A day on from delivering a triumphant set at this year’s Forbidden Fruit, it’s been announced that New Zealand’s finest Unknown Mortal Orchestra will return to Dublin on November 25 for a show at the Academy. Accompanied the news is the unveiling of the video for the band’s new single (and, in our opinion, the song of the summer – sorry Limmy) ‘Hunnybee’. Check that our below. Tickets for the Dublin show cost €25 and go on sale this Friday at 10am.
A couple of weeks back, we shared ‘Cab Sad’ by Dublin three-piece Oh Joy, a song we said captured “intent, psychic wanderlust and heartbreak across 141 all-too-short seconds”. Now we’re pleased to present a first listen to the release from which it’s taken. Officially out on Friday (June 8), Good Grief is an EP brimming with the emotionally-charged hallmarks that make their knowingly self-deprecating “mope-rock” craft nigh so irresistible. From the aforementioned lead single to masterfully melancholic closer ‘Pepsi’ via ‘Volunteer’ and ‘Hot Strange It All Became’, the band have, across fifteen minutes, comfortably confirmed their arrival as one of the country’s most vital bands. Oh…
We’re big fans of Out on a Limb Records here at The Thin Air. Back in 2013, we reflected upon their decade in the game – now, a few moons and several releases later, Limerick’s finest indie imprint are celebrating 15 years in existence by hosting Growing Pains, featuring a remarkable line-up of Irish musicians, at Dolans in Limerick on Saturday, June 9. Lining up for what’s set to be a thoroughly well-soundtracked knees-up in celebration of OOAL growing up to be, in their words, a bold teenager are: Fluffy Coke // Jogging // Junior Brother // Katie Kim // Mankyy presents:…
Perth singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly live at Dublin’s Workman’s Club. Photos by Sarah Ryan.
This weekend sees the second annual outing of Right Here, Right Now Festival in Cork. A three-day festival, all under the one rood of Cork Opera House, the festival will showcase all that is good in Cork city right now – the music, the culture and the people. Running from Friday 1- Sunday June 3, it’s set to be an eye-opening three days and nights celebrating the genre-spanning creative brilliance of the Rebel county. We have a pair of tickets to give away to the RHRN headliner show, featuring the Frank and Walters, Marlene Enright and Ye Vagabonds performing with the full…
It’s been announced that Johnny Marr will play Dublin and Belfast in November. The guitarist, solo artist and Smiths legend will play Belfast’s Ulster Hall on November 1 and the National Stadium, Dublin on November 2. Tickets go on sale on Friday at 9am, priced €33.50 inc. booking fee for Dublin, and £28.50 inc booking fee standing/£31.00 inc booking fee seated for Belfast.
Just last week, Northern Irish artist Laura McGarrigle announced that TTA favourite Keith Mannion AKA Slow Place Like Home has officially joined her Gaze Is Ghost project, which also comprises Casey Miller of Zed Penguin. Now, the trio have re-emerged with ‘Home’, the second single to be taken from Gaze Is Ghost’s forthcoming debut album Lapis Cobalt Indigo Blue. A sublimely-crafted four minutes of baroque pop with rich minimalist overtones, it’s a track where McGarrigle’s stunning vocals comes centre-stage. McGarrigle said, “The song is a quiet place on an album that for the most part deals with darker subject matter. When writing…
Hosted by Ewen Friers’ CATALAN!, New Pagans (pictured), fast-rising experimental alt-folk artist Joshua Burnside and Belfast dream-pop trio Beauty Sleep are amongst the names set to play the inaugural Coaster in Portrush on July 20. A self-proclaimed “summer gathering on the North Coast celebrating local music” the event will take place at the Atlantic Bar and Babuska. See below for the current line-up (including The Thin Air DJs) below and go here to buy tickets, which are priced at a very reasonable £11.00 including booking fee.
Canadian indie rock hero Mac DeMarco will play Belfast’s Limelight 1 on Monday, October 29. Having played Dublin’s Vicar Street back in November last year, it will double up as DeMarco’s debut show in the city. Tickets for the show – which is hosted by Strange Victory – are priced £24.50 and go on sale on Tuesday, October 29. Doors are at 6.30pm.
Quite possibly the island of Ireland’s finest songwriter, Chris McConaghy AKA Our Krypton Son has returned with new single ‘Falling In Love Is A Suicide Mission’. A carefully-crafted, elegiac peak from his critically-devoured second album Fleas & Diamonds, the single is accompanied with wonderfully minimalist visuals courtesy of Tristian Crowe. Watch the video and have read of an exclusive written accompaniment to the track titled ‘The Old Plymouth’ by McConaghy below. The Old Plymouth Harry Dean Stanton lights a cigarette and stands at the water’s edge. The flickering lights of Dupont tremble in a graveyard of stars. He snorts at…