• Track Record: Alpha Chrome Yayo

    December 6, 2023 - By 

    One of the island’s finest genre-spanning savants, Alpha Chrome Yayo takes us on a guided tour of his all-time favourite records, featuring Enya, Mort Garson, Mariya Takeuchi, Sigh, Tom Waits, Minako Yoshida and more Photo by Aislinn Mcginn Singles are great and all, but for me nothing compares to the experience of listening to an honest-to-goodness album, especially if it involves physical media. The ephemeral quality of music made somehow tangible, cloaked in artwork to luxuriate in, liner notes to pore over. Beyond that, listening to an album is like fulfilling an unknowable contract. One between the artists who made…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 10th November

    November 10, 2023 - By 

    Delve into the very best new singles and albums of the week from Pillow Queens, David Holmes, John Francis Flynn, Phil Kieran, Alpha Chrome Yayo and more Pillow Queens – Suffer David Holmes – Blind on a Galloping Horse David Holmes ft. Raven Violet – ‘Blind On A Galloping Horse’ by David Holmes Rachael Lavelle – Big Dreams Big Dreams by Rachael Lavelle Phil Kieran – The Strand Cinema Live Nealo, Morgana, Uly, Rach – Cereal Alpha Chrome Yayo – Heart Engine Heart Engine by Alpha Chrome Yayo Two Nice Catholic Boys – Never Wonder John Francis Flynn – Kitty…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 17th February

    February 17, 2023 - By 

    It’s been another stacked week for Irish music. Here’s the best singles and albums released over the last seven days, featuring Lemonade Shoelace, New Pagans, Iona Zajac, Caoilian Sherlock, Alpha Chrome Yayo, The Wood Burning Savages and more Lemonade Shoelace – Hopscotch In The Sky Alpha Chrome Yayo – All Aboard All Aboard by Alpha Chrome Yayo ​ Iona Zajac – Rubbish Jubilee Caoilian Sherlock – Candidate Candidate by Caoilian Sherlock The Wood Burning Savages – Hand to Mouth Hand to Mouth by The Wood Burning Savages Cobra Truth – Two Lovely Little Pets Henry Likely – Handover Sloucho – Everything/Readymade…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 25th November

    November 25, 2022 - By 

    Aoife Wolf – The Wetlands EP Alpha Chrome Yayo – Tom Waits is There Tom Waits Is There by Alpha Chrome Yayo Meltybrains? – Space Ghetto Celica – Celica EP 02 Celica EP 02 by Celica AOIBHA – When You Hold Her Christian Cohle – Strength Constant Supply – I Keep Hitting Every Wall, Baby Lobotomy by Constant Supply I Have a Tribe – Teddy’s Song Driven Snow – Flickers of You Willzee – Eclipse   Photo credit: Aaron Cunningham

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – September 3rd

    September 3, 2021 - By 

    It’s Bandcamp Friday once again, and it’s been yet another stacked week for Irish releases. Dig into best of them below, featuring The Altered Hours, Hey Rusty, NewDad, Natalia Beylis, Silverbacks, ANDI and more The Altered Hours – You Are Wrong You Are Wrong by The Altered Hours Silverbacks – Wear My Medals Wear My Medals by Silverbacks Natalia Beylis – Pink Sky Dawn Pink Sky Dawn by Natalia Beylis NewDad – How Arvo Party – THE GRAND STRETCH Corpus II by Arvo Party Hey Rusty – Anorak Anorak by Hey Rusty Evan Miles – If This Is It of…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – August 6th

    August 6, 2021 - By 

    It’s time to take another deep-dive into a Bandcamp Friday and beyond with some phenomenal releases across the board, including big album, and EP announcements and releases from the likes of Arvo Party, F.R.U.I.T.Y., Sorbet, Hannah Peel, Alpha Chrome Yayo, smallmint, God Knows and beyond. Arvo Party – Cyclism Corpus I by Arvo Party F.R.U.I.T.Y. – F.R.U.I.T.Y. EP FRUITY by F.R.U.I.T.Y. Lukewarmdaily96 – Poison Apple Sorbet – Born Purple Let’s Set Sail – Toledo God Knows – Glory [feat. Senita] Teishi-1 – The Outlander EP The Outlander by Teishi-1 Hannah Peel – Unheard Delia EP 1000 Beasts x Toucan – Sugar High…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – June 18th

    June 18, 2021 - By 

    This Juneteenth, Bandcamp are donating 100% of their sales to the Legal Defence Fund to support racial justice, equality & change. If you’re planning on buying some music – Irish or otherwise – via the platform, today is that day. On which note, here’s the best Irish tracks and LPs of the week, including Denise Chaila, Rejjie Snow, Kojaque, Dani Larkin, Aislinn Logan, Rebekah Fitch, Alpha Chrome Yayo, Strange Boy feat Hazey Haze, and more. Denise Chaila – 061 Rejjie Snow feat. Tinashe & grouptherapy. – Disco Pantz Rebekah Fitch – Goodbye Aislinn Logan – Certain Days Dani Larkin – Notes For A Maiden…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – May 7th

    May 7, 2021 - By 

    On this glorious Bandcamp no-fee Friday, here are the very best Irish tracks and releases of the week, including Arvo Party, Fears, Stella, Art of Algebra, Joshua Burnside, Cryan x Uladh, Hex Hue, Loner Deluxe, Exhalers, Bantam, Alpha Chrome Yayo, Jordan Nocturne and more. Arvo Party – Devotions IV Devotions IV by Arvo Party Stella – you are here Art of Algebra – The Next Super-CME Under A Different Light by Art of Algebra Conor McCafferty – Bizwoozi EP Bizwoozi EP by Conor McCafferty Robocobra Quartet – Live Tape 1 Live Tape #1 by Robocobra Quartet Hex Hue – Aquiver…

  • The Thin Air’s Top 50 Irish Releases of 2020

    December 20, 2020 - By 

    In years to come, when someone asks me what The Thin Air was and represented, I’ll likely direct them to features like the one you have just opened. Much like other publications of our ilk – Nialler9, The Last Mixed Tape, Goldenplec and others – we spend 52 weeks of the year relentlessly championing what truly makes Irish music special and, very occasionally, genuinely world-beating. We all do it in different ways, and to slightly different audiences, but the impetus and desire to shine a light on what we have is one and the very same. Although they’re almost never…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – October 2nd

    October 2, 2020 - By 

    It’s the first Friday of the month, which can only mean one thing: it’s also Bandcamp Friday. As ever, if you’re going to pick up some great new Irish music, best make it today. Here’s our round-up of the best of this week, including Denise Chaila, Kynsy, Arvo Party, Katie Kim, Neil Brogan, Ailbhe Reddy and, because we couldn’t possibly choose just one track, A Litany of Failures Volume III. Denise Chaila – Rí Rá Go Bravely by Denise Chaila Go Bravely by Denise Chaila Various Artists – A Litany of Failures Voume III A Litany of Failures: Volume III…