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ESSENTIAL SOUNDS LOGGING ON ...
Monday June 01 2009
He has a voice that goes about as low in the register as you can possibly get and the rest of the band have a reputation as being rather dour, but Stuart Staples and his band, Tindersticks, have been quietly releasing some of the most beautiful music you're ever likely to hear for the last decade and a half.
New-look Tindersticks are all set for ignition
Saturday November 22 2008
Tomorrow night Tindersticks play Dublin for the first time in eons. With a 10-piece touring band in tow, including their long-serving string section, it promises to be one of the shows of the year, not least because the venue this time around is Vicar St, whose crystal-clear acoustics and all-round sense of intimacy could not be better suited to the band's subtle, lugubrious sound.
The folk singer who will play in your living room
Saturday August 30 2008
Thank goodness for James Yorkston. As rock n' roll retreats ever further behind the velvet rope, the quietly spoken Fife folkie is moving in the opposite direction: taking his subtle, slow-burning music directly to the people.
We're all going down a storm in Stradbally
Saturday August 23 2008
Summer, it seems, is the new winter -- so what future has the outdoor rock festival here now that the whole country has been turned into a giant swamp? Oxegen got away with it this year after a few consecutive storm-lashed outings, and until now the Electric Picnic has largely enjoyed blissful sunshine even as it marks the last hurrah of the summer before all the students go back to college.
Q&A: Stuart Staples
Friday May 09 2008
Stuart Staples is the frontman and founding member of Tindersticks. The Nottingham band have been critical darlings since they released their eponymous debut in 1993. After a brief hiatus, which saw Staples focus on a solo career, the band are back in a slimmed down version
Music: The Jimmy Cake * * * *
Friday April 11 2008
Musos often look beyond this country to find music to obsess about, ignoring some fine work on their own doorstep. Dublin instrumental collective The Jimmy Cake have not encountered this problem -- they have received fawning praise for a pair of albums in the early part of this decade, even if such gushing reviews never turned into sales.
Uncovered: 22 musical gems
Friday January 11 2008
Everyone has a favourite song that no one else seems to have heard of. A selection of modern music luminaries reveal theirs
Lee Hazlewood
Sunday August 12 2007
Lee Hazlewood, who died on Saturday aged 78, was one of the most influential figures in 20th century pop; most famous as Svengali to Nancy Sinatra, for whom he wrote These Boots Are Made for Walkin', he was also an important influence on Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" recording techniques, and his songs have been covered by stars from Elvis Presley and Dusty Springfield, to Nick Cave and Courtney Love.
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