This piece originally appeared in The Thin Air & Issue 10 of the magazine One word that is regularly attributed to bands that fall under the rock ’n’ roll, blues or garage-punk monikers is ‘raw’. By that I mean there is more often than not a pure and unadulterated rawness or dirtiness, as it were, related to…
This piece originally appeared in The Thin Air Gig photos courtesy of Brian Mulligan Who: Shuggie Otis Where: The Sugar Club, Dublin When: February 18th 2016 With a variety of funk and soul sounds emanating from the Sugar Club’s sound system, the scene is well and truly set for the highly anticipated return to Dublin, of guitarist,…
This piece originally appeared in The Thin Air Who: The Night Beats Where: The Grand Social, Dublin When: January 21st 2016 It is safe to say that the initial seeds of psychedelic infused garage rock originated in the United States in the mid to late 1960’s. Most of these bands ended up releasing the odd…
A version of these two pieces originally appeared in Tonedeaf back in December. Twerps – Range Anxiety (Chapter Music) It was incredibly hard not to have felt more than just a little giddy following my first couple of listens to Twerps’ sophomore record Range Anxiety. Having taken quite awhile to warm to last year’s Underlay EP,…
This Piece originally appeared on The Thin Air Photos courtesy of Isabel Thomas Who: Ash Where: Olympia Theatre, Dublin When: December 15th 2015 It’s hard to believe that Downpatrick’s favourite sons Ash have reached the twenty-third year of their career. It doesn’t seem all that long ago when the teenage trio of Tim Wheeler, Rick…
This piece originally appeared on The Thin Air Gig photos courtesy of Ste Murray Who: Therapy? Where: The Button Factory, Dublin When: December 11th 2015 One of the main qualities of a band such as Therapy? is their pure and unadulterated unwillingness to compromise. During their 26 year career they’ve never shied away from sticking…
This piece originally appeared on The Thin Air Who: Stiff Little Fingers Where: The Academy, Dublin When: November 13th 2015 The last time I saw Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) was when previous bassist Bruce Foxton was still amongst their ranks. With him having left the fold in ‘06, to say that tonight’s gig was something…
This piece originally appeared on The Thin Air All photo’s courtesy of Fran Michel Who: Yo La Tengo Where: The National Concert Hall, Dublin When: October 15th 2015 The last time I saw New Jersey’s Yo La Tengo live was in Dublin’s Tripod nearly six years ago. It was a night when all those in attendance bore…
This piece originally appeared in Issue 10 of The Thin Air Wounded Healer is the new solo venture by Ships’ member Sorca McGrath and based on the strength of this debut effort, one can imagine that McGrath will be juggling both acts for the foreseeable future. Having written, performed, recorded and produced this three track EP, McGrath…
This piece originally appeared on The Thin Air All photo’s courtesy of Fran Michel Who: giveamanakick Where: Whelans, Dublin When: October 10th 2015 When it was announced that Limerick noise-rock duo giveamanakick were reforming to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their second album We Are The Way Forward, to say I was a tad ecstatic would’ve be…
This piece originally appeared on The Thin Air Who: Blank Realm Where: The Workmans Club, Dublin When: September 27th 2015 It’s fair to say that Australian four piece Blank Realm may not be a name that rings a bell to most folk on this side of the world right now. The band began its life…
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