• Irish Tracks of the Week – February 19th

    February 18, 2022 - By 

    This week has seen new music, and long-awaited albums from some of Ireland’s finest acts, including David Holmes, Paddy Hanna, Wallis Bird, Clara Tracey, Fontaines D.C., Sinead O’Brien, Ye Vagabonds, Paper Tigers, Dirty Dreamer, Junk Drawer & more. Paddy Hanna – New York Sidewalk New York Sidewalk by Paddy Hanna David Holmes – It’s Over if we Run out of Love It’s Over, If We Run Out Of Love by David Holmes feat. Raven Violet Clara Tracey – Harry Clarke Harry Clarke by Clara Tracey Fontaines D.C. – I Love You Sinead O’Brien – Holy Country Dirty Dreamer – Piano 39…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – February 11th

    February 11, 2022 - By 

    It’s been another great week for new releases in every corner of the island. Delve into the best of the lot, featuring NewDad, Junior Brother, Pillow Queens, Frank and Beans, Axis Of, Melts and more. NewDad – Banshee Pillow Queens – Hearts & Minds Junior Brother – No Country For Young Men Frank and Beans – Slán Axis Of – Beach Light Melts – Outlier Qwerty Mick – Google Your Symptoms Pauline Scanlon – The Bird In The Bush Cat Dowling – All That I Can Do

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 4th February

    February 4, 2022 - By 

    On this, the first Bandcamp Friday of 2022, delve into the very best Irish releases of the week, featuring Whozyerman?, The Bonk, Howlbux/Muireann Levis, Hannah Peel, Jane Deasy, No Monster Club, Wild Rocket, Laurie Shaw and more. Whozyerman? – Blink Blink by Whozyerman? The Bonk – Songs For The Mean Time Vol. 2 Songs For The Mean Time Vol. 2 by The Bonk Howlbux/Muireann Levis – Signs of Life: Part 1 Signs of Life: Part 1 by Howlbux/Muireann Levis Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra – The Unfolding Jane Deasy – Mouth of the Sound Mouth of the Sound by Jane Deasy No…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – January 28th

    January 28, 2022 - By 

    It’s that time of year again, as many of Ireland’s finest acts release new singles to announce their prospective AOTY contenders, as well as a smattering of singles from exciting emergent acts, including the likes of the Thumper, Soak, Naked Lungs, Willhouse feat. GI, Wynona Bleach, My Tribe Your Tribe, Jossle, Rowan and Wallis Bird. Thumper – Overbite Wallis Bird – What’s Wrong With Changing? Soak – Last July Book of the Dead – Mercury At Greatest Eastern Elongation MERCURY AT GREATEST EASTERN ELONGATION by BOOK OF THE DEAD My Tribe Your Tribe – I Stay Quiet I Stay Quiet by My Tribe Your Tribe…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – January 21st

    January 21, 2022 - By 

    January is setting an exhilarating pace for the rest of 2022, and this week has been no different. Here’s our round-up of the best Irish music to drop in the past seven days Pillow Queens – Be By Your Side Silverbacks – Archive Material Archive Material by Silverbacks Dublin – Dublin Dublin by Dublin Inni-K – Éamonn an Chnoic Iníon by Inni-K Jonathan Deasy – Praxis Praxis by Jonathan Deasy D*mp, Curtisy – EP OF SORTS REVOLUTION ABOVE DISORDER – Scream Quietly Scream Quietly by REVOLUTION ABOVE DISORDER AIS – Freedom Junk Drawer – Tears In Costa Niall Brennan –…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – January 14th

    January 14, 2022 - By 

    As anticipated, 2022 has gotten off to an incredibly strong start on the new Irish music front. Here’s the best of the lot, featuring, Silverbacks, CMAT, Whozyerman?, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, NewDad and more. Silverbacks – A Job Worth Something CMAT – Lonely Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra – Empty Envelope Whozyerman? – The Year (….) NewDad – Say It And So I Watch You From Afar – Ill Lung Robyn G Shiels – Constant Reminder constant reminder : demo by robyn g shiels No Monster Club – Save The Circus banríon – end times end times by banríon Fontaines D.C.…

  • The Thin Air’s Top 100 Irish Releases of 2021

    December 21, 2021 - By 

    It’s not always been easy but over the last few years, we’ve stuck to the script of keeping our releases of the year round-up to a neat top 50. Granted, it stung to omit the odd thing here and there, but it always felt apt and to the point. The smaller the number, the more essential the releases, right? These last twelve months have revealed that notion not to be necessarily true. In fact, as the following one hundred albums, compilations, and EPs luminously attest, this year, it’s categorically false. Frankly, we’ve never been more content to be wrong. 100. Rory…

  • The Thin Air’s Top 100 Irish Tracks of 2021

    December 16, 2021 - By 

    Without a shadow of a doubt, more new Irish music has flown into our inboxes over the last 12 months than any year since we launched back in 2013. As we low-key stressed out on a shared Google doc to compile our annual end-of-year lists, it got us wondering: was it all happenstance or, you know, a direct result of [gestures wildly] all the shite that’s been going on? We can’t say for sure but the latter definitely checks out. Whether for release, distraction, or escape – stemming from time freed-up or inspiration en masse – artists from every corner of…

  • Songs in the Key of Goats: John Patrick Higgins on ‘Goat Songs’

    December 8, 2021 - By 

    Back in October, Belfast’s Strand Cinema hosted the premiere of Goat Songs, a five-part film series delving into the less-public world and lives of theatre. Directed and written by Belfast-based writer, playwright, and all-round creative wellspring John Patrick Higgins, it delivered deft, razor-sharp pathos across twenty minutes, whilst fiercely flying the flag for theatre’s vital place in our lives. We caught up with Higgins to learn more about the project. When I was approached to write this film, it didn’t occur to me to direct them as well. It’s an ambitious first effort: five short films, all in different styles, all…

  • Monday Mixtape: passersby

    December 6, 2021 - By 

    Off the back of his stellar 7-track tape alwayyys Dublin dream-pop artist – and Angular Hank member – Diarmuid O’Connor aka passersby takes us on a tour of some of his all-time favourite songs, featuring Blood Orange, Adrianne Lenker, Neil Young, Charli XCX & more alwayyys by passersby Charli XCX – Forever A most amazing pop song. It sounds like the world is ending. The sentiment of “things might not work out but you have my love and support for the rest of your life either way” is so beautiful. Adrianne Lenker – not a lot just forever This whole…