• Irish Tracks of the Week – 27th August

    August 27, 2021 - By 

    It’s been another great week for new releases in every corner of the island. Delve into the best of the lot, featuring JYellowL, Ciaran Lavery, Jennifer Moore, Claire Guerin & Eamon Ivri, Leo Miyagee, Emperor of Ice Cream and more.   JYellowL – See Me Finish Ciaran Lavery & Soft Sports – Happiness EP Jennifer Moore – Channels Of Time Channels of Time by Jennifer Moore Claire Guerin & Eamon Ivri – Entropy ​​Entropy by Claire Guerin & Eamon Ivri Emperor of Ice Cream – Weather Vane Weather Vane single by Emperor of Ice Cream Leo Miyagee – Act III…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 20th August

    August 20, 2021 - By 

    It’s been another stellar week for new releases in every corner of the island. Delve into the best of the lot, featuring Arvo Party, Villagers, Rosa Zajac & Daragh Lynch, Tolü Makay, Floor Staff, Ward, Erica Cody and more. Photo by Rich Gilligan Arvo Party – The Grand Stretch Corpus II by Arvo Party Villagers – Fever Dreams Rosa Zajac & Daragh Lynch – The Burning of Auchindoun Tolü Makay – Aye No Oil Paintings – What Good Does It Do What Good Does It Do? by No Oil Paintings Orla Gartland – Woman On The Internet Woman on the…

  • The Thin Air Top 100 Irish Tracks of 2014 (100-75)

    December 30, 2014 - By 

    Twelve months, a billion tracks (probably) and a ridiculously impressive crop of new, emerging musical talent the island of Ireland over: yes, 2014 was been very generous indeed on the ol’ new music front. In a year when (the altogether sonically disparate) Girl Band and SOAK signed with Rough Trade, Adebisi Shank broke hearts in parting ways and Hozier “did a Kodaline” by going positively stratospheric – more on that later – innumerable lesser-known acts have also been slogging away in the garage, creating some of the very best sounds here or anywhere else on the face on the planet. In the first of a two-part feature,…

  • Exclusive: Floor Staff – Gift Horse (Live)

    October 17, 2014 - By 

    Set to perform the Oxjam Takeover in Dublin this evening, we’re pleased to present the first of three exclusive live videos by one of the city’s finest alt-pop bands, Floor Staff. Filmed at Elektra Studios, the video – featuring the band performing the earworming ‘Gift Horse’ – was directed by Bob Gallagher. The music was record by Chris Barry and James Feeney. Go here for the Oxjam Takeover Facebook event page and watch the video below.  

  • Watch: Floor Staff – The Guest

    August 7, 2014 - By 

    Having released their Gift Horse/Brother to God Double A-Side last week, Dublin alt-pop Floor Staff have unveiled the equal parts frightening and ingenuous video for ‘The Guest’. A video about two expecting parents coming to term with the fact their baby is going to be a musician, it was created by Irish video director Bob Gallagher. Speaking about the video, Gallagher said, “It actually came about during an interaction I had with a shaman where I took part in an ayahuasca ritual. It’s a powerful hallucinogen that lasts for a few hours. I had a lot of different experiences during that…

  • Floor Staff – The Good Luck EP

    July 12, 2013 - By 

    It’s really difficult to write good pop music; unlike most other genres, great pop requires a level of clarity of vision and perfection that can be cripplingly hard. So it’s always a real treat when exciting pop music lands straight on your lap. With their debut release, The Good Luck EP, Dublin duo Floor Staff have given the world a proper Summer treat. Working with a kitchen sink mentality, the EP mixes emotionally volatile vocals, tight and powerful rhythms and a cracking brass section with effortless effect. The production and mixing is one of the most laudable aspects of the…

  • Stream: Floor Staff – The Good Luck EP

    June 26, 2013 - By 

    Dublin experimental two-piece Floor Staff are streaming their forthcoming debut release, The Good Luck EP. Already showing signs of great things to come, the duo – Anthony Donnelly and Stephen Murray – are currently assembling a cast of musicians to help them launch the release and the band itself. The Good Luck EP will be launched in Dublin’s Twisted Pepper on Friday, July 12 as part of the 10 Days In Dublin Festival. Stream the five-track EP below (we’re hearing the likes of Wild Beasts, Pinback, Of Montreal…) The Good Luck EP by Floor Staff