• Wilco Announce Irish Shows

    February 6, 2023 - By 

    Wilco have announced two Irish shows. Courtesy of Open House Festival, the band will also play Belfast’s Mandela Hall on Wednesday, 6th September. It comes 13 years to the month from their last show with the promoters. Marking their first show in the city since playing Iveagh Gardens festival back in 2016 (revisit our gallery from the show here) the Chicago indie legends will also play 3Olympia Theatre on Friday, 8th September. Wilco last played 3Olympia Theatre back in 1999. News of the show comes hours on from the Jeff Tweedy-fronted band winning Best Historical Album for the 20th Anniversary edition of…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 3rd February

    February 3, 2023 - By 

    On this, the first Bandcamp Friday of 2023, delve into the very best Irish releases of the week, featuring Lankum, M(h)aol, Pretty Happy, Elaine Howley, White Sage, Gurriers, Trá Pháidín, Swimmers Jackson and more M(h)aol – Attachment Styles Attachment Styles by M(h)aol Lankum – Go Dig My Grave Pretty Happy – Conn Boxing White Sage – Car Park Space Jazz Car Park Space Jazz by White Sage Gurriers – Approachable Banrion – Dare to Crush dare to crush by banríon Swimmers Jackson – Stripped Away Stripped Away (Radio Edit) by Swimmers Jackson Elaine Howley – Mark It X Daniel Luke –…

  • The ddr. Radio Logs. Entry #1: Why Radio?

    February 2, 2023 - By 

    In the first of a new monthly series by residents of Dublin Digital Radio, exploring their practice and the craft of radio-making, ddr. co-founder and Time Slip host Seán Finnan asks: “Why radio?” As of this month, Dublin Digital Radio is starting a new column in The Thin Air. Each month, the radio logs will focus on a different resident who contributes to the ever-expanding range of music and sound that has found a home on the station’s stream. Our approach to the column will aim to be as varied as the attitudes to radiomaking found on our platform; residents,…