• TTA @ 1: A Year of Photography

    April 30, 2014 - By 

    Five thousand photographs is an impressive feat for our photographers and an even more difficult task to whittle them down to a gallery showcasing 150 fantastic images that represent what we’ve been doing for an entire year. Having worked as photo editor at State.ie and AU Magazine before starting from scratch at The Thin Air, I found myself in the unique position of hand picking a team of photographers. I was presented with some snappers whom I was familiar with previously, some I worked along side in the pit at gigs and some fresh meat all with varying backgrounds and experience. Quality…

  • Inbound: Exploding Eyes

    May 6, 2014 - By 

    In this installment of Inbound we chat to Robbie, Al and Brian from Dublin based psychedelic rock band Exploding Eyes about their involvement in the Irish music scene over the years, their biggest influences and why getting stranded in Switzerland is not an option again! Hi lads, can you tell us about Exploding Eyes and where you got the name? Robbie: We’re a new band from Dublin playing rock music. name? Well I was hoping to call the band Flaming Lips but that seems to be taken so I just went for the next horrible thing that could happen to a part of…

  • Inbound: Under Tears

    April 29, 2014 - By 

    In the latest installment of Inbound, we talk to Berlin-based, Dublin musician Julie Chance (also of Kool Thing) about her current solo project as Under Tears and the emotional inspiration behind it. Exclusive photography featured by Berlin photograhers Wilkosz and Way. Hi Julie. Can you tell us a little bit about Under Tears, how you began and what the name means? After I broke up with my partner and bandmate last summer, I was going through a lot of pain and wrote a few songs about it. That’s basically how it started. You’re also one half of Kool Thing so how does this current…

  • In Photos: BarnDance VII

    April 23, 2014 - By 

    Taking place in a secret location forty-five minutes outside of Dublin, Rory Coomey captures the seventh installment of BarnDance on Easter Friday, featuring the likes of Mojo Gogo, the Minutes, King Kong Company and Fritz Kalkbrenner. [gallery type=’flickr’ user_id=’95205686@N06′ photoset_id=’7215764423291744

  • In Photos: Record Store Day 2014

    April 23, 2014 - By 

    Almost certainly the busiest Record Store Day to date, Saturday past (April 19) saw queues of varying lengths form at the crack dawn outside record stores across the world, thus kickstarting a whole day of celebrating independent music, one-off releases and – perhaps most importantly – record stores themselves. Whilst Paul Weller has since said he won’t be participating again due to seeing his RSD release selling for extortionate prices online, other musicians such as Jack White got right on board, recording, cutting and selling a seven-inch single, ‘Lazaretto’, in just under four hours – something he claims is a world…

  • Track Record: BeeMickSee

    April 23, 2014 - By 

    In the latest installment of Track Record – a photo feature looking at the record collections of Irish musicians – Liam Kielt popped by the abode of Oregon-born, Belfast-based rapper Brendan Seamus AKA BeeMickSee. This is the usually point where we mention a few of the acts that are featured but we would prefer to leave it as a surprise on this occasion… Everclear – Sparkle & Fade This one here is my favourite album of all time – ever! A babysitter of mine gave it to me on tape cassette when I was eight or night and I listened to…