Published on December 3rd, 2019 | by Brian Coney
“If you watch modern music documentaries, you have all these talking heads who explain it and lead you by the hand through the whole thing, but in this, the music envelopes you, there’s no chat.” These …... Read More →
Published on October 31st, 2019 | by Brian Coney
We’ve premiered our fair share of albums here on The Thin Air, but – if truth be told – we’re struggling to recall one that we’ve loved so much, and so quickly, as Whole Heart by Dublin …... Read More →
Published on October 7th, 2019 | by Eoin Murray
Autre Monde have returned with their second new single of the year, ‘On The Record’. Following summer’s ‘Fever In May’, the Dublin supergroup of sorts comprising Padraig Cooney, Paddy Hanna, Eoghan O’Brien and Mark Chester are …... Read More →
Published on September 24th, 2019 | by The Thin Air
Mentally divorce, for a moment, music from Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko. You’re still left with a genre-defining film. A contemporary indie classic. A movie blurring the lines between horror, black comedy, teen drama and cult sci-fi …... Read More →
Published on September 13th, 2019 | by Jack Rudden
On Tuesday, 10th September, 2019, cult singer songwriter and outsider art iconoclast Daniel Johnston passed away at the age of 58 due to a heart attack at his home in Waller, Texas. The singer was best …... Read More →
Published on September 3rd, 2019 | by Eoin Murray
Flood co-founder Doubt will release his new EP, Steam Cycle, via the label on 4th October. The Cork hard drum collective, run alongside fellow DJ/producers Syn and Tension, has become somewhat of a bastion for the …... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2019 | by Sam Goodwin
If we truly are living the end of days, at least there are those who can observe and comment on the doom, with a bit of dark humour and use of rhythmic beats to remind us …... Read More →
Published on August 30th, 2019 | by Brian Coney
On Saturday, September 7th, the fourth annual Rally For Choice will take place in Belfast. Now, more than ever before, the movement – which demands free, safe and legal access to abortion services in Northern Ireland …... Read More →
Published on August 28th, 2019 | by Brian Coney
Not least considering the sheer amount of high-profile figures who dominated grunge’s heyday in the early 1990s, it may seem curious – that is on the surface – that P. David Ebersole opted to delve into …... Read More →
Published on August 19th, 2019 | by Brian Coney
Running (independently) parallel with equally generation-shaping scenes in cities like Washington and Minnesota, Scotland was a singularly fertile ganglion of DIY and indie music throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s. From Teenage Fanclub and The Vaselines …... Read More →
