• Watch: A Plastic Rose – Move Islands

    September 29, 2014 - By 

    Nottingham-based Northern Irish alt-rock quartet A Plastic Rose have unveiled the brilliantly adventurous, short film-like video for their new single ‘Move Islands’. Shot in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, the video – directed by David Louis Lankester – features the Ian McHugh and Gerry Norman from the band going on a little journey in an attempt to make contact with something both unseen and unknown. Piqued your interest? Watch the video below. ‘Move Islands’ is the fourth single to be taken from the band’s forthcoming new album, Flickering Light of an Inner War, due out in February. The single itself is officially released…

  • Album Stream: Sea Pinks – Dreaming Tracks

    September 29, 2014 - By 

    Nine months in, Neil Brogan’s Sea Pinks have unveiled what could well be contender for our favourite Irish album of 2014: Dreaming Tracks. Going one better than 2012’s superb Freak Waves – a feat in itself – the album conjures brooding, sun-split coastal trawl imminent Autumnal solipsism via ten tracks of cello-lined melancholia and masterfully blithe jangle-pop. According to the band, “This a record about disorientation, ambivalence, and the overlapping of past, present and future that can happen in dream states as well as in waking life.” Dreaming Tracks is available as a Limited Edition Shell Pink 180g 12″ vinyl LP, which can…

  • Adebisi Shank announce split

    September 24, 2014 - By 

    Ahead of their two final Irish shows tomorrow and Friday night, Adebisi Shank have announced their split. Writing on Facebook, the band said: “THIS IS THE END OF A BAND CALLED ADEBISI SHANK Dear friends, We hereby announce the end of a band called Adebisi Shank. From the three of us to all of you, thank you for coming with us on this crazy journey. To Cathy and the Sargent House crew past and present, thank you for believing in us. Life and music moves on – Lar is making music in All Tvvins, Vin is producing/mixing, working on video…

  • Adebisi Shank announce last ever Irish gigs

    September 23, 2014 - By 

    We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but The Thin Air can indeed confirm that Adebisi Shank will play their last ever gigs on Irish soil this Thursday and Friday in Whelans, Dublin. Vinny says “This is last time anyone in Ireland will get to see us play so they’re going to be two epic unforgettable nights for everyone who is there!” Click here to buy tickets and expect some more of this:  

  • Manic Street Preachers announce Dublin show

    September 23, 2014 - By 

    It may only be little over a year that the Manics last visited these shores, but their return has got us very excited indeed. It’s twenty years since the release of the legendary The Holy Bible album and to celebrate the occasion the band will the album in its entirety at The Olympia Theatre on December 13. Tickets are priced at €39.05 and go on sale this Friday, September 26. Check out the video for ‘She Is Suffering’ below:  

  • EP Download: The Altered Hours – Outskirts

    September 23, 2014 - By 

    Currently out of action for a few weeks due to injury, Cork psych-rock conjurers The Altered Hours have unveiled a three-track mini EP, Outskirts. Speaking of the release – recorded at different times in different places – the band’s frontman Cathal Mac Gabhann said, “We just wanted to share it as its a particular psychedelic feeling to all three that work well together.” And that they do: cushioned by the swelling ambience of ‘Joy’ and ‘Outskirts’, the two-chord swoon of ‘I’m On a High’ hits home, proving a super-stripped-back masterstroke evoking the likes of Galaxie 500, Yo La Tengo and…

  • Stream: This Is Me Dead – Vega

    September 22, 2014 - By 

    It’s been a quiet couple of years for This Is Me Dead. Known for their melodic noise rock and most active during 2011, the Belfast four piece have decided to dust off the cobwebs and rear their heads once again for their new record Vega. A collection of songs old and new, their three track EP is an eclectic mix of mid 90’s power pop and modern day post-punk that is a refreshing addition to the musical landscape of Northern Ireland. Recorded at Millbank Studios in Lisburn and mastered by Rob Arbelo, their EP is available on Bandcamp to stream…

  • Stream: Droids – Burn Down

    September 22, 2014 - By 

    Derry/Londonderry alt-rock/post-hardcore quartet Droids have whet our riff-loving appetite for the long-awaited follow-up release to their eponymous debut EP with their new track, ‘Burn Down’ – a progression in terms of craft and production –  which is available for stream on their Bandcamp below. The track was recorded in their hometown’s Smalltown America studios by Chris Cassidy, and was mixed & mastered by Neal Calderwood of Manor Park. Come November, the band will play a set of dates to kickstart activity towards their new release, from which ‘Burn Down’ comes, which are as follows: November 1 – Atlantic Bar, Portrush November…

  • HWCH ’14 special guests announced

    September 18, 2014 - By 

    The special guests (or honourary “Heroes”) of Hard Working Class Heroes 2014 have been announced. Set to join an already extremely impressive line-up of new and emerging Irish musical talent, the MayKay-fronted Fight Like Apes (pictured), Meath indie rock five-piece Ham Sandwich and fast-rising Derry singer-songwriter SOAK will perform throughout Dublin from Thursday, October 2 to Saturday, October 4. The organisers of the annual festival of hotly-tipped homegrown music have also announced details of HWCH and the City – a music trail of free, all ages gigs in some of Dublin’s best and most unique shops, restaurants and coffee shops. Go…

  • Stream: Slow Skies – Bodies

    September 18, 2014 - By 

    The follow-up to the beguiling ‘Ice Field’ – released at the start of the month – Dublin dream pop duo Slow Skies have gone one better with ‘Bodies’, a wonderfully unravelling, reverb-soaked effort that lulls and summons in equal proportion. Delicate and funereal, the track – conjuring the likes of Hope Sandoval, Explosions In The Sky, Hanne Hukkelberg, Hope of the States and – teases with its perfectly plodding pace and Karen Sheridan’s increasingly beatific vocals. ‘Bodies’ will feature on Slow Skies’ forthcoming EP, Keepsake, set for release via faction on September 26. The duo play Donegal’s Balor Arts Centre on September 29, Dublin’s Sugar…