• Foals Set For Summer Series at Trinity College

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    Foals have been announced to play the Summer Series at Trinity College this Summer. The returning quartet – who will launch Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 on March 8th – will play the show on July 2nd. Tickets are priced at €52 and go on sale on Friday, February 1 at 9am. “Lyrically, there are resonances with what’s going on in the world at the moment,” Yannis Philippakis said of the forthcoming two-part abum. “I just feel like, what’s the utility of being a musician these days, if you can’t engage with at least some of this…

  • Drake to Play Three Dates in 3Arena

    January 22, 2019 - By 

    Drake will play three dates in Dublin in March. Taking part of his Assassination Vacation European tour, the Canadian rapper will play 3Arena on March 19, 21 and 22. Support on all three nights comes from Tory Lanez. Tickets cost €76 and go on sale on Friday at 9am.

  • Ryan Adams For Olympia Theatre

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    No stranger to the city, it’s been announced that Ryan Adams will play Dublin in a couple of months. The U.S. singer-songwriter will return to play the Olympia Theatre on March 31. Adams – who will release three albums in 2019, including Big Colors on April 19 – has played the Dublin venue ten times in the past. Tickets for the show are priced from €49.54 and go on sale on Friday, January 25 at 9am.

  • BEAK> Set For Dublin Show

    January 21, 2019 - By 

    BEAK> will play Dublin in the Spring. Having stopped off in Belfast in 2018, the Bristol-based, Geoff Barrow-fronted trio – who released their stellar third album, >>>, back in September – will play Whelan’s in Dublin on May 18th. Tickets are on sale now priced €22.00. The band have also just released the video for new single ‘Brean Down’. Check it – and all forthcoming tour dates – below.

  • Stream: Arvo Party – ouroboros

    January 17, 2019 - By 

    Following a big 2018, a year that saw the Belfast-based producer and musicians release his second album, II, all while emerging as one of the country’s strongest electronic artists, Herb Magee AKA Arvo Party has returned with ‘ouroboros’. Across nine minutes, the track untangles as a masterfully propulsive effort, marrying ecstatic synth shapes, woozy ambience and drubbing rhythms. Better still – in a move that fully underscores the broad-minded spirit that’s setting Magee apart – there is, ladies and gentlemen, a sax solo. Delve in below. ouroboros by Arvo Party

  • Watch: JyellowL – True Colors

    January 17, 2019 - By 

    Ahead of what we expect to be a strong year for Word Up Collective, JyellowL has unveiled the video for new single, ‘True Colors’. Taken from his latest EP, Me n Me Too, slick production and breathless bars meld for one of the strongest efforts from the Dublin-based rapper, aka Jean-Luc Uddoh, to date. We’re told, “The song is about becoming aware of the shadiness in the world and calling it as is but also exposing yourself for masking moments of vulnerability with exuberant confidence, hiding your true self behind the bravado.” Check out the video – and upcoming JyellowL tour…

  • Win tickets to Kathryn Joseph @ Black Box

    January 17, 2019 - By 

    We have a pair of tickets to give away to acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter Kathryn Joseph at Belfast’s Black Box – taking place as part of this year’s Out to Lunch Festival – on Sunday, January 20th. To enter, simply send your answer to the following question to info@thethinair.net What is the title of Joseph’s debut album? Please note: doors for the show are at 3pm.

  • The Gloaming Announce Album Number Three

    January 15, 2019 - By 

    The Gloaming have announced details of their forthcoming third studio album. The trad super band – comprised Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Thomas Bartlett and Matt Purcell – will release The Gloaming 3 on February 22 via Real World Records. Produced by Thomas Bartlett, the album was recorded last autumn at New York’s Reservoir Studios. See some thoughts on the release by Irish author Colm Tóibín – and check out the artwork for the venue – below. The Gloaming play Dublin’s The National Concert Hall on March 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, & 11th. “What you notice first…

  • The Workman’s Club Set for Tony Hawk’s Soundtrack Night

    January 15, 2019 - By 

    On Friday, February 8, Dublin’s The Workman’s Club will host Story Mode, a night of Tony Hawk’s soundtrack nostalgia. Aimed squarely we who have whittled away countless hours playing the long-running skateboarding series throughout the 2000s and beyond, the night is presented as “a club night dedicated to celebrating [the] tunes” from its soundtrack, including The Violent Femmes, NOFX, NAS, The Offspring, RUN DMC, Dead Kennedys and more. Better still, slick skate visuals are promised on the big screen throughout the night, featuring classics such as Flip’s Extremely Sorry and CKY and Tony Hawk’s featured skaters like Eric Koston, Mike Vallely, and Bam…