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Sterophonics hit new note

Friday March 05 2010

I have to admit I can't abide Stereophonics -- particularly after interviewing truculent and deathly dull frontman Kelly Jones some years ago -- but hats off to them for going down a promotional road less travelled.

Perfect Kitt

Friday January 22 2010

Tindersticks, one of the most underrated bands of the past 20 years, have got a new Irish recruit in their ranks. The new boy in class is not so unfamiliar, it's none other than our own David Kitt.

Coldplay auction raises £150,000

Thursday December 31 2009

Coldplay's charity auction of memorabilia has so far raised more than £150,000.

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