Published on August 29th, 2016 | by Lisa Hannigan
Having just released her highly-anticipated third studio album, At Swim, Lisa Hannigan pauses to reflect on her recent string of Irish dates with Ye Vagabonds. I hadn’t played in so long before my Irish shows. So before …... Read More →
Published on August 15th, 2016 | by Brian Coney
‘Everything that I did was counter-intuitive…’ confessed Louis C.K. recently while describing the creation and financing of this year’s ten part tragedy series, Horace & Pete. Nothing looked like this minimal television show before and somehow …... Read More →
Published on August 3rd, 2016 | by Chris Wee
And So I Watch You From Afar drummer Chris Wee reflects on perspective, mental wellbeing and recovery on the open road. October 2nd 2015 : Santa Fe – Denver It is sometimes at our lowest points …... Read More →
Published on July 29th, 2016 | by The Thin Air
Sea Pinks‘ main man and CF Records founder Neil Brogan reflects upon 10 years of the Belfast-based independent record label. Ten years ago I was living in London and at something of a loose end. In my …... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2016 | by David Hickey
My first gig in the Róisín Dubh was late November 2005. Back when the Róisín Dubh was still a ground floor only musical abode, not the imposing three and half storey stacked westend behemoth that Eoghan …... Read More →
Published on July 22nd, 2016 | by Aidan Hanratty
With his handsome and esteemed Rave New World partner Antoin Lindsay AWOL, Aidan Hanratty delivers a look at the very best electronic gigs, tracks and mixes of the week. Gigs Inside Moves – Dan Shake at …... Read More →
Published on July 12th, 2016 | by Aidan Kelly Murphy
The concept of environments, and environmental impact, resonates across the broad content and diverse mediums featured in this edition of The Thin Air’s Picture This. While this theme is present in the traditional sense of the …... Read More →
Published on July 10th, 2016 | by Steven Rainey
In Robert Wise’s 1971 movie adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel The Andromeda Strain, one of the four protagonists is a woman. And in the movie, there’s nothing significant or outrageous about this. She is, simply, biologically, a …... Read More →
Published on July 9th, 2016 | by May Kay
Fight Like Apes‘ frontwoman May Kay tackles the age-old thin line separating homage and unwitting imitation. It’s an extremely distressing situation. You’ve spent weeks, maybe months on a song. You started off with a devilishly catchy …... Read More →
Published on June 27th, 2016 | by Aidan Kelly Murphy
Boundaries as a theme is present in the four shows in this week’s Picture This – don’t worry we here at The Thin Air are not talking about Brexit. We mean boundaries in the sense of …... Read More →
