Brian Coney

Belfast

edit @thethinair + music @junkdrawerband + bylines @thequietus @theguardian @pitchfork @dazed @thewiremagazine @dazed @rollingstone @vice etc.

Articles

Arrival, Not Return: An Interview with Daniel Bedingfield

1 week ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

“For most of my life, I’ve lived with enormous, driven agony. Now, I wake up and I’m okay. Someone dies – I grieve, but I’m still okay. I could lose everything – money, reputation – and I’d still be okay. Something in me has healed, at a core level.”Go on there: forget everything you thought you knew about Daniel Bedingfield.What you thought you knew was only the sudden glint on the surface of something far deeper, freer, and more alive.
Repeat to Remember: Insatiable by Divide and Dissolve

1 week ago | thequietus.com | Bobby Barry |Brian Coney

There is no such thing as background noise in Divide and Dissolve’s world. Every note, every groaning chord, every keening saxophone line sits foregrounded, heavy with intent. On Insatiable, Melbourne multi-instrumentalist Takiaya Reed’s most emotionally unguarded and orchestrally scaled work to date, doom becomes a medium for not reckoning alone, but reckoning transfigured by love. Opener ‘Hegemonic’ isn’t so much an overture as a warning.
In Photos: Kamasi Washington w/ Emma-Jean Thackray at 3Olympia, Dublin

1 week ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

The literal main man Kamasi Washington and his band, with support by Emma-Jean Thackray, at the 3Olympia. Photos by Matt Gorman.
In Photos: Poor Creature w/ Nev Clay at Whelans, Dublin

1 week ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

With their debut LP All Smiles Tonight due in a couple of months, Poor Creature headlined Whelan’s in Dublin with support from Nev Clay. Photos by Erin Plaice.
Groove Communion: Meet Deeply Armed

2 weeks ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

Belfast’s Deeply Armed have been making subterranean waves for a while now. Tracks passed hand to hand via samizdat channels. Whispers between heads. Andrew Weatherall was an early booster. David Holmes played out a psychedelic version of one track at select ritual-like occasions. But now the trio break cover with ‘The Healing,’ a debut 12” that feels like a signal flare from a long-dormant dream.
Video Premiere: Field Trip - I Get Down

4 weeks ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

It’s been a while – too long – since we last heard from Galway’s Field Trip. And while we’ll get into the hows and whys of that shortly, the return alone is cause enough for celebration. Today, we’re pleased to premiere ‘I Get Down’, a textbook harmony-laced gem that reaffirms just why the triom became one of the country’s most quietly beloved garage-pop bands.
Irish Tracks of the Week - 14th March

1 month ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

Another beyond-deadly week for Irish music delivers brand new Search Results, Junior Brother, Deeply Armed, ghoulgirl, New Jackson, Awesimon &amp and Pat Lagoon. Search Results – WrinkleVIDEOJunior Brother – Take Guilt (Live at Vicar Street0VIDEODeeply Armed – The HealingVIDEOghoulgirl – not hanging aroundAwesimon & Pat Lagoon – One and Only New Jackson – LIVE ONES 2 is the editor of The Thin Air.
The Fleadh Confirmed for Belfast Next Year

1 month ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

It’s confirmed: the Fleadh is coming to Belfast. For the first time ever, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is set to take over the city in August 2026, bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors, €70 million in economic impact, and an unreal week of trad, sessions, céilís and craic to Belfast. This is only the second time in 75 years that the world’s biggest traditional music festival has landed north of the border.
In Photos: Femme Fest 2025 at Róisín Dubh, Galway

1 month ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

The second, sold-out annual Femme Fest at Roisin Dubh in Galway, featuring Adore, Tramp, Shark School, Cabl and Dreamboy. Photos by Ian Davies.
Melvins are Coming Back to Dublin

1 month ago | thethinair.net | Brian Coney

Melvins – probably the greatest band in the world – return to Dublin this summer. The Buzz Osborne-fronted titans are hitting the road with the equally legendary Redd Kross for a UK/EU tour, stopping at the Button Factory on 18th August. Brought to you by the island’s most unfailingly reliable promoters, Foggy Notions and U:Mack, tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 AM. Don’t sleep.