make sure to check out Richie’s column on the recording of The Heart’s Desire in the January issue of our physical magazine. As well as Belfast’s Woodworkers on Saturday, March 7, Jape plays the following live dates in January, February and March. Watch the live session below. Follow Jape and Ian on Twitter.