• Premiere: peak hue – safe room

    January 10, 2023 - By 

    Few Irish artists have shapeshifted convincingly, or as consistently, as Phil Quinn. Over the years, the Belfast musician has offered up an abundance of first-rate sounds as – or as a member of – Charles Hurts, Gross Net, Girls Names, and Grave Goods, as well as recent collaborations with the likes of Aoife Wolf. It’s a winding and immersive path that leads very nicely to peak hue. A homophone for their initials, PQ, the new solo project’s first release, safe room, instantly hits like a clean, meditative break from the more ardent, beat-heavy post-punk they’re rightly lauded for. Ahead of the three-tracker’s release on 3rd February, its…

  • Myles Manley and Aoife Wolf at McHughs, Belfast

    January 3, 2023 - By 

    Two years on from releasing one of the best Irish albums in recent memory, Cometh the Softies, we’re delighted to host Irish experimental popstar par excellence Myles Manley’s long-awaited return to Belfast at McHugh’s on Friday, 13th January. Taking place as part of his Wet January mini-tour of Ireland, and nine years on from his first show in the city (The Pavilion in 2013 – remember everyone?) the Sligo-raised, Dublin-based will perform a full-band show of new and some less-new material. Support on the night comes from fast-rising Co. Offaly psych-folk artist Aoife Wolf, songs from whose recent EP The Wetlands will get a special…

  • Win Tickets to Orbital in Limerick

    December 19, 2022 - By 

    We have a pair of tickets to give away to English electronic legends Orbtial, live in Limerick next year. Following shows in Belfast and Dublin, Phil and Paul Hartnoll will take their Optical Delusion tour to the Big Top on 16th March. To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to the show, simply send your answer to the following question to info@thethinair.net Orbital are named after which motorway? Good luck!

  • Merchy Christmas Set for The Grand Social

    December 15, 2022 - By 

    The third annual Merchy Christmas takes over the Grand Social this weekend. Organised by One Stop Band Shop, it’s set to be another unmissable two days at the Dublin venue, with over 60 Irish acts coming together to sell their merch for a great cause. Taking place from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, 17th December and Sunday 18th, the get-together will feature pop-up stalls Aoife Nessa Frances, Gilla Band, Lankum, Junior Brother, Loah, Acid Granny, Gemma Dunleavy and many more. Check out the full list of artists below. At the heart of the annual event is a fundraising drive to combat…

  • Premiere: No Spill Blood – Anvil Crawler

    December 9, 2022 - By 

    Very few bands do obliteration quite like No Spill Blood. Over the last ten years, the Dublin trio of Ror Conaty, Matt Hedigan and Ruadhan O’Meara have delivered cyclical heft, cut from its very own cosmic cloth. Eight years after releasing one of the most emphatic Irish albums of 2015, Heavy Electricity, the Kraut-metal three-piece are back with news of its eagerly-anticipated follow-up, Eye of Night. Set for release via Finnish imprint Svart on 24th February 2023, the ten-track album is, we are told, a “series of inward folding tales of a protagonist’s journey within the self. An exploration of the…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 2nd December

    December 2, 2022 - By 

    On this, the final Bandcamp Friday of 2022, delve into the very best Irish releases of the week from Extravision, Krea, Two Nice Catholic Boys, Thumper and more Extravision – Land of a Thousand Unwelcome Advances Land of a Thousand Unwelcome Advances by Extravision Krea – Last Day Of The Year Two Nice Catholic Boys – Seconds Seconds by Two Nice Catholic Boys Hatchet Field – Beneath The Black Mountain Beneath The Black Mountain by Hatchet Field Thumper – Summer Assault Stef and the Sleveens – Give My Regards To The Dancing Girls Moving Statues – You Look Like You’ve…

  • Other Voices Dingle 2022

    December 1, 2022 - By 

    Without a slither of a shadow of a doubt one of the country’s finest annual musical institutions, Other Voices returns to Dingle in West Kerry across 2-4th December. As per tradition, it’s another wonderfully-curated line-up featuring some of the island’s very best acts – and a few international big-hitters for good measures. Marking its 21st birthday, both live and online, this festival’s outing will be another jam-packed weekend showcase, taking place in the Church of St James, the IMRO Other Room, as well as the delightfully busy Dingle Gin Music Trail. Among the acts performing at the Church across the weekend…

  • First Acts Announced for Body & Soul 2023

    November 25, 2022 - By 

    Body & Soul have announced the first acts to play its 2023 edition. Returning to Ballinlough Caste Estate in Co. Meath across 16-18th June, Ireland’s longest-running independent festival will mark its 13th year with another carefully-curated bill of Irish and international acts. With the full programme to be revealed in the coming months, Aoife Nessa Frances (pictured), Moderat, Gilles Peterson, Shanti Celeste, BCUC and Sorcha Richardson are the first names to drop. Just over 5,000 weekend tickets will be available for this year’s festival. It remains strictly over 21s but families with children aged 13 and below are welcomed back for 2023.…

  • Osees Announce Dublin Show

    November 22, 2022 - By 

    Almost certainly the world’s greatest live band, Osees, are set to return to Dublin. Accompanied by the video for ‘Scum Show’ – a highlight from their latest album A Foul Form – the John Dwyer-fronted psych-garage machine will roll into Dublin once more on 22nd May 2023 for a show at Button Factory. Coming almost exactly a year after the California band’s show in the same venue, it’s one of several dates announced as part of a new UK and Ireland tour. Check out the full dates and the video for ‘Scum Show’ below. Co-hosted by Foggy Notions and U:mack,…