• Irish Tracks of the Week – 28th October

    October 28, 2022 - By 

    It’s another hefty Tracks of the Week, with stellar releases from the Mary Wallopers, Aoife Nessa Frances, Jape, One Leg One Eye, Ciaran Lavery and more. Definitely something in the water. One Leg One Eye – … And Take The Black Worm With Me …. And Take The Black Worm With Me by One Leg One Eye The Mary Wallopers – The Mary Wallopers The Mary Wallopers by The Mary Wallopers Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector Protector by Aoife Nessa Frances Ciaran Lavery – My Body’s a Zombie For You Everything Shook – Three Crows Drew Makes Noise – Something To…

  • The Nyahh made me do it: an interview with Willie Stewart

    October 25, 2022 - By 

    This interview originally appeared in The Thin Air’s summer 2022 print edition It’s spring in Leitrim. The sky is full of birdsong, trees and plants are coming back to life, and Willie Stewart has been mixing cement. Alongside his partner, the sound artist Natalia Beylis, he’s converting his backyard and old stone outbuildings into what he describes as a “future habitat for creative explorations”.  The pair’s life revolves around these explorations, which they frequently let out into the world via shared and respective projects. Both are members of the experimental psych band Woven Skull, and have a wide array of…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 21st October

    October 21, 2022 - By 

    Featuring two of our albums of the year, here’s the best Irish music released this week, from Clara Tracey, Crispy Jason aka Rian Trench, Meljoann, Joshua Burnside, Aoife Wolf and more. Clara Tracey – Black Forest Black Forest by Clara Tracey Crispy Jason – Laminated Jason Laminated Jason by Crispy Jason Joshua Burnside – Rough Edges Aoife Wolf – The Wetlands Invaderband – Octopus Part 10 OCTOPUS part 10 by Adam Leonard Paddy Hanna – Imagine I’m Hoping Imagine I’m Hoping by Paddy Hanna Comrade Hat – I Love To Take The Train I Love To Take The Train by…

  • Track Record: Robbie Brady (Melts)

    October 20, 2022 - By 

    In this installment of Track Record, Melts organ/synth man Robbie Brady selects the records that have greatly influenced his life from Hawkwind to Harmonia and beyond. Photos by Leah Carroll Brian Eno – Another Green World AGW is a thing of unearthly beauty. Of his pre-ambient period, he hit the nail on the head with this one. “I’ll come running” and “Big Ship” are two of the highest points on this pretty flawless record. Harmonia – Musik Von Harmonia Hypnotic krautrock at its best. They made two incredible albums but this one just captures the magic of the Rother and…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 14th October

    October 14, 2022 - By 

    Taking in every corner of the island, here’s the very best tracks of the week from Aoife Wolf, Keeley, Moot Tapes, Kez, The Model Home and more. Aoife Wolf – The Wetlands Moot Tapes – Signs of Life: Part 4 Signs of Life: Part 4 by SSMMÜTT/Phil Christie April – Distraction Keeley – Totally Entranced EP Totally Entranced EP by Keeley The Model Home – Thinking Much Thinking Much by The Model Home Reevah – Call Me Up The Daisy Chain – Holibobs Kez – How Can You Not See Columbia Mills – Heart of a Nation Heart of a…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 7th October

    October 7, 2022 - By 

    This Bandcamp Friday, delve into the very best Irish releases of the week from Gilla Band, Farah Elle, Aonair, Talos, Seamus O’Muineachain, Uly, Moving Statues and more Gilla Band – Most Normal Farah Elle – Fatima FATIMA (Deluxe) by Farah Elle Aonair – Loveheart Birthmark Seamus O’Muineachain – Isthmus Isthmus by Seamus O’Muineachain Ciaran Lavery – Another Night at the Self-Indulgence Hotel Uly – keith, i want to be everything keith, i want to be everything by Uly Talos – Dear Chaos Moving Statues – Wonders Will Never Cease EP Wonders Will Never Cease EP by Moving Statues Cosmo –…

  • Track Record: Peter Curtin

    October 6, 2022 - By 

    RTÉ and Worldwide FM DJ and producer Peter Curtin selects the records that have left a lasting impression on his life. Peter recently released a compilation through All City Records called This Way focusing on emerging Irish artists. Check it below. Photos by Jamie Moore Minnie Riperton – Come To My Garden Is there a better Minnie Riperton album than this? The strings, the arrangements and that voice, that voice, that voice…2022 we are told promises to be the summer of Charles Stepney, with unreleased music by the legendary producer being released for the first time but this album which he…

  • Don’t Go To The American Bar

    October 11, 2022 - By 

    My mate was in the paper a while back, having been thrown out of the Stormont grounds for taking their pet goat on a walk up the hill. Not a euphemism. Or a Michael Stone ‘Performance Art’ piece. I was in The American Bar in Belfast the other night when some of the staff had just come back from one of those big reach-around business awards, having won ‘The Best Bar’. The American Bar is the sort of place that would let you bring your pet goat in for a pint. Just don’t let it up on the table, or eat…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 30th September

    September 30, 2022 - By 

    In another excellent week of Irish music, dig into the best new sounds of the past seven days, including The Mary Wallopers, Fujiya & Miyagi feat. Everything Shook, banríon, Bedrooms, HamsandwicH and more. The Mary Wallopers – Cod Liver Oil and The Orange Juice banríon – dare to crush EP fooling by banríon Actual Acid – Half Time Bedrooms – huffing huffing by Bedrooms AILSHA – R.I.P. (Dead 2 Me) Paddy Hanna – Nightmares Imagine I'm Hoping by Paddy Hanna Ali Comerford – Cool Girl Pádraig Cooney – Centuries of Learning Centuries of Learning by Padraig Cooney This Throat – I sent it…

  • Galway’s Áras na nGael to host jungle and drum & bass weekender with Rua Sound

    September 27, 2022 - By 

    Galway-based jungle and drum & bass label Rua Sound is hosting a special two-day event at Áras na nGael in October. The label, which was launched in Galway by Cormac McMahon and Rob Flynn in 2015, has released music by some of the most respected names in underground jungle and drum & bass, including Sully, Sun People and Tim Reaper. Now, for their debut weekender, the crew are hosting a selection of these international acts alongside a line-up of Irish talent between Friday 14th October through Saturday 15th.  International acts on the bill include Arcane, Henry Greenleaf, Itoa, Sully and…