• Win Tickets To Other Voices Belfast

    June 7, 2019 - By 

    Across June 14-16, hugely successful Irish musical institution Other Voices will team up with the 174 Trust to take over The Duncairn for another three days of musical and cultural events. With more to be announced, Snow Patrol, Ryan Vail and Elma Orkestra, The Academic, Joshua Burnside and Roe will all perform at the Duncairn on June 15th. On the same night, Bullitt Hotel will host an OV fringe show, featuring Rebekah Fitch, David C Clements, Arvo Party, New Pagans and Hot Cops. Fancy a pair of tickets to the Duncairn show? Simply Like our Facebook page here and send your answer to the following question to info@thethinair.net: What is the name of Joshua Burnside’s debut…

  • Girl Band Announce New Album, Live Dates & Video For Shoulderblades

    June 6, 2019 - By 

    Earlier today, we rather giddily shared ‘Shoulderblades’, the emphatic new single from Dublin quartet Girl Band. Now, comprehensively sealing the deal on the release is long-time collaborator Bob Gallagher’s new accompanying video, featuring Oona Doherty. Mirroring the song’s erratic and frenzied push-and-pull, not least viva frontman Dara Kiely’s trademark expulsions, Doherty’s performance is an accomplished, at times suitably brutal accompaniment to hands down one of the Irish tracks of the year thus far. Better still is the news that many Girl Band fans have been hoping for. The band will release their second album, The Talkies, via Rough Trade on September 28. Produced…

  • Watch: Panik Attaks – Terror

    June 6, 2019 - By 

    When a band or artist describe themselves as “no-nonsense” it usually means one thing: they are, consciously or otherwise, bound to a certain one-dimensionality, incapable of or unwilling to progress. Not so Dublin five-piece Panik Attaks. Comprising Rob Walsh of Cold Comfort, Republic of Loose’s Mick Pyro, Trevor Keogh of New Secret Weapon, Thumper’s Alex Harvey and Rian Trench of Solar Bears, the band’s brand of spitting, scuzzed-out, no-nonsense punk betrays cohesion, forward-moving spirit and fist-clenched intent in equal measure. New single ‘Terror’ takes that M.O. and runs with it. Featuring a stellar (not to mention instantly distinctive) video courtesy of SCAN, it’s a…

  • Tinariwen Set For Long-Awaited Dublin Return

    June 5, 2019 - By 

    Saharan desert blues heroes Tinariwen will make their long-awaited return to Dublin at the end of the year. Having released nine albums over the last 18 years, the group will return to play The Olympia Theatre on Monday, November 11. They last played a headline show in the city, at the Academy, in 2009. Tickets are priced €33.65 and go on sale this Friday (June 7) at 9am.

  • Watch: Girl Band – Shoulderblades

    June 6, 2019 - By 

    In their absence over the last couple of years, Girl Band’s reputation has only grown and grown. Much of that stemmed from uncertainty. Would we ever see them perform again? Would new music ever see the light of day? The afternoon of May 13th brought an answer. The Dara Kiely-fronted quartet – who, in such a short period of time, proved one of the most influential Irish guitar bands since My Bloody Valentine – would return with a new single, ‘Shoulderblades’. Sure enough, hyperspace near caved in on itself. Girl Band were back. Released today, it is, in no uncertain terms, a…

  • Preview: Matmos @ Sonic Lab, Belfast

    May 29, 2019 - By 

    Few modern outfits have collaborated and flaunted convention quite as abundantly (or consistently) as Matmos. The San Francisco experimental electronic duo, aka M.C Schmidt and Drew Daniel, have spent the last three decades banging heads together – as well as lining up with the likes of Terry Riley, The Kronos Quartet, David Tibet, the Rachel’s, Lesser, Wobbly, Zeena Parkins, and the Princeton Laptop Orchestra – to carve out an increasingly singular sonic trajectory. At the heart of the duo’s implicit manifesto is a uniquely curveballing and reliably curious M.O: from sampling everything from freshly-cut hair and washing machines to an array of plastic objects, to…

  • Platform Q+A: Reevah

    May 29, 2019 - By 

    Across June to September, on the first Thursday of each month, Belfast’s Babel will host a free live music showcase featuring some of the very artists and DJs from across the country. Boasting rooftop views and summer drinks, Platform will feature sets from Katie Richardson aka Hex Hue, Arvo Party and fast-rising Derry artist Roe, with supports to be announced. Kicking off the series on Thursday, June 5th is the dreamy indie-folk stylings of Aoife Boyle aka Reevah. Ahead of the show, we speak to her about new music, growing up in a creative family environment, mining art from uncertainty and more. __ You grew up in…

  • Line-Up For Other Voices Belfast Revealed

    May 28, 2019 - By 

    The line-up for this year’s Other Voices Belfast has been announced. Across June 14-16, the hugely successful Irish musical institution will team up with the 174 Trust to take over The Duncairn for another three days of musical and cultural events. With more to be announced, Snow Patrol, Ryan Vail and Elma Orkestra, The Academic, Joshua Burnside and Roe will all perform at the Duncairn on June 15th. On the same night, Bullitt Hotel will host an OV fringe show, featuring Rebekah Fitch, David C Clements, Arvo Party, New Pagans and Hot Cops. Tickets are only available to win via various social media…

  • Stendhal Announce Second Wave of Acts

    May 28, 2019 - By 

    Stendhal Festival have announced the second wave of acts set to play this year. Returning to Ballmully Cottage Farm in Limavady across August 15-17, the festival have added the likes of Talos, Lisa O’Neill (pictured), New Pagans, Kitt Philippa, Sister Ghost and many more. They join the likes of the already-announced Malojian, Hunkpapa, Basement Jaxx (DJ Set), The Lost Brothers and more. See the new additions in full below. Tickets for this year’s festival are available to buy here.

  • EP Stream: Gender Chores – Womensplain

    May 27, 2019 - By 

    At the heart of Bangor three-piece Gender Chores‘ fuzzed-out punk craft is ardent political consciousness and incisive activist spirit. Staring down and decimating everything from Northern Ireland’s archaic abortion laws, the patriarchy and more, new EP Womensplain is a self-assured and vital statement that, rather than meekly express the desire for change across the board, positively demands it. Stream the EP in full below.