• Adebisi Shank Announce Return After 10 Years

    September 30, 2024 - By 

    Adebisi Shank are reuniting after a decade away. Ten whole years on from announcing their split, the Wexford/Dublin instrumental rock trio took to Instagram today to reveal the news. “This is the return of a band called Adebisi Shank,” the trio wrote. “New songs. New shows.” When they went their separate ways back in 2014, the band – comprising guitarist Lar Kaye, bassist Vinny McCreith and drummer Mick Roe – said: “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…

  • Listen: Speed of Snakes – Speed of Snakes

    November 25, 2014 - By 

    Not content to be in only one of the best bands in Ireland, Dublin-based electronic duo Speed of Snakes – comprising of Vinny from the now-deceased (still-warm) Adebisi Shank and Rupert from BATS – have unveiled an eponymous new track from their upcoming debut album of the same name. Having long been collaborating, with signs of a more extensive live & recorded output in 2015, their last release was hypnotic groover ‘Backbone of Night‘. Check out ‘Speed of Snakes’:

  • “That’s a great song… but who is it about?”

    October 15, 2014 - By 

    “That’s a great song… but who is it about?” I’m sure at some stage you’ve scratched your head pondering over just who your favourite Irish bands named certain songs after. Well, you’re in for a treat! The Thin Air have gone straight to the sources and asked ‘who the hell is that?’ so you don’t have to. You may or may not recognize some of the people above, but we can assure you that’s these faces were inspiring enough to have a song penned especially about them. We’ve also compiled a Spotify playlist of our ten favourite songs about these…

  • Adebisi Shank, Adultrock @ Whelan’s

    September 29, 2014 - By 

    It was only this August that we finally saw the release of This Is The Third Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank, a whole four years after its predecessor, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. But barely a month later, the band made the shock announcement that they were calling it a day and that their pair of album launch shows in Whelan’s would in fact double up as farewell shows. The outpouring of love in the Irish music press since the announcement has highlighted just how much this band has meant to music fans in Ireland in the last…

  • Farewell, Adebisi Shank

    September 26, 2014 - By 

    Adebisi Shank’s clarification of their situation helped put a lot of thoughts to rest. “Last gigs for a while”, cool, they must be really taking a stab at America or such now they have Sargent House behind them. “Last gigs in Ireland ever”. Uh, okay, really counting on this to succeed as a statement against how the workings of music in Ireland are gamed against independent music in terms of radio, PR, etc.? A statement on their Facebook put all the talk of expansion, abandoning Ireland, etc. to rest. “Dear friends, We hereby announce the end of a band called…

  • 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:  

  • Interview: Adebisi Shank

    August 25, 2014 - By 

    With sold-out shows in London and their eagerly-anticipated Irish return on the horizon, Niamh Hegarty speaks to bassist Vinny McCreith of Adebisi Shank about everything from This is the Album… to the brand new, critically-acclaimed This the Third Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank. So, your third album went on release here in Ireland, UK and US releases to follow this week. How have you been feeling about the reaction so far? It’s really positive so far and thinking back, it makes me think back to the second release and a lot of people have it in their heads that a lot…

  • A Brief History of Post-Rock

    August 14, 2014 - By 

    Of the countless genre names that describe modern music, post-rock is probably the vaguest of those widely used. Open to generalisation, uncertainty and blind exaggeration, it has no commonly accepted definition and many acts including Tortoise and Mogwai have distanced themselves from the term. That said, much like postmodernism or the avant-garde, there remains a general consensus about the development and essential traits central to this most ambiguous of labels, currently used to describe the likes of This Will Destroy You, Mono and our very own Adebisi Shank, And So I Watch You From Afar, etc. Brian Coney attempts to trace…