• Pulp Set for Huge Return to Dublin This Summer

    February 14, 2025 - By 

    We’ve just about come down from Pulp’s long-awaited return to Dublin at St Anne’s Park in 2023. Now, Jarvis and co. are keeping the momentum going with a massive Dublin show this summer. The Sheffield legends will take over 3Arena on 10th June 2025 as part of their UK and Ireland arena tour. Explaining the decision to extend the reunion — and perhaps hinting at new material – Cocker said (presumably typed): “You deserve more – & we have more. In fact, we have More – (but that’s a whole other story… you’ll have to wait a little more time…

  • Premiere: Human Lanterns – Eyes in my Pocket

    February 10, 2025 - By 

    Just when you thought ØXN’s status as Ireland’s finest supergroup of sorts was unfuckwithable, along come Human Lanterns. Let’s call it a draw. This new project unites musicians we’d gladly use our last breath to champion. This lineup enters special territory altogether: the wizardly Paul Clynes (Hands Up Who Wants to Die, Shifting et al.), the ever-excellent Mary Keane (Cormorant Tree Oh), Thomas Parkes (The Jimmy Cake), Ivan Deasy of Crowhammer, and Will from the brilliantly – supremely – named Ireland. Their debut track, ‘Eyes in My Pocket,’ is probably the closest music from these shores has yet come to…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 24th January

    January 24, 2025 - By 

    Something something Storm Eowyn hasn’t stopped Irish music something something. Here’s brand new Jordan Adetunji, Being Strangers, Maria Kelly, Lisa O’Neill, Altara, Strange New Places and more Jordan Adetunji – 305 Being Strangers – Concrete Dreams of Sound Concrete Dreams of Sound by Being Strangers Lisa O’Neill feat. Peter Doherty – Homeless In The Thousands (Dublin in the Digital Age) Maria Kelly – His Parents’ House Strange New Places – Sappho & Star Wars Noble Jonson – My Life Is Like a Song Altara – pleasedontleave Wynona Bleach – Tangerine Cloakroom Q – Tangerine

  • Photos of the Year 2024

    December 20, 2024 - By 

    I’m proud to say the team of photographers at The Thin Air are truly some of the best in the country. They have traveled the length and breadth of the island, covering everything from the tiniest in-store events to the largest festival stages. They have even been handpicked by some of the world’s biggest artists to produce work for them. Every gallery submitted from a show is a joy to peruse and edit, especially as I observe photographers developing their unique styles. Nearly every photographer on the team is instantly identifiable to me, ranging from the dreamlike to the dynamic.…