• Album Review: John Maus – Screen Memories

    October 31, 2017 - By 

    John Maus strikes you as the kind of man who would be making music regardless of whether anyone was listening or not. And for a long time they weren’t. His first two albums, Songs and Love Is Real, went by largely unnoticed. It was only on the 2011 release of We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves that critics started to really pay attention, despite a considerable and devout cult following having formed through the years. Most people would have been eager to capitalise after this new-found attention; to milk that cow for all it’s worth. But Maus is not most…

  • The Evil Within 2 (Bethesda Softworks, Multiformat)

    October 31, 2017 - By 

    …in which we are once again plunged into the broken mind of Sebastian Castellanos. He may sound like an extra member of The Strokes but he is in fact a self-destructive police detective with, naturally, a drinking problem. You already know the drill: Sebastian is a maverick who bucks the system and is going to get his ass in a sling, but underneath his grizzled exterior he’s a sensitive soul who is searching for answers at the bottom of a bottle and trying to forget something very sad that happened to him a long time ago. One might argue that…

  • The Sunshine Factory – Cruelest Animal EP

    November 6, 2017 - By 

    Cork, ever Ireland’s unexpected cornerstone of hazy psych, can boast another fine release, with The Sunshine Factory having just announced their debut EP proper, Cruelest Animal, the title track of which was released last year following a string of extremely promising demos and homemade recordings. Firmly establishing their neo-psychedelic chops with slots alongside the likes of KXP, The Orange Kyte, and tour support to psychedelic legends The Telescopes on their most recent Irish jaunt. It comes out on November 30th, accompanied by a hometown launch, through their own independent label, Sunshine Cult Records, and was recorded with Chris Somers at One Chance Out Studios. While Cruelest Animal was recorded a year ago, it seems that a healthy gestation…

  • Video Premiere: Lankum – The Granite Gaze

    October 27, 2017 - By 

    Few things are more satisfying than seeing a homegrown act or artist get the attention they so richly deserve further afield. Having spent several years as forging out their own inimitable – and increasingly compelling – alt-folk path as Lynched, Dublin quartet Lankum release their new album, Between the Earth and Sky, via Rough Trade today. Having already received a wave of critical acclaim via the likes of the Guardian, the release is a masterclass of vital and deftly crafted song confirming the foursome’s uncanny knack for transformative, contemporarily-framed traditional song. A nigh on hymnal peak from the new album, ‘The Granite Gaze’ – a…

  • Final Acts Revealed in eir Other Voices Open Call

    October 27, 2017 - By 

    Having received over 1,000 submissions across the country, four Irish acts have been shortlisted in the eir Other Voices Open Call. With the final vote going down to public vote (which you can do right here), Dublin’s fast-rising Fontaines, Stevie Scullion’s Malojian (pictured), Mayo singer-songwriter Maria Kelly and Derry indie-pop singer-songwriter ROE have been announced as the lucky four. eir Other Voices Festival returns to Dingle, Kerry this December for its 16th year. The chosen artist will be announced on 2FM on November 6th. Voting closes on Friday, November 3 at midnight.

  • Video Premiere: Deadman’s Ghost – Trepanner

    October 27, 2017 - By 

    The latest taken from his stellar third album, Hypocritical Oath, ‘Trepanner’ by Belfast musician and producer Jason Mills AKA Deadman’s Ghost now comes accompanied with visuals co-produced by Mills and collaborator Ben Jones. Shot in Berlin and Belfast, the video – which very nicely frames the track’s disembodied ambient noise – features a man a man stalked by a malevolent entity who takes drastic measures to escape. The last minute or so here is quite something. Have a first look at the visuals below. Re-visit Hypocritical Oath here.

  • Weirded Out: An Interview With Feminist Horror Champions The Final Girls

    October 27, 2017 - By 

    Women have always been key figures in horror cinema, from Barbara Steele to Jamie Lee Curtis to Katharine Isabelle. While characters like Ellen Ripley, Laurie Strode and Sidney Prescott represent some of the most famous examples of one of the horror genre’s most celebrated tropes – ‘the final girl’. Taking inspiration from this genre staple – coined by academic Carol J. Clover in 1992 – the Final Girls, a London-based programming partnership comprised of Olivia Howe and Anna Bogutskaya, have been exploring feminist themes in the horror genre through a series of screenings and writing. Crucial to their work is…

  • Album Premiere: The Tragedy of Dr. Hannigan – Fawkes Ache

    October 27, 2017 - By 

    Having first reared its curious little head back in July via the swaggering ‘Hey Little Worried One’, The Tragedy of Dr. Hannigan is the self-proclaimed bastard child project of North Coast chameleonic rock troubadour par excellence Tony Wright and producer & multi-instrumentalist Dead Stevens AKA Deany Darko. A nine-track traipse veering into every joyous corner of swampy, soul-soaked blues and folk, the’s pair brand new debut album, Fawkes Ache, is a largely collaborative affair and features guest vocals from the likes of Donal Scullion, Anthony Toner, King Cedar and Jackie Rainey. With track titles including the masterfully worded ‘Dishing Out Hadoukens’ and…

  • Win Tickets to The Altered Hours, Katie Kim & Will Carruthers @ Live at St. Luke’s

    October 27, 2017 - By 

    We’ve a pair of tickets to give away to the downright unmissable The Altered Hours, Katie Kim and Will Carruthers (Spacemen 3/Spiritualized) at Live at St. Luke’s in Cork on Sunday (October 29th) night. To enter, simply Like our Facebook page here and send your answer to the following question to info@thethinair.net: What is the title of The Altered Hours debut album?

  • Picture This: High Winds Move Slowly @ The Model

    October 28, 2017 - By 

    One of the more interesting quirks of our society, as it moves through the ages, is the re-emergence of patterns that we often mistake as being innovative simply because they did not initially emerge during our lifetime. Fashion notoriously produces examples of this each and every season. The cultural polymath is another example of a re-emerging pattern disguised as a new facet. He or she is a photographer/artist/filmmaker – and it is not unusual to view a business card inundated with slashes to highlight this. While this may seem as a new trend, a short glance back in history reveals…