• Interlude 2016

    June 28, 2016 - By 

    A woman loudly and tirelessly lists the bands she may or may not have heard of. Maybe that’s why it feels like we’ve been queuing here for the best part of an hour. After all it couldn’t really be true, could it? But it is. A fact so far excusable because this isn’t any night, nor just any art gallery. This is the return of Dublin’s latest, hippest city festival; Interlude, held in the on paper awesomeness of the Royal Hibernian Academy, a linchpin location for the dynamic art of the city and country. So it’s fine. What’s an hour…

  • Watch: Trick Mist – Crumbs Abound

    June 22, 2016 - By 

    Irish native, Manchester based Gavin Murray AKA Trick Mist  returns this month with a new split 7″ release, his first since his debut EP Jars in Rows landed last October. ‘Crumbs Abound’ follows on from the dark, metallic electronic backdrops of Jars, introducing a desert folk guitar motif to the mix, giving further depth to Murray’s gravelly baritone. The other side of the release features a track from fellow Irish musician Video Blue.  To coincide with the track, the video for ‘Crumbs Abound is a stark, abstract piece by director Graham Patterson. Trick Mist and Video Blue will play Whelan’s this Saturday the 25th of June with support from Participant. Further…

  • Win a Workman’s Club Wellington Weekender Festival Pack

    June 21, 2016 - By 

    Featuring everything from Cian Nugent, The Greenshoe Craft Market and The Altered Hours to Black Bank Folk, Toby Kaar and Too Fools, this year’s Workman’s Club Wellington Weekender from June 24-26 is most definitely one for the calendars. To be in with a chance of winning the following festival pack for what’s set to be a great three days and nights in the Dublin venue, simply Like our Facebook page here and send a blank e-mail to info@thethinair.net with the subject “Workman’s”. A Wowburger meal for 2 on Friday 24th 4 x Wellington Weekender Cocktails on Saturday 25th A meal for 2 in…

  • Premiere: DIVAN – Sale of Lakes

    June 21, 2016 - By 

    Formed out of the need to explore new territory away from their other projects, Dublin imports DIVAN, made up of members of Ambience Affair and Tomorrows have found a new lease of life on their forthcoming album Modern Knowledge. Produced by Ramona Falls, Menomena and EL VY man Brent Knopf, expect the album to be one rich with depth and melody. Brian Coney chatted to the band about their formation and their ethos. Listen to ‘Sale of Lakes’ below. Hi guys. First up, for those completely new to you, can you give us a bit of background to the formation of the…

  • Rave New World (17/6)

    June 17, 2016 - By 

    With Aidan Hanratty off on a well-earned holiday, Antoin Lindsay delivers a look at the best electronic gigs, tracks and mixes of the week. GIGS Twitch Present Objekt at QUBSU, Belfast Saturday, June 18 It’s been a long time coming, but Objekt is coming to Belfast, specifically Twitch, and it will probably be absolute carnage. With his lethal combination of deep cuts and bangers he’ll almost certainly be a huge hit with the crowd. Warm up comes from the fantastic Manchester crew Meat Free. TRACKS Ian Pooley – Cold Wait (Bicep Edit) Drafting in local favourites Bicep for a remix…

  • Bookmark: R.B Kelly

    June 16, 2016 - By 

    In this installment of Bookmark, we spend some time with upcoming sci-fi writer R.B Kelly as she selects the books that made a huge impression on her writing. Her debut novel Edge of Heaven is available through Liberties press this month. Photos by Dee McEvoy. This Other Eden – Ben Elton This was the first adult science fiction book I ever read, and it’s what got me writing science fiction in the first place. Elton was writing about the near future as he saw it in the early nineties, and I love the way he creates a frighteningly plausible scenario…

  • Album Premiere: Glimmermen – Breakin’ Out

    June 14, 2016 - By 

    Just last month we shared ‘Bang’, the lead single from Breakin’ Out, the new album by Dublin’s Glimmermen. Calling it a “markedly more linear yet no less distinct and ear-grabbing effort from the four-piece”, it reinforced our belief that the band – whose debut EP Satellite People caught our attention back in 2012 – had something different and potentially quite vital to their collective bow. As it so happens, Breakin’ Out confirms that fact in assured fashion, each of the release’s nine tracks threading together to form an effort where the major key and quietly emphatic cogitations on the everyday meld to…

  • Lisa Hannigan w/ Ye Vagabonds @ St Luke’s, Cork

    June 13, 2016 - By 

    “Scooch!” It’s getting towards the end of her powerful set at St. Luke’s in Cork and Lisa Hannigan is encouraging support band Ye Vagabonds to squeeze in a little bit closer to the microphone so they can all be heard on a beautifully harmonised take on the title track from her second album Passenger. A chuckle ripples through the reverent audience in the ornate and acoustically masterful old church before they quickly return to attentive silence. It’s a moment that tells you all you need to know about a Lisa Hannigan live performance as it exudes her endearing comfort, and…

  • Watch: Dublin Boiler Room

    June 9, 2016 - By 

    Headlined by one of the country’s most respected proponents of techno, Sunil Sharpe, the mighty Boiler Room made it’s highly-anticipated return to Dublin on Monday night with another stellar line-up of all-Irish electronic talent. As well as featuring TTA Cork favourite Elll, the night also featured live sets from hardware wizard DeFeKT, Daire Carolan & Sonel Ali. Miss out first time around? Watch all 4 hours and 38 minutes of it below.