• Son of the Session: An Interview with John Francis Flynn

    April 7, 2022 - By 

    “There were people that shouldn’t know who I am coming to see me.” If there’s one thing you quickly learn when speaking to John Francis Flynn it’s that he’s not exactly prone to entitlement. Speaking over Zoom from his home in Dublin, the singer and multi-instrumentalist is reflecting on his recent debut UK headline tour. It was a run of 15 shows that, if a few glowing reports are anything to go by, were more than a bit special. Not that Flynn would tell you as much himself. “It was kind of mind-blowing,” he tells me. “After two years of…

  • Mitski Announces Belfast and Dublin Shows

    April 6, 2022 - By 

    Mitski has announced two Irish shows this summer. Taking place a couple of months after her sold-out show at Vicar Street later this month, she will play Belfast’s Ulster Hall and Dublin’s 3Olympia on June 12th and 13th respectively. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, April 7th, priced £35.50 and €34.90.

  • The Bobby Lees Announce Irish Shows

    April 4, 2022 - By 

    New York garage punk trailblazers The Bobby Lees are set for three Irish shows. Formed in Woodstock in 2018, the quartet will play Whelan’s Upstairs in Dublin on July 1st, Limerick’s Kasbah on July 2nd and the Ulster Sports Club in Belfast (with support from Problem Patterns) on July 3rd. Ticket info for Dublin and Limerick is TBA. Tickets for the Belfast show, which is promoted by the ever-reliable Strange Victory, cost £10 and are on sale now. Check out The Bobby Lees’ new single ‘Hollywood Junkyard’ below.

  • Angel Olsen Set For Dublin Return

    March 29, 2022 - By 

    Angel Olsen is coming back to Dublin. As well as announcing her upcoming sixth album, Big Time, the Missouri artist will round up a forthcoming European tour at Dublin’s Vicar Street on October 24th. It marks Olsen’s first show in the city – and same venue – since 2017. Tickets go on sale at 10am on April 1st. Check out new single ‘All The Good Times’ below.

  • Gilla Band Announce Dublin and Belfast Shows

    March 28, 2022 - By 

    Gilla Band have announced new dates for Dublin and Belfast. Having changed their name from Girl Band in November last year, the Dara Kiely-fronted Dublin quartet will play their biggest Irish headline shows to date at Dublin’s National Stadium on 9th December and the Empire in Belfast on 15th December. Tickets for both shows go on sale this Friday, 1st April at 9am. It’s been seven years since Gilla Band headlined shows in Belfast, both of which were hosted by The Thin Air. Revisit those here and here.

  • Output Belfast Set For Return

    March 22, 2022 - By 

    Details of the return of Output Belfast have been announced. After a two-year break due to you-know-what, Ireland’s largest one-day music conference and showcasing event will return to various venues across Belfast on Thursday, April 21st. As ever, as well as various talks and panels in the MAC and Oh Yeah Centre throughout the morning and afternoon, this year’s outing will also feature a music trail-like evening of free gigs across the city’s Cathedral Quarter. Line-ups and schedules for those will be announced soon. This year’s Keynote speakers and topics are: ‘Catch 22 – What the music industry needs to do, do better…

  • Premiere: Jake Wallace – Sanguine feat. Clare Kearney

    March 25, 2022 - By 

    Released last June, Lacuna by Jake Wallace marked an inspired solo break from the pure-cut heft of his work with doom/sludge outfit Elder Druid. On 1st April, the Belfast musician doubles down on the five-track EP’s deft, contemplative explorations with the release of his debut solo album, Lustre of the Dark. Featuring seven new tracks alongside remastered versions of Lacuna, it traverses, in Wallace’s words, themes of self-discovery, isolation and the balance between light and dark. Lead single ‘Sanguine’ features one of the album’s two guest vocal appearances. Above a phantasmal weave of cyclical piano and guitar patterns, Clare Kearney…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 18th March

    March 18, 2022 - By 

    Here’s the very best music released across the island this week, featuring Problem Patterns, Melts, Sprints, ZOiD, Mob Wife and more Problem Patterns – Y.A.W. Mob Wife – Cutting Teeth on Suburban Curbs Cutting Teeth on Suburban Curbs by Mob Wife Melts – Waltzer Sprints – Delia Smith Myles McCormack – Comfort Zone Daire Heffernan – Skeletons the ghost tapes – barely holding on Dee Fitz – Lucky Lover ​​ A Smyth – Long Night ZOiD – Looking In The Rain

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 11th March

    March 11, 2022 - By 

    Here’s our round-up of the best Irish music to drop in the past seven days, featuring Pillow Queens, Sprints, Kynsy, Deaf Joe, Naoise Roo, THUMPER, April, Fears, Beauty Sleep & more Kynsy – New Year Pillow Queens – No Good Woman Deaf Joe – Kalachuchi Kalachuchi by Deaf Joe Naoise Roo – Whore (John Agnello Remix) THUMPER – Fear of Art April – Pressure Nine Raths – EP1 EP1 by Nine Raths Beauty Sleep – I Love It Here I Hate It I Love It Here I Hate It by Beauty Sleep Fears – 16 Sprints – A Modern Job…

  • Line-Up Announced For Electric Picnic 2022

    March 10, 2022 - By 

    The line-up for this year’s Electric Picnic has been revealed. Marking its return to Stradbally Estate in Co. Laois after three years, this year’s bill features headliners including Tame Impala, Arctic Monkeys and Megan Thee Stallion, as well as Pixies, Sleaford Mods, Bright Eyes, Wolf Alice and more. There’s a raft of Irish acts in there too, from CMAT, Kojaque and Just Mustard, to Denise Chaila, For Those I Love and Saint Sister.With more acts set to be announced in the coming weeks, check out the full first line-up announcement below. Tickets for this year’s festival go on sale at 9am…