• Winter Party ’16

    October 13, 2016 - By 

    Rightly billed as @the biggest electronic party of the year@, Winter Party ’16 will take over Dublin’s 3Arena this Halloween Bank Holiday Sunday (October 30) with Sven Hath, Hot Since 82, a DJ Set from Jon Hopkins, Matador (Live), Dan Stritch, Skream and more. Promising a full sound, lighting and special FX production package, it’s set to be a 9 hour throwdown followed by a city takeover with the following afterparties running to late> Knee Deep in Dublin: Hot Since 82 and Emanuel Satie @ Button Factory Skream (All Night Long) @ Opium Rooms Leon Vynehall @ Wah Wah Club…

  • Dublin Digital Radio Launch Party

    October 6, 2016 - By 

    On Saturday, October 8, Dublin Digital Radio will host a BYOB launch party at Dublin’s Jigsaw in the company of Breen, Noid The Droid, Bukeepsie Boys, Daire Carolan, Dream Cycles, Cáit, Melly and Ellll (pictured above). Kicking off around 2pm, the launch 0 which will be streamed via DDR’s new website here – will run on to around 10pm. Entry is through donation (suggested between €5 – €10) and all proceeds will go towards studio equipment, rent, bills etc. Dedicated to “providing a quality platform for the various communities striving to create a socially and culturally progressive city in a landscape netted…

  • Wah Wah Club Launch @ The Grand Social, Dublin

    September 23, 2016 - By 

    Operating within the walls of The Grand Social, Hidden Agenda and This Greedy Pig will team up to launch Wah Wah Club, a new late late night club experience in Dublin on Thursday, September 29. Taking place from Wednesday through to Sunday every week in the Lower Liffey Street venue, the club will feature light installations by visual design crew Algorithm, a brand new custom built Funktion-One sound system. Elsewhere, the downstairs space has been completely renovated to accommodate a purpose-built club space with a custom DJ booth. Nice. With yet more to be announced over the coming days (including…

  • The G Sessions: Orchid Collective & Michael Mormecha

    September 21, 2016 - By 

    Following a three-year hiatus, Glasgowbury’s G Sessions will make its highly-anticipated return with Dublin alt-folk quartet Orchid Collective (pictured) and Michael Mormecha (Mojo Fury, Clown Parlour, Malojian et al.) on Saturday, September 24. Having previously been held in Draperstown’s Cellar Bar, the bona fide Irish music institution will now be held in Glasgowbury’s hub in the Mid-Ulster town, the Cornstore Loft. The show is bring your own booze (strictly no glass). Tickets are £7 and available now here or from the Cornstore. LOFi LiFE by michael mormecha

  • The Thin Air Tuesday Throwdown: Franklyn @ Lavery’s Belfast

    September 20, 2016 - By 

    Having recently released a string of stellar singles including ‘Tongue Tied’ and ‘Pleasure’ (which we premiered here), Belfast quartet Franklyn will play our next live Tuesday Throwdown in the limited capacity Back Bar of Lavery’s Belfast on October 4. Comprised of three-quarters of the sadly-departed General Fiasco, this is a chance to catch one of the country’s most promising, fast-rising outfits in such an intimate setting. Admission is free. The Thin Air DJs before and after to late.

  • Loop Launch Night

    September 13, 2016 - By 

    A new night created by local DJs Jamie Nelson and Jamie Nevin promising to deliver music that has been “left behind and under appreciated”, Loop will launch in Mister Tom’s at Lavery’s, Belfast on Friday, September 16. Joining the duo for its first outing – which coincides with Culture Night 2016 – is  none other than adopted Belfast multi-instrumentalist writer, arranger, producer and all-round legend Kaidi Tatham. Filling the gap left by Belfast longest-running club night, Gigantic, Loop was created after “seeing many small-medium size venues eventually closing down or changing tact over the years, resulted in both feeling quite dispirited…

  • Adam Buxton’s Bug: David Bowie Special

    September 12, 2016 - By 

    Bona fide Bowie obsessive, Adam Buxton will bring his Bug show celebrating the music videos and other on-screen appearances of the Thin White Duke to Dublin’s Vicar Street on November 20. Having started back in April 2007 as a series of bi-monthly shows at BFI Southbank, Bug quickly became a phenomenon looking at global creativity in music videos. This show – set to take place less than a year after Bowie’s passing –  is a perfect opportunity to enjoy some key moments from David Bowie’s life and career on the big screen, as well as remember the indelible mark he made on our…

  • Mount Stewart Conversations 2016

    September 2, 2016 - By 

    Promising an inspiring, mind-expanding, one-of-a-kind weekend, 19th Century Co. Down country estate Mount Stewart will play host to a veritable feast of talks, debates, storytelling, art, ideas, music, food and drink, performances and house & gardens across September 17-18. With many wonderfully contrasting cultures converging across the weekend, the inaugural Mount Stewart Conversations is a festival built on the esteemed legacy of Ireland’s secret retreat for royals, leaders of state, influencers and aristocracy. For generations a powerhouse of great thinking, art, music, talks and deliberation, it’s an inspired venue for what’s set to be kaleidoscopic fete of ideas presented by…

  • Across The Line at 30 @ Ulster Hall, Belfast

    August 31, 2016 - By 

    Long a bastion of promoting the very best in Irish music, North and South, weekly BBC Radio Ulster programme Across The Line will celebrate its 30th birthday in style with a special live show at Belfast’s Ulster Hall. As well as featuring interviews with many of the acts, The Divine Comedy, SOAK, Therapy?, Villagers (acoustic), R51 and Saint Sister will all perform on the night. Current ATL co-presenter Rigsy said “Rigsy says: “I was practically reared on ATL, with Mike Edgar introducing me to so much amazing Irish music throughout the 90s. So, it’s a real privilege to be presenting…

  • David Lynch Season @ Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin

    August 26, 2016 - By 

    David Lynch Season. Are there three better consecutive words in the English language? Running from September 28 to December 4, Dublin’s Lighthouse Cinema will pay tribute to the legendary American director, artist and bona fide auteur with screenings of his filmography to date, including Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Organisers said, “David Lynch’s films, whether big-budget sci-fi, gentle Oscar-nominated drama or noir-ish conduits of his own internal dream logic, are pure cinema. As film lovers, we owe ourselves the opportunity to experience his visions on the big screen. It pleases me immeasurably to…