• The Thin Air’s Top 100 Irish Tracks of 2013 (35-1)

    December 30, 2013 - By 

    Sixty-five increasingly exceptional songs in, we’re pleased to round up our first ever countdown of the Top 100 Irish Tracks of the year. Truth be told, this list could have been much, much longesear – such was the extent and quality of the output from our homegrown musical talent over the last twelve months. From unassuming bedroom artists treading the often very thin line between absolute anonymity and mass recognition to genre-defining, decades-spanning bands that fall comfortably under “legendary” status, we’ve been very happily bombarded with some truly extraordinary Irish music over the last year. Until next time… listen, enjoy…

  • Watch: Jetplane Landing – Beat Generation… Ha!

    November 19, 2013 - By 

    Taken from their fourth studio album, Don’t Try, Derry alt-rock quartet Jetplane Landing have unveiled the video to their forthcoming single, ‘Beat Generation… Ha!’ Referencing beat literature exponents such as Gregory Corso and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the video features cut-and-paste text from the likes of Corso’s poem ‘I am 25’, poetry works including A Coney Island Of The Mind by Ferlinghetti and press articles on the literary pioneers. ‘Beat Generation… Ha! is released on December 2nd via Smalltown America. Watch the video below.

  • The Thin Air Club: Jetplane Landing – Don’t Try Listening Party

    October 18, 2013 - By 

    To mark the start of the Thin Air Club downstairs in Belfast’s Voodoo bar every Sunday night, we’re holding a special listening party of Don’t Try, the incredible new album by Derry band Jetplane Landing on Sunday, October 20. Aside from playing the album from start to finish, we will also be spinning tracks from bands that have influenced Jetplane, some of their earlier material and many other great tunes on the night. The first FIVE people through the door get a free copy of Don’t Try and there will be mindblowingly good drink promotions all night. Awesome. Go here for the…

  • Watch: Jetplane Landing – My Radio Heart

    August 28, 2013 - By 

    Taken from their incredible new album Don’t Try, Derry quartet Jetplane Landing have released the video to their new single, ‘My Radio Heart’. According to a blurb written to accomany the video: “reflecting on the life-affirming nature of music and its power to change our lives; from Jerry Lee-Lewis to Ian McKaye; Jetplane loves artists that inform the world in which we live and kick all our asses. “My Radio Heart” is about a love for music that never dies.” The video itself – directed by Jack Wilkinson and edited by Michael Barwise – was shot over a two day…