• Stream: Sea Pinks – Minimum Wage

    November 17, 2017 - By 

    Belfast’s ever-productive Sea Pinks are back with Minimum Wage – BBC Sessions (& Others) on December 8. Collecting the Neil Brogan-fronted threesome’s eight BBC sessions since 2012 and three new recordings, the compilation-of-sorts will mark the band’s first foray since the release of the excellent Watercourse back in May. The release’s frenetic, fuzzed-out title-track is something of a departure for the band. Recorded at the all analogue Lullabye Factory studio in Amsterdam during a day off on their 2017 European Tour, it’s all minimalist force and fury with a smirk. Driven forth with Brogan’s sneering refrain of “I’m sick of complaining”,…

  • New Additions to Out to Lunch and Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival

    November 17, 2017 - By 

    Several new names have been announced for Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival and its sister festival Out To Lunch. Set to make its 13th outing across January 5-28, Moon Duo (pictured) with support from Belfast drone-pop masters Documenta is strong addition to the Out To Lunch bill, while Ben Folds, Bridget Christie, Kate Rusby, and I’m With Her Collective are the new CQAF additions, slotting alongside the likes of Lau, An Evening with Jonathan Meades, Cosey Fanni Tutti in conversation, Shirley Collins and more next year’s schedule, which runs from May 3-13. Go here to check out the current line-ups and…

  • Premiere: I Am The Cosmos – Nothing But Love

    November 17, 2017 - By 

    The follow-up to 2016’s Letting It Go 12″ single and 2013’s Monochrome LP, Dublin-based electronic duo Ross Turner and Cian Murphy AKA I Am The Cosmos are back with a new four-track EP titled ‘Nothing But Love’. Written, produced, recorded and mixed in the National Concert Hall, Dublin and scheduled for a vinyl release via the ever-reliable Art For Blind on 12″ vinyl on December 15, it’s another masterfully propulsive, slickly effort from the pair. Each track here is straight-up dancefloor fire and no mistake. Have a first listen below. Photo by Cait Fahey.

  • Win Tickets to Yo La Tengo at Olympia Theatre

    November 16, 2017 - By 

    New Jersey indie rock legends Yo La Tengo return to Dublin for a show at Olympia Theatre on Saturday, April 28. Fancy snapping up a pair of tickets? Simply Like our Facebook page here and send your answer to the following question to info@thethinair.net: What is the title of Yo La Tengo’s third full-length studio album? Good luck!

  • Lankum Announce Irish Winter Tour

    November 15, 2017 - By 

    Having just released one of the albums of the year in the critically-acclaimed Between The Earth and Sky, Dublin’s finest folk miscreants Lankum have announced a 10-date Irish Winter tour. Kicking off in Dundalk on November 19 and culminating in a show at Vicar Street on December 9, the tour also takes in a Belfast date at The Duncairn. See below for the full dates and go here for ticket info. Read CJ Mc Canney’s review of Between The Earth and Sky here. Have a peep at the sublime video for Lankum’s latest single, ‘The Granite Gaze’ (which we premiered…

  • Young Fathers Announce Academy Show

    November 14, 2017 - By 

    Having returned last month with the brilliant ‘Lord’ – the lead single from their forthcoming third studio album – Mercury-prize winning Edinburgh trio Young Fathers will make their return to Dublin for a show at the Academy on March 28. The three-piece of Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole and G. Hastings last played Dublin at Forbidden Fruit 2016 and Longitude back in 2015. Tickets for the Academy show are on sale, priced  €25 inclusive of booking fee.

  • Django Django, Lankum and More Set for eir Other Voices

    November 13, 2017 - By 

    With the likes of Aine Cahill, Perfume Genius, and Songhoy Blues already announced, three new acts have been added to the bill for this year’s eir Other Voices in Dingle. Set to return to return across December 1-3, the annual Wild Atlantic Way festival has revealed that Django Django (pictured), Lankum, Loyle Carner and Booka Brass Band will make an appearance at St. James’ Church at this year’s outing. With many more acts to be announced, here is the current line-up:

  • Yo La Tengo Set For Olympia Theatre Show

    November 14, 2017 - By 

    Having last played the city back in 2015 at National Concert Hall, it’s been announced that New Jersey indie rock legends Yo La Tengo will return to Dublin on Saturday, April 28 for a show at the Olympia Theatre. The show kicks off the band threesome’s UK and European spring tour, and marks their first fully-fledged tour since the release of 2015’s Stuff Like That There. Accompanying the news is a hint that a new album might well be in the works: “keep your eyes peeled for more Yo La Tengo news coming soon in what promises to be a busy…

  • Moon Duo To Make Dublin Return

    November 13, 2017 - By 

    Hands down one of the finest cosmically-inclined twosomes in existence, Portland’s Sanae Yamada and Ripley Johnson AKA Moon Duo have announced that they will return to play Dublin early next year. The pair – who released the two-installment Occult Architecture Vol 1 and 2 this year – will stop off at Dublin’s Button Factory on Friday, January 26. Tickets go on sale this Friday (November 17) at 9am, priced €16. Best not to miss this one.

  • Interview: The Sunshine Factory

    November 13, 2017 - By 

    Ahead of the launch of their stellar new EP, Cruelest Animal, at Crane Lane on November 30, we talk to Jack Horgan and Mark Waldron-Hyden from Cork neo-psych five-piece The Sunshine Factory about influence, releasing via their own DIY label, Cork’s thriving scene at the minute, their plans for 2018 and more. Your forthcoming EP, Cruelest Animal collects some of your earlier recordings. A lot of bands would never dream to reveal their earlier trial-and-error. How did you come to the decision to compile and release the EP? Mark Waldron-Hyden (drums): Basically, since then and now we have recorded and…