• The Thin Air’s Top 100 Irish Tracks of 2022

    December 22, 2022 - By 

    “We’re excessively confident we’re set for another year of genre-spanning, forward-pushing greatness.” It feels like an actual aeon since we signed off our Top 100 Irish Tracks of 2021 feature this time last year. Over the last 12 months, we’ve been positively inundated with sounds that fit that description and then some. The ever-arbitrary designation of 100 – as opposed to, say, 250 or 300 tracks – has felt near impossible to adhere to, but we’ve found it has once again served its purpose. Without that curious limitation, we’d be in the even more frustrating position of having to dump hundreds of streaming embeds below and…

  • The Thin Air’s Top 100 Tracks of 2020 (#50-1)

    December 17, 2020 - By 

    Ah, 2020 eh? Unless you were living off the grid in a self-made banana bread house whilst rocking yourself gently to various iterations of ‘Happy Birthday’ as you washed your hands, then you will know that despite collectively living through the pandemic there were plenty of Irish songs to get excited about. 100 to be precise. We’ve listened to them on repeat since we couldn’t attend gigs, raves, or house parties so we’re certain we’ve selected the finest this little locked down island has to offer. It’s safe to say this year epitomised the true meaning of community in this…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – July 24th

    July 24, 2020 - By 

    From Kyoto Love Hotel, JyellowL and Uly, to Brién, Sinead O’Brien and Shifting, here’s the very best Irish tracks released this week. Kyoto Love Hotel – Machine Brién – At Night DIY VOL. 1 by Brién Shifting – The Bland Leading the Bland Sorcha Richardson – Don’t Talk About It JyellowL – Doesn’t Feel Like Uly – i don’t need to understand Sinead O’Brien – Strangers In Danger Kilgour – Corners Aislinn Logan – Look, I’m Flyin’