• Album Stream: Malojian – Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home

    October 6, 2017 - By 

    While there’s been no shortage of first-rate albums released on these shores this year, Let Your Weirdness Carry You Home by Malojian is a special kind of triumph. The self-produced follow-up to the Stephen Scullion-fronted threesome’s Steve Albini-produced This Is Nowhere, the album is a masterfully mottled effort, veering between wonderfully wistful folk tales, Motorik rhythms, found sound and a whole gamut of forward-thinking textures and ideas. And featuring the likes of Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M., Atoms For Peace, Roger Waters), Gerry Love (Teenage Fanclub), the collaborative backbone of the release runs parallel with Scullion’s open-ended, subtly experimental approach here. Partly…

  • Stream: A.S. Fanning – Never Been Gone

    October 6, 2017 - By 

    Self-produced and recorded in his current home of Berlin, Dublin singer-songwriter A.S Fanning will release his debut album, Second Life, via Proper Octopus Records on October 13. Having made a dent via his debut single ‘Carmelita’ back in late 2015 – a carefully-crafted, almost Cohen-esque track we said “harked back whilst preserving a very present-day resonance” – new single ‘Never Been Gone’ is a deceptively refined effort, whose lilting folk-pop effulgence blends organ, fingerpicked guitar, a sweet little whistle solo and more over three minutes. Few artists can make music with two chords go a long way – Fanning makes…

  • Album Stream: Elder Druid – Carmina Satanae

    October 6, 2017 - By 

    Recorded at Belfast’s Start Together with Niall Doran, Carmina Satanae by Belfast sludge-doom five-piece Elder Druid marks the arrival of one of the country’s most promising low-end propositions. Officially launched at Belfast’s Bar Sub tonight, the release filters the holy tetrad of Black Sabbath, Electric Wizard, Kyuss and Sleep across eight tracks of psych-dappled, occult-leaning heft. Speaking to us about the dark lyricism that steers the album, guitarist Jake Wallace told us, “It gives the songs a lot more depth having stories being told underneath all the riffs and not just random babbling. Gregg has a very imaginative thought process and…

  • Win Tickets to Micah P. Hinson @ Voodoo, Belfast

    October 4, 2017 - By 

    Thanks to Strange Victory Presents, we have a pair of tickets to give away to Texas singer-songwriter Micah P. Hinson at Voodoo in Belfast on Thursday, October 5. To be in with a chance of snapping of them up, simply Like our Facebook page here and send your answer to the following question to info@thethinair.net: What age is Micah P. Hinson? Good luck!

  • I.NY Festival 2017

    October 4, 2017 - By 

    We have no shortage of boundlessly inviting festivals right on our doorstep, but some go that little bit further by excavating the long-standing cultural trends and bonds that ensure Ireland’s creative standing on the world stage remains unique. A festival that celebrates “the relationship between Ireland and New York, one story at a time” I.NY is a perfect case in point. Set to take place at a number of venues in Limerick City across October 5-15, this year’s outing will delve into and highlight the strong ties between the NYC and Ireland, inviting a range of creatives – artists, writers, musicians, educators, entrepreneurs and more…

  • Dublin Art Book Fair: Art and Architecture – Interwoven

    October 4, 2017 - By 

    With its themes of art and architecture, this year’s Henry J Lyons-sponsored Dublin Art Book Fair will take place at Dublin’s Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, with other events at the Irish Architecture Foundation, Tenement Museum and the National Gallery of Ireland, across November 23-26. Bridging the distinct realms of art and architecture in order to engage diverse audiences, a curated programme of talks, tours, workshops, an artist commission and a film screening will traverse contemporary art, architecture, books, design, film, the city and its material histories. Launched at 6pm on Thursday, November 23, highlights of this year’s fair include a…

  • The Thing @ S13, Belfast

    October 4, 2017 - By 

    Released 25 years ago this year, The Thing remains a bona fide sci-fi horror classic. Commemorating the fact in style, Belfast’s new-fangled South 13 will be converted into a snowbound landscape for a unique Halloween screening of the John Carpenter classic on Monday, October 30. Presented by S13, Newcastle Community Cinema and Belfast Film Festival, the event will also feature full bar and food stalls. Exploding heads are also available. Tickets are priced £10 and can be bought here.

  • Phoenix Set For Olympia Show

    October 4, 2017 - By 

    Having last played the city as part of Longitude back in 2013, French indie-pop quartet Phoenix will play Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on March 27, 2018. The show will mark the end of a string of European live dates for the band, who have been touring worldwide to promote their new album, Ti Amo, since May. Tickets for the Dublin show are priced €34.50 and go on sale this Friday at 9am.

  • Win Tickets To The Horrors @ Mandela Hall, Belfast

    October 4, 2017 - By 

    Having just released their stellar fifth studio album, V, The Horrors will stop off in Belfast to play Mandela Hall on Monday, October 6. Fancy winning guestlist +1? Simply Like our Facebook page here and send your answer to the following question to info@thethinair.net What is the closing song on V? Good luck!

  • Indie Label Day 2017

    October 4, 2017 - By 

    Presented by two of the country’s leading independent imprints, Art for Blind and Penske, the inaugural Indie Label Day will take place at Whelan’s in Dublin on Saturday, October 14. The first event of its kind in Ireland to focus purely on record label culture, the day-long fair will celebrate DIY music on the island of Ireland. A marketplace, DJ sets and live bands will take place across two rooms. The afternoon (which is free and runs from 2-6pm) will feature pop-up stalls bringing together a range of independent record labels and distributors operating around the country as well as…