• Gigs of the Week: No Spill Blood, Katie Kim, Slomatics, Holy Fuck, Sister Ghost

    October 13, 2016 - By 

    From the bone-crushing mighty of Slomatics to the propulsive lo-fi electronica of Holy Fuck, this week’s Thin Air Gigs of the Week is a distinctly darker, heavier affair to last week’s guide. Anyone who tries to contest that’s a bad thing is wrong, my friend. Very wrong. No Spill Blood, Robocobra Quartet, Thumper Bello Bar, Dublin Friday, October 14 Trust be told, you’ll struggle to find a stronger three-band Irish bill than Sargent House’s No Spill Blood, Belfast’s singular Robocobra Quartet and Dublin noise-pop Thumper. With that in mind, Bello Bar is most definitely the place to be in Dublin on Friday night. Slomatics…

  • Watch: Katie Kim – Salt

    August 22, 2016 - By 

    Ahead of its release on Friday, October 14, Waterford artist Katie Kim has unveiled a Sean Zissou-directed promo video offering a curious behind the scenes look at the making of her forthcoming album, Salt. Encircling ever-thick like a flourishing curl of mist, its accompanying track evokes everything from William Basinski’s starker works, early Labradford and the that landscape of loss so masterfully soundtracked by the likes of Aidan Baker, Tim Hecker and Stars of The Lid (who play Cork’s Triskel on Saturday, October 8).

  • In Photos: Owen Pallett w/ Katie Kim @ Whelan’s

    July 21, 2014 - By 

    Having released his fourth studio album, In Conflict, back in May, Canadian multi-instrumentalist Owen Pallett stopped off at Dublin’s Whelans last night, Sunday, July 21. Support on the night came from Dublin indie-folk singer-songwriter Katie Kim. Check out Shaun Neary’s shots from the show below.

  • Dublin club night Seven Quarters announced

    March 11, 2014 - By 

    Details have been announced about the launch of Seven Quarters, an exciting new club night starting this April in Whelan’s of Wexford Street, as part of the venue celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary this year. A new project by Barry Lennon (Richter Collective, Community Of Independents and Hands Up Who Wants To Die) the night is set to feature some of the most exciting acts in the Irish music scene. Better still, guests will receive limited edition seven inch vinyl, featuring previously unreleased tracks, from the artists performing each club night (given away for free to the first 150 people in…