• One Leg One Eye at the Black Box, Belfast

    The Thin Air and the Black Box are proud to present Ian Lynch of Lankum, bringing his solo project One Leg One Eye to the Black Box for his highly anticipated Belfast debut on Monday, 16th December. A founding member of Lankum – a band you may have noticed we have sung the praises of for over a decade – Lynch explores submerged leylines of music and song, drawing on the raw aesthetics of black metal, noise and drone, while being deeply rooted in a sense of history and myth. His solo project One Leg One Eye sees him taking…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – 28th October

    It’s another hefty Tracks of the Week, with stellar releases from the Mary Wallopers, Aoife Nessa Frances, Jape, One Leg One Eye, Ciaran Lavery and more. Definitely something in the water. One Leg One Eye – … And Take The Black Worm With Me …. And Take The Black Worm With Me by One Leg One Eye The Mary Wallopers – The Mary Wallopers The Mary Wallopers by The Mary Wallopers Aoife Nessa Frances – Protector Protector by Aoife Nessa Frances Ciaran Lavery – My Body’s a Zombie For You Everything Shook – Three Crows Drew Makes Noise – Something To…

  • The Nyahh made me do it: an interview with Willie Stewart

    This interview originally appeared in The Thin Air’s summer 2022 print edition It’s spring in Leitrim. The sky is full of birdsong, trees and plants are coming back to life, and Willie Stewart has been mixing cement. Alongside his partner, the sound artist Natalia Beylis, he’s converting his backyard and old stone outbuildings into what he describes as a “future habitat for creative explorations”.  The pair’s life revolves around these explorations, which they frequently let out into the world via shared and respective projects. Both are members of the experimental psych band Woven Skull, and have a wide array of…